Progress For Mental Health

08/15/2025

🎒💫 Backpack pick-up day is coming! Schools, youth, and community centres, don’t miss it on Tuesday, August 19th! Send us a message if you want to get involved or learn more!

08/14/2025

Are you a school or organization looking for backpacks and school supplies for the upcoming school year? Send us a message to get info on our backpack pick-up on August 19, 2025!

10/24/2024

October’s camera roll 📸 Progress for Mental Health provided backpacks and school supplies to Social Planning Council of Ottawa and The Ottawa Tamil Academy of Culture and Technology amongst other community organizations. We are proud to continue started in loving memory of Saade Abdulkader, and support youth in our community as they head back to school.

08/29/2024

For the second year in a row, Project Saade successfully distributed over 1,300 backpacks with supplies for the upcoming school year to Youturn Youth Support Services, BGC Ottawa, the Youth Empowerment Centre, and local schools in Ottawa. was started in loving memory of Saade Abdulkader

10/24/2022

Progress for Mental Health, in partnership with the North American Center for Threat Assessment and Trauma Response, is conducting training sessions on violence prevention with local community organizations.

10/24/2022

In its second year, our Violence Prevention in Ottawa project once again partnered with NACTATR to offer Level 1 Violent Threat Risk Assessment (VTRA) training for members of the community to help support at-risk youth.

Grateful to have NACTATR trainer Patrick Rivard, BSW, M.Ed., B.C.E.T.S and the team at Wellington Dupont Public Affairs supporting this important project in Ottawa.

Progress for Mental Health, in partnership with the North American Center for Threat Assessment and Trauma Response, is conducting training sessions on violence prevention with local community organizations.