August 2025 Upcoming Courses Your Food is Medicine Discover how food can be your best medicine in this engaging and informative workshop on holistic nutrition. You’ll explore the powerful connection between what you eat and how you feel—physically, mentally, and emotionally. Whether you're looking to boost your energy, improve your mood, or simply learn sustainable, nourishing habits, this session offers practical steps to support your wellness journey. This workshop is offered in partnership with the West NeighbourhoodHouse Greenest City program. Thursday August 7th| 3:30pm-5:00pm EDT | Virtual | Open Looking & Seeing Drawing: Planning Sessions Join us for a special collaborative session to help shape the next evolution of Looking and Seeing—a course rooted in mindful observation, playful drawing, and embracing process over perfection. Together, we’ll imagine what it could look like to bring our sketchbooks out into the city, exploring different Toronto locations through intentional, non-judgmental drawing. This is your chance to help guide the themes, structure, and spirit of these future urban adventures. Whether you're a past participant or simply curious, your ideas and presence are welcome. Fridays | August 8thand 22nd| 10:30am-12:00pm EDT | 1025 Queen St. West | Open Boundary Setting This one hour interactive session offers the opportunity for participants to gain greater insights on boundaries. We’ll explore key concepts, practical techniques, and engage in activities to help you explore and embrace what’s important to you. Friday August 15th| 2:00pm-3:00pm | North York Central Library-5120 Yonge St. | Open Navigating Migration Challenges This course is designed to help migrants and newcomers navigate the psychological, emotional, and social challenges of migration with confidence and resilience. Through guided sessions, participants will gain support and connection, while fostering well-being in a new environment. Mondays | August 11th-September 15th | 4:30pm-6:30pm EDT | Virtual Accessible Herbalism There was a time when herbal medicine was everyday knowledge, passed down through generations and rooted in close relationships with the land. This class invites you to reclaim some of that wisdom by exploring 10 healing herbs that grow wild in local neighborhoods—plants that are easy to identify, harvest safely, and use at home. You’ll leave with a deeper appreciation for the so- called “weeds” around you and the tools to begin integrating accessible, plant-based remedies into your daily life. This workshop is offered in partnership with the West Neighbourhood House Greenest City program. Thursday August 14th | 3:30pm-5:00pm EDT | Virtual | Open Self-Care Join us as we explore the roots of self-care and what it means for our impact on ourselves and the world around us. Participants will have the opportunity to create their own self-care plan based on personal resources and walk away with options and opportunities in their life. Wednesday August 6th | 2:00pm-3:30pm | Runnymede Branch Library- 2178 Bloor St. W| Open Peer Support Drop-In Group Join us for an interactive peer-led drop-in group. We strive to create a space that is empathetic and compassionate where folks can feel heard, validated, and supported. Tuesdays | July 8th – September 30th | 12:00pm- 1:30pm EDT |Virtual| Open BIPOC & 2SLGBTQ+ Book Club Open to all experience levels, the BIPOC Book Club is a space for BIPOC and 2SLGBTQ+ individuals to explore systemic barriers and healing strategies through nonfiction works. This session will focus on Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey, with group readings, discussions, and guided writing exercises—no book purchase required. Fridays | July 4th – August 29th| 1:00pm-2:30pm EDT | Virtual | Open Looking & Seeing Drawing Looking and Seeing is a course that is all about taking non-judgmental, intentional moments to observe and ground through unique drawing exercises. The focus will be play and process instead of trying to make the final art look “right” or “perfect”. Tuesdays | August 5th – August 26th | 2:00pm- 3:30pm | 1025 Queen St. W | Waitlist Peer Support Core Competencies Training Designed by the Centre for Innovation & Peer Support, this training consists of 15 interactive training modules, each two hours in length that will support your understanding of peer support core competencies and best practices. Mondays & Thursdays | August 18th - October 10th | 10:00am-12:00pm EDT | Virtual | Waitlist August 2025 If you or someone you know are interested in learning more aboutthe Collaborative Learning College, please visit clc.camh.ca. Phone: 416 524-2137 | Email: clc@camh.ca Ongoing Registration These courses you can register for at any time. Registrations are accepted on a continuous basis Pre-Registration/Closed Courses which require you to sign up before the start date. If the course has already begun, it will be listed as "closed.” Waitlist This course is full. Register to be notified of open spaces. Upcoming Courses Music, Technology & the Human Mind This course explores this special relationship between music and technology, and how it impacts how we think. Over five sessions filled with intriguing musical examples, we will explore how music and technology evolved together, and how their relationship today is affecting culture, thought, and the development of new technologies like artificial intelligence. Wednesdays | August 13th - September 10th | 4:00pm-6:00pm EDT | Virtual | Open Writing Drop-In Group Hosted by InkWell Workshops, this writing drop-in group provides a dedicated space for writers of all experience levels to share work, ask questions and receive feedback. Mondays| July 7th – September 29th| 1:00pm- 2:00pm EDT | Virtual | Open Music Appreciation Drop-In Group Hosted by Mobile Arts Programming, this drop-in group provides a platform for discussion about all things music. Additionally, there is an option to explore digital music creation. Thursdays | July 3rd – September 25th| 10:30am- 12pm EDT | Virtual | Open Pet Therapy Join Pelusa every Thursday in the Patient & Family Learning Space (PFLS). Pelusa is a former street dog from Mexico who now calls Toronto home. Often described as gentle, calm, and too cute to handle, she is happy to be one of CAMH’s therapy dogs and looks forward to meeting everyone. Every Thursday | 10:30am-11:00am EDT |PFLS- 1025 Queen St. W| No registration required Pet Loss & Grief This 6-week facilitated writing group designed for people coping with the loss of a companion animal (through death, surrender, rehoming, lost pet). Participants will work in a supportive group environment to write and share their memories, and their experience of loss, discovering new thoughts, feelings and ideas that will help them move forward and adjust to life without their beloved animals. Wednesdays| July 16th – August 20th| 12:00pm- 1:30pm EDT | Virtual | Closed Assertiveness This one hour session supports individuals in unpacking what assertiveness is and how to differentiate from passive and aggressive ways of interacting. We’ll also look at tips, tricks, and tools to help you communicate and interact more effectively in your everyday life. Friday August 29th | 2:00pm-3:00pm | North York Central Library- 5120 Yonge St. | Open Writing Your Way Home A generative creative writing workshop themed around self-discovery. Where are you from? Where are you going? What do you believe in? What gives your life meaning? Who or where is home? Using a wide variety of prompts, we will explore our stories, our purpose, our identity, and our places of belonging. Thursdays| July 7th – August 21st| 2:00pm-3:30pm | Virtual | Closed August 2025 If you or someone you know are interested in learning more aboutthe Collaborative Learning College, please visit clc.camh.ca. Phone: 416 524-2137 | Email: clc@camh.ca Ongoing Registration These courses you can register for at any time. Registrations are accepted on a continuous basis Pre-Registration/Closed Courses which require you to sign up before the start date. If the course has already begun, it will be listed as "closed.” Waitlist This course is full. Register to be notified of open spaces.