Latest Updates
Haven’t heard of the CARMHA project? CARMHA is a peer-led community based research project on the relationship between cannabis and mental health for at-risk populations. This includes those highly marginalized and stigmatized i.e. people experiencing houselessness, poverty, people using substances, and those with identities who cross over some or all of these. It’s a collaboration between AAWEAR and Habitus Collective, with the support of the University of Calgary, and funded by the Mental Health Commission of Canada.
Sharing information about this project with organizations, community members, and people with lived experience is a key component of this project so we endeavour to keep this page as up to date as possible to give you all the latest information.
SOCIAL POLICY ASSOCIATION, UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM CONFERENCE
The team has been selected to present at the ‘Listening to all voices? The politics of ‘lived experience’: concerns, contradictions, challenges’ conference at Durham University. CARMHA will be speaking on the symposium day (28th March 2023).
The team will be discussing how you can engage with people still actively using substances as peer researchers and why it is important to do so.
Posted: March 1, 2023
LUNCH AND LEARN
The CARMHA project team is hosting another lunch and learn session on November 22, 2022 at 12pm (MST).
Join us as we discuss the findings from the project and answer of your questions.
Posted: November 3, 2022
PEER-LED STUDY INVESTIGATES CANNABIS USE AND MENTAL HEALTH AMONG IN-RISK POPULATIONS
Our project was profiled by Taproot Edmonton who interviewed us on our work. Click here to read the article.
Posted: August 19, 2022
PRESENTATION TO THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSION OF CANADA
Last month, members of the research team were asked to speak at the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s Winter Webinar Series. We presented to 177 people across Canada on the latest information on the project. Listen to CARMHA’s contribution to the webinar here.
Posted: March 7, 2022
HIVE CONFERENCE
This week the project is going international! Members of the research team will be speaking at the virtual HIVE conference, put on by The Young Foundation based in the U.K.
This is the Young Foundation’s first-ever peer research conference. CARMHA will be speaking on day two (March 24th 2022) of the conference during concurrent session 2.3. Tickets for the conference can be found here.
Posted: March 21, 2022
LUNCH AND LEARN
CARMHA is hosting a Lunch and Learn session on March 29, 2022 from 12pm - 1:00 pm (MDT).
Peer researchers will speak about their experiences with the project. This session will be especially interesting for any organization or individual wanting to conduct their own peer research project. To attend, get your free tickets through Eventbrite.
Posted: March 21, 2022
