Our Mission is
To encourage, enable and empower the voice and participation
of consumer/survivors in the mental health system.
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Welcome to the Mental Health Rights Coalition web site. A Consumer Survivor is a person who has been afflicted with a mental health issue and has learned to cope with that issue. Consumer/Survivor Initiatives (CSIs) are consumer-driven agencies, which allow survivors to use their coping skills to help other consumers become survivors. History: The Mental Health Rights Coalition (MHRC) was formed in 1991 by a group of Consumer/Survivors who were concerned about the province's move toward de-institutionalization in the absence of adequate and appropriate community supports and services. MHRC later became one of dozens of organizations that were funded in a provincial initiative to create CSIs. it was incorporated as a non-profit in 1995, and is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and supported by paid staff.Membership is free of charge to mental health consumers over the age of 18, and almost all of our programs and services are free of charge to consumer members. Family members and service providers are also free to join, but only those who have self-identified as consumer/survivors have voting privileges, can stand for election to the Board of Directors, or can be hired to work at MHRC. To sign up, please see our Contact page.
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Job Postings
Peer Support Worker - 1, 5 hour shift/week
Relief Peer Support Worker - Occassional
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WE OFFER Drop In And Resource Centre Peer Support and Systemic Advocacy Brochures |
MHRC Goals
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