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Researchers from Brock University examine youth-adult partnerships for mental health promotion
June 12, 2015
Youth-adult partnerships involve youth and adults working together to improve the systems that affect them. While research on the effects of these partnerships in community mental health promotion is limited,...
University of PEI offers training in new mental health first aid program
June 11, 2015
A new mental health first aid program is being offered to University of Prince Edward Island students, staff and faculty. It’s a two day workshop created by the Mental Health...
Confederation College Launches a Student Mental Health & Well-Being Strategy
May 20, 2015
After two years of extensive consultation and a lot of hard work from the entire College community, Confederation College proudly launched its Student Mental Health and Well-Being Strategy today; the...
Students: how stressed are you?
May 19, 2015
While most people think about stress in a workplace environment, students also face their own stresses: to choose the right pathway for their future career, to do well at their...
New survey shows that anxiety #1 student concern
May 14, 2015
For the fifth year in a row, anxiety is the top condition of students seeking care at campus counseling centers, according to a survey released Monday night by the Association for University...
NorQuest loneliness study interview receives big interest
May 14, 2015
May 11, 2015 – An April 30 CBC interview with members of NorQuest College’s social work department, and the college’s students’ association, examining the cause and effect of loneliness on campus is getting...
Hamilton mental health providers mark mental health week
May 14, 2015
Child and Youth Mental Health Program staff at the Chedoke campus of Hamilton Health Sciences donned the green on May 6 to celebrate national Child and Youth Mental Health Week....
Why Privy Council Clerk Janice Charette is making mental health a public service priority
May 12, 2015
Janice Charette may be one of the first top-ranking bureaucrats in Canada or abroad to put the mental health of public servants at the head of the management agenda. The Clerk of the Privy...
For youth, by youth. MHCC publishes a youth-friendly mental health strategy
May 8, 2015
Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) has released The Mental Health Strategy for Canada: A Youth Perspective. This document, which was written by the MHCC’s Youth Council, is an adaptation of Changing...
CMHA York Region and South Simcoe community launch and celebration of Ontario’s first mobile health clinic for youth at King Campus
May 5, 2015
Toronto, May 4, 2015 – The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) and Seneca mark Mental Health Week (May 4 to 10) at Seneca’s King Campus by unveiling Ontario’s first roving comprehensive health clinic...