{"id":26163,"date":"2022-10-10T09:14:10","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T13:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campusmentalhealth.ca\/?p=26163"},"modified":"2022-10-13T09:17:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T13:17:09","slug":"universities-see-urgent-need-for-federal-government-to-follow-through-on-student-mental-health-commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campusmentalhealth.ca\/news\/universities-see-urgent-need-for-federal-government-to-follow-through-on-student-mental-health-commitment\/","title":{"rendered":"Universities see urgent need for federal government to follow through on student mental health commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This World Mental Health Day, Canadian universities are urging the federal government to follow through on their election commitment in 2021 to establish a student mental health fund of $500 million over four years. This direct funding is needed urgently to provide essential improvements to mental health care on campus for students affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Post-secondary students are among those most affected by the pandemic.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.casa-acae.com\/the_new_abnormal_report\">A report<\/a>\u00a0published jointly by the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) and the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) in September 2022 reveals that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The pandemic negatively impacted the mental health of 3 in 4 students;<\/li>\n<li>The pandemic worsened students\u2019 pre-existing mental health challenges (74%) and created new mental health struggles (61%); and<\/li>\n<li>The pandemic disproportionately impacted students who identified as a visible minority, 2SLGBTQ+, Indigenous, living with a disability, or living with a pre-existing mental health concern.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.univcan.ca\/media-room\/media-releases\/universities-see-urgent-need-for-federal-government-to-follow-through-on-student-mental-health-commitment\/\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This World Mental Health Day, Canadian universities are urging the federal government to follow through on their election commitment in 2021 to establish a student mental health fund of $500&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"topic":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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