Our Mission
Providing individualized community-based supports to people with mental illness and empowering them to lead stable and independent lives
Our Vision
Client-focused
Upstream offers a holistic approach that is responsive and adaptable to the needs and wants of our diverse clients, who define their own goals and measurements of success
Committed to equity
Upstream is improving access and quality of care by offering equitable and inclusive programs and supports to communities that traditionally have been under-served and marginalized
Meaningfully engaged
To successfully build the pathways to support, recovery and wellness, Upstream collaborates with our clients, and their families, in the design and decision-making for programs and services
Community-based
Upstream is committed to building strong ties with the community, both to find the means to support our work, and to respond to the changing needs of increasingly diverse populations
Our Clients
Giving to Upstream Ottawa means supporting our programs, our services and our ability to serve people in ways that are most meaningful to them
Your generosity makes all the difference
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4,100
# of visits and phone
calls
1,419
# of visits over 1hr in duration
271
# of rides
provided
84
# Psychiatric Sessions Provided
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Our Vision
Upstream is committed to providing meaningful community-based, client-focused and equitable mental health, substance-use health and addiction support services to adult and youth populations
We go above and beyond the expectations of our clients by offering a variety of ‘Value Added Services’ such as our Housing Program and other popular social/recreational group events.
Put your donation to work by sponsoring one of these amazing Value Added Services!
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We would be a mere shadow of ourselves if not for the support of our community
Latest News
Upstream Ottawa on CFRA
Listen as Upstream Ottawa’s Executive Director Bo Turpin explains our new SAPACCY program on CFRA’s News Talk Radio with host Patricia Boal. A big thank you to 580 CFRA and Patricia Boal for this timely interview.
Upstream Ottawa hosts BGC at Sens game
Upstream Ottawa Mental Health Community Support was thrilled to host a group of youth from the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa (BGCO) at the Ottawa Senators-New York Islanders game at the Canadian Tire Centre on Bell Let’s Talk Day, Jan. 25. Joining the group were two Algonquin College public relations students involved in a class fundraising campaign for Upstream that starts in March.
Trillium grant builds stronger mental health services for Ottawa
Upstream Ottawa Mental Health Community Support, a leader in frontline community mental health since 1985, today hosted a Zoom event to celebrate the $59,100 Resilient Communities Fund grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF). This grant is helping Upstream in its recovery from COVID-19 by building fundraising capacity in the organization
Golfers drive record success for Upstream
OTTAWA – Upstream Ottawa supporters came through in a big way on September 8, raising a record $47,000 for the charitable organization.
It was the largest amount of funds raised at a single event in the history of Upstream Ottawa Mental Health Community Support, which was founded in 1985.
Afri-Day by the Bay
OTTAWA — Afri-Day by the Bay, to be held August 19, will be a celebration of diverse African culture in Bay Ward.
This free event, presented by Upstream Ottawa, held at the Ron Kolbus Clubhouse at 2825 Dumaurier Ave. in the Foster Farm community, between 4 and 8 p.m., is for youth and their families in the neighborhood. The event is being held in partnership with BGC Ottawa.