News & Announcements
Bell Let's Talk Day 2015
January 12, 2015
Bell Let’s Talk Day 2015 is January 28: Join the national conversation about mental health! Bell Let’s Talk national spokesperson Clara Hughes again invites you to the conversation about mental...
Researchers aim to use entrepreneurship in Kenya to make mental health the bottom line
January 5, 2015
An effective way to alleviate symptoms and improve outcomes for someone living with serious mental illness is through meaningful and productive employment. Using this knowledge, researchers at Western University and...
Funding boosts mental-health worker training
December 12, 2014
Vancouver Island University has received over $66,000 in one-time funding for 12 spaces in its Community Mental Health Worker certificate program, as part of a province-wide initiative to provide additional...
Mental health efforts backed by Jack.org
December 10, 2014
Mental health is a topic gaining traction on campuses across Canada, and a big reason for that change is Jack.org. Student-led, student-organized and student-driven, Jack.org is a group that’s dedicated...
Brock takes leading role in new mental health initiative
December 10, 2014
Mental health among post-secondary students has become a serious issue on campuses across Ontario. Student health centres are reporting greater numbers of students experiencing a wide range of mental health...
Teens talk mental health in Ottawa
December 5, 2014
Three students from R.D. Parker Collegiate travelled to Ottawa in November to take part in the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s HeadSTRONG program, an initiative to help destigmatize discussion of...
230,000 Ontario adults considered suicide in 2013: CAMH
December 5, 2014
A new study from Canada’s largest mental health and addiction research centre suggests more than 230,000 Ontario adults “seriously contemplated suicide” in 2013. The Toronto-based Centre for Addiction and Mental...
Veterans Affairs shed staff despite increased mental-health risks
December 5, 2014
The department of beleaguered Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino shed nearly a quarter of its work force over the past five years even as bureaucrats warned that the changes could...
Mental-health survey suggests youth under increasing stress
December 5, 2014
An increasing number of adults have rated their own mental health as poor in the last five years, particularly young adults, say Ontario researchers who call it a troubling trend....
We are on the mental health care team
December 5, 2014
What follows is an open letter to The Honourable Dr. Eric Hoskins on the announcement of Phase 2 of the Comprehensive Mental Health and Addictions Strategy in Ontario. Dear Minister...