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The Pathways to Recovery program (12 weeks) and workbook takes a strengths based, self help approach to recovery. Pathways will take you through a process of exploring your own recovery journey while creating a long-range vision for your life. It helps you to identify your personal strengths and dreams, and refocus on reclaiming positive sources of identity and a life beyond being a person with a mood disorder or a consumer of mental health services. It helps you think about and plan how to improve your quality of life and to live a full life, despite your history or challenges.

Our goal in using this program is to provide a supportive culture for people to explore their own recovery in a self-directed and self-controlled way, but done in group so that the experience can involve mutual support and building relationships that support and sustain recovery. Our hope is that people who participate in this program, and incorporate the work into their own journeys of healing, will one day receive most of their life's supports and resources outside of the mental health system.


Winter program:

Wednesday’s

Beginning April 9th, 2025

12 weeks

6:30pm - 8:00pm

Hosted Via Hybrid In Person

The Ottawa Hospital

Civic Campus

Tulip Cafe Conference Room

or Zoom

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Directions:

  1. Enter the hospital through the main entrance

  2. Stop and sign in with the security officer stationed in front of the elevators across the hall from Tim Horton’s and receive a visitor badge (Security is set up here for safety after regular work hours to monitor who enters the building - if there is no security officer on site, proceed to the meeting room)

  3. Walk straight down the main hallway (shown by the red arrows on the map) until you reach a large open area and see the “Tulip Cafe” sign above

  4. Follow the arrow slightly left through the large double doors and enter the cafeteria

  5. Walk straight until you can turn left and head towards the cash registers

  6. Turn right and walk past all of the cash registers

  7. The Tulip Conference room will be directly in front of you

  8. An illuminated sign beside the door will read “Mood Disorders Ottawa – MDO”

  9. Parking on community streets around the hospital is free after 5pm.

  10. Welcome to MDO’s new program and peer support  location! 

  11. Remember, The Ottawa Hospital has a scent free policy.

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