Peer Support Canada

🌍 Today is the day! Happy Global Peer Support Celebration Day! 🎉 We’re proud to release our toolkit filled with simple and practical ways to celebrate peer supporters and the power of lived experience. Whether you are an organization looking for meaningful ways to recognize your team, or a peer supporter wanting to mark the day with self-care, connection, and celebration, this toolkit is for you. Download, share, and join us in honouring peer support across Canada and around the world. 💙 https://lnkd.in/gPUm7SJR #GlobalPeerSupportDay #PeerSupportMatters #CelebratingPeers #PeerSupportCanada

🎉 Did you know? Global Peer Support Celebration Day has been recognized worldwide since 2011! It’s more than just a date on the calendar — it’s part of a growing global movement to recognize lived experience as a powerful form of support in mental health and substance use recovery. 🌱 Every October, organizations and communities come together to celebrate, raise awareness, and highlight the transformative role of peer support. Will you be joining in this year? 💙 #GlobalPeerSupportDay #CelebratingPeers #HopeConnectionSupport #PeerSupportCanada

🌟 Exciting news! The Schizophrenia Society of Canada has launched a new recovery program: Your Personal Recovery Journey, based on the CHIME model (Connectedness, Hope, Identity, Meaning, Empowerment). 📅 October 22 – 1:00 - 2:30EST, Join our online facilitator training, facilitated by Peer Support Canada, open to anyone interested in supporting recovery, especially peer supporters. All materials are open access, so you can bring this program to your community! 🤝 Learn facilitation skills, connect with others, and empower recovery journeys across Canada and beyond. ➡️ Register here: https://lnkd.in/gGyx_XZC #PeerSupport #RecoveryJourney #CHIME #MentalHealth #FacilitatorTraining #OpenAccess

📣 Global Peer Support Celebration Day is coming up on October 16! This day is all about shining a light on the incredible impact of peer supporters — people who bring lived experience, empathy, and connection to their work every single day. We’re inviting organizations across Canada (and beyond!) to join us in celebrating. Whether it’s hosting a recognition event, sharing stories of peer supporters, or making a public statement of support — every action helps uplift this essential work. 💙 👉 How will your organization show up for peer supporters this year? #GlobalPeerSupportDay #PeerSupportMatters #CelebratingPeers #PeerSupportCanada

📈 One of the most powerful ways to celebrate peer supporters is by investing in their growth and recognition. Certification helps raise the standard of peer support in Canada — ensuring peer supporters are acknowledged for their expertise, and that organizations and communities can trust in safe, high-quality, and values-driven support. On Global Peer Support Celebration Day, let’s celebrate peer supporters not just with words, but by strengthening the systems that support them. 🌟 Learn more about certification: https://pscportal.ca/ #PeerSupportCanada #GlobalPeerSupportDay #LivedExperienceLeadership #PeerSupportMatters

💡 Peer supporters give so much of themselves to help others — and organizations can play a key role in supporting them back. Here are some meaningful ways to show up: ✨ Publicly recognize the impact of peer supporters. ✨ Provide ongoing opportunities for professional growth. ✨ Respect and encourage healthy boundaries and self-care. ✨ Support and create space for peer-led initiatives. Celebrating Global Peer Support Celebration Day is a start — but true recognition means uplifting peers year-round. 🙌 #PeerSupportMatters #GlobalPeerSupportDay #LivedExperienceLeadership #CelebratingPeers

📅 Mark your calendars! 🌍 On October 16, the world comes together to celebrate Global Peer Support Celebration Day — a time to honour and recognize the invaluable contributions of peer supporters. Peer support is built on the belief that hope and healing are possible through shared experience. It’s about walking alongside others, listening without judgment, and fostering resilience. ✨ This day is a reminder that peer supporters don’t just change lives — they help create stronger, more compassionate communities. #GlobalPeerSupportDay #HopeConnectionSupport #PeerSupportCanada #LivedExperienceLeadership

September 30th is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. We honour Survivors of residential schools, the children who were murdered, and the families and communities whose lives were forever altered. But we must also confront a harder truth: colonialism is not just in the past—it continues today through systemic racism, inequities in health care, overincarceration, land dispossession, and the silencing of Indigenous voices. As a peer support community, we commit to: ✨ Listening to and amplifying Indigenous voices. ✨ Acknowledging the ongoing harms of colonial systems. ✨ Practicing solidarity rooted in truth, justice, and healing. This year, Peer Support Canada staff will be honouring the day by listening to Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation, a podcast that explores what truth and reconciliation mean in practice. We invite you to join us. Reconciliation cannot happen without action. 🧡 #TruthAndReconciliation #NDTR #EveryChildMatters #PeerSupport #Decolonize

Curious about certification? 🎓 Join us on October 21st at 1:00 PM EST for a live webinar to learn everything you need to know about Peer Support Canada’s Certification Program. Ask questions, get insights, and take a closer look at what the program looks like step by step! 💬✨ 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/gATzTwQ2

💡 Did you know? Peer support goes beyond connection - it’s guided by Core Values, Principles, and Standards of Practice to ensure support is safe, consistent, and effective. That’s what makes formalized peer support such a powerful way to create hope and build stronger communities. 🌱💬 #PeerSupport #DidYouKnow #CommunityCare #SharedExperience