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True Patriot Love is Canada’s Foundation for the military community, working to support military members, Veterans, and their families at every stage... of their journey. By working as a trusted partner with local charities, social enterprises, the Canadian Armed Forces and the federal and provincial governments, True Patriot Love advocates for the needs of military members and Veterans and ensures resources are directed where they are needed most.
True Patriot Love has granted $37 million for Veterans and their families, reaching nearly 40,000 beneficiaries and supported nearly 1,000 community-based programs across the country.
From global initiatives like the Invictus Games – of which True Patriot Love is the main funder of Team Canada - to local wellness centres and mental health programs, True Patriot Love has a research-backed approach that provides ongoing funding, partnerships and knowledge sharing to Canada’s most vital military and Veteran support programs.
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Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services (CFMWS) operates under a social enterprise business model, with... the fundamental belief that we exist to create positive value for our members.
Responsive to the changing needs of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), our programs and services contribute to operational readiness by making our members stronger at the individual and community level. Members who are stronger mentally, socially, physically and financially are better prepared to serve our country and protect Canadian values.
CFMWS is a separate agency of the Defence team. CFMWS currently employs over 4,000 people as “Staff of the Non-Public Funds, Canadian Forces”, a separate employer under Schedule V of the Financial Administration Act of the Government of Canada.
We work closely with the Department of National Defence and other government partners, to contribute to this larger Defence and security mission and the pursuit of common Government of Canada objectives.
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Helmets to Hardhats (H2H) Canada is a registered non-profit organization providing opportunities in the unionized construction... industry for serving, transitioning and former military members. H2H works with the community of Building Trades Unions and Employers to ensure registrants receive only the best industry wages, benefits and pension plans. H2H is recognized as a leading service provider by Canadian Armed Forces, Veterans Affairs Canada, and Canada's 14 Building Trade Unions along with leading industry Business Owners.
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As part of the National Research Consortium, CIPSRT serves as the Knowledge Exchange Hub for knowledge... synthesis, translation, and exchange that relies upon the best contemporary research evidence supporting an overall mission to help current and former public safety personnel, their leaders, and their families to maintain and improve their mental health and well-being.
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The Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health (JMVFH) is an online, open access, peer-reviewed scholarly... journal that was first published in 2015. JMVFH is the official journal of the Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research (CIMVHR).
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The Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans (CPCoE) was established to conduct research and... help improve the well-being of Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Veterans, and their families, suffering from chronic pain.
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The Office of the Veterans Ombud reviews complaints and challenges the policies and decisions of Veterans Affairs... Canada where we find individual or systemic unfairness. We strive to be an independent and respected voice for fairness and a champion for the well-being of Veterans and their families.
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Sunshine Coast Health Centre and Georgia Strait Women's Clinic are registered B Corp, licensed, and accredited mental health facilities... that use an evidence-based, non-12-step, meaning-centred, strengths-based approach that interconnects all our services and therapies including medical withdrawal, anger management, rTMS, trauma therapy, and PTSD treatments.
While other centres focus on abstinence or symptom reduction, we focus on helping our clients solve the underlying issues driving trauma, addictive behaviour, or mental health suffering. This allows all clients to get the full, transformative benefit of our program.
Working men and women are given the opportunity to explore their drinking or drug use, mental health, and/or trauma while also building camaraderie with other men and women experiencing similar issues in gender-specific environments. This shared experience has been shown to provide the most therapeutic value. Even though the issues are the "same", how each gender deals with them are dramatically different, meaning the treatments and therapies need to be as well.
