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Conversations on Mental Health
Only a month after Joy McNabb completed Talking About Suicide — a refreshed, free, self-directed three-hour course available to all health-care providers — she found herself drawing on her newfound knowledge.
Only a month after Joy McNabb completed Talking About Suicide — a refreshed, free, self-directed three-hour course available to all health-care providers — she found herself drawing on her newfound knowledge.
Today, Alisha Haseeb is a member of the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s Youth Council. But her journey — shaped by a silent struggle and a growing determination to help build a better system — wasn’t always smooth sailing....
Minneapolis made headlines last winter as a community caught up in a national crisis; a Canadian mental health workshop facilitator who visited at the time reflects on what he learned about stress and resiliency from its traumatized citizens.
Why people living with mental illness need treatment, not incarceration.
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Why access is about more than ramps, elevators, and buttons
Young people in Canada today are struggling more than ever with anxiety and related mental health conditions. It’s time to get serious about helping them avoid a crisis.
How opioids are affecting Canadian youth and what recovery looks like.
Welcome to the 9th instalment in the MHCC & series, designed to get to know our HealthPartners membership and to discuss where our realities intersect and how best to support each other.
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The Mental Load of Accessibility
Why access is about more than ramps, elevators, and buttons
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The Age of Anxiety
Young people in Canada today are struggling more than ever with anxiety and related mental health conditions. It’s time to get serious about helping them ...
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A Generation at Risk
How opioids are affecting Canadian youth and what recovery looks like.
Apr29
What’s in a name
Welcome to the 9th instalment in the MHCC & series, designed to get to know our HealthPartners membership and to discuss where our realities intersect ...
The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) is thrilled to be the 17th charity – and the first in 34 years – invited to sit at the HealthPartners’ table.
The MHCC’s Vice President, External Affairs and Development, Allison Cowan, sat down with Kimberley Hanson, CEO of HealthPartners, to talk about the work of HealthPartners and why workplace giving makes a difference.
One morning, as Dyan Robson was walking in her neighbourhood with her young son, she couldn’t help but notice how the licence plates on the cars parked along the street were compelling his attention. This wasn’t just any fascination. This wasn’t just one of the fleeting interests that children often have.
Why the right adjustments can make the difference between losing a valued employee and helping them thrive.
Clearing clutter can clear more than just your space.
Judy Blume told several generations of young women everything we needed to know about puberty, periods, and that fluttery first-crush feeling.
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