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 Our Mission NISA is an organization run by and for consumers of mental health services. We develop occupational skills, nurture self-confidence and provide resources for recovery by creating opportunities for participants to contribute to their own well-being and that of their community.Our History Our non-profit charitable corporation is called NISA which is short
for "Northern Initiative for Social Action". It was established as a
non-profit charitable organization on July 16, 1998. NISA serves an
underprivileged and somewhat marginalized group that often goes by the
term, "consumer/survivor". A consumer/survivor is anyone who has used
or is using mental health services. NISA not only serves
consumers/survivors, but its membership and board consist of
consumers/survivors as well.
NISA evolved out of a number of collaborative projects originally established within the Outpatient Occupational Therapy services of Network North (now the Northeast Mental Health Centre - Sudbury). The common objective of these projects was to reanimate consumers, to offer them meaningful and useful activities or occupations, and to provide a setting for active social recovery rather than passive dependence on community services.
NISA was incorporated in order to unite and extend those initial projects. The incorporation also reflects the value our members placed on the emerging sense of our own community. This sense of consumers' personal involvement and connectedness seems to us to be an essential element of mental health reform. Our Board of Directors
Thinking about becoming a Board Member? Please download the application form here. Send or email...see here. Being: a basic acceptance of oneself; not having to apologize for one's existe Belonging: having other people to relate to; being part of a group; having 'family'. Becoming: developing new skills and statuses; growing toward socioeconomic maturity.We at NISA feel we have much to offer to the process of mental health reform. We have a working model for organization, cooperation, and community involvement. We have acquired experience, and a knowledge base which we have documented and shared with others both nationally and internationally. |
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