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The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) is a national non-profit organization created by the Canadian government in 2007 in response to a senate committee tasked to study mental health, mental illness, and addiction. The committee appointed Michael J. L. Kirby as the first chairperson. The MHCC was endorsed by all the provinces and territories with exception to Quebec. The Commission is funded by Health Canada and has a ten-year mandate (from 2007 to 2017) enforced through a sunset clause.〔 On 21 April 2015, Minister of Finance Joe Oliver announced that the 2015 federal budget calls for the renewal of the MHCC for another ten year mandate starting in 2017-2018. The organization is governed by a board of directors including government and non-governmental directors. Since 2013, the board has been assisted by an advisory council and a network of ambassadors. From 2007 to 2012, the board was assisted by eight advisory committees. The Commission is not responsible to undertake service-delivery or advocacy for mental health services. Their aim is provide relevant jurisdictions and stakeholders with the tools and information required to improve the quality of mental health care and access to it. The proposal for creation of the MHCC was made by the Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology in 2006 in their publication, "(Out of the Shadows at Last )," a comprehensive study of the state of mental health care in Canada. ==Mandate of the Mental Health Commission of Canada== The MHCC was tasked with three major objectives.:〔 #To develop a (national mental health strategy ) (until 2008, Canada was the only G8 nation that did not have one). #To oversee the development and implementation of an (anti-stigma and anti-discrimination campaign ). #To create a (Knowledge Exchange Centre ), with the aim of mobilizing evidence-based knowledge to improve best practices and increasing dialogue across Canada. In addition to the three initiatives stated above, a fourth initiative was added when the Commission entered into a five-year Health Canada funding agreement in 2008 to support five research demonstration projects on mental health and homelessness. (Mental Health First Aid ) was added to the Commission in 2010. The MHCC does not provide clinical services, direct fiscal or human resources related to clinical practice, monitor government performance, or engage in advocacy with government bodies. It operates outside the federal/provincial/territorial constitutional framework, working at all jurisdictional levels. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mental Health Commission of Canada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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