As an expert in your own experience, you can help improve mental health care and services by participating in the ReprésentACTION Gaspésie process .
WE NEED YOU!
WE WANT TO HEAR YOU!
ReprésentACTION Gaspésie is a citizen participation initiative supported by Droits et Recours Santé Mentale Gaspésie-Les-Îles that aims to promote mental health and help improve care and services by giving a voice to people with a mental health care experience who are experts in their own lives and in listening to the people around them.
A bit of history
Implemented in Baie-des-Chaleurs in early 2021, the approach, which grew out of the community plans of the Bonaventure and Avignon RCMs, is supported by the Réseau de développement social de la Gaspésie as well as ReprésentACTION Québec.
Since April 2023, ReprésentACTION Gaspésie has also been partially funded by the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, which wishes to support the expression of citizen and collective voice as well as the transmission of experiential knowledge by people who use services in the planning and organization of services.
A national structure
The voice of ReprésentACTION Gaspésie is supported and amplified by a national organization, which brings to the forefront, in a dozen regions of Quebec, people who are primarily concerned - people who are experiencing or have experienced mental health issues in the past.
What is the collective word?
The collective voice is a citizen's voice, but it is articulated in the "we" rather than the "I". This approach is one of power appropriation, since the people involved are led to sit on decision-making tables and committees, or on working committees related to mental health.
Our delegates
Since the first regional meeting, held in New Richmond in June 2023, all RCMs in the Gaspé region have been represented by one or more delegates, who are responsible for speaking on behalf of their community in their local area and in consultative and decision-making bodies.
OUR CURRENT DELEGATES
Patrick Jacques, MRC de La Côte-de-Gaspé
Patrick Ferland, MRC de La Haute-Gaspésie
Colette Goyette, MRC de Bonaventure
Martin Castonguay, MRC de Bonaventure
James Robson, MRC d'Avignon
***We would be happy to see our circle grow.
The target number is two delegates per MRC.
Share your story
Encourage people to share their personal journeys, challenges and successes in mental health. This may inspire others to speak out and seek help.
Join our group
Offer support groups where people can share experiences and support each other.
Read more
To find out more about ReprésentACTION, visit the national organization's official website:
Visit the Gaspésie section page:
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