Lived Experience
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.
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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.
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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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Why the right adjustments can make the difference between losing a valued employee and helping them thrive.
Read moreSweeping Changes: Spring Cleaning and Mental Health
Clearing clutter can clear more than just your space.
Read moreAre You There Judy? It’s Me … Midlife Margaret
Judy Blume told several generations of young women everything we needed to know about puberty, periods, and that fluttery first-crush feeling.
Read moreFrom Diagnosis to Dignity: Rethinking Support for People with FASD
Dramatically overrepresented in Canada’s courts and prisons, advocates, researchers, and families are coming together to push for systemic reform
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When I Tell People About My Mental Illness, This is What Happens
If you wonder whether or not to share your story, read on. I’ve experienced similar quandaries.
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Even the briefest life creates profound impacts. Krista Beneš honours someone the world never met, her second son, Max. Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day takes place annually in October, and resources – listed at the bottom of the article – are available year-round.
Read moreRest is not the same thing as recovery
A sprained ankle sparked a truth: rest isn’t recovery. Phones don’t recharge by idling—and neither do we.
Read moreThe connection between housing and mental health
“Put somebody into housing – then look after their needs.”
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“Unmasking” is the theme for this year’s Mental Health Week – meaning to remove the “mask” that people living with mental health challenges often wear to protect themselves from stigma.
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To mark Cancer Awareness Month, the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s president and CEO Michel Rodrigue offers a personal meditation on the complex landscape of cancer diagnosis, navigating healthcare, and the critical role of privilege in healing.
Read moreThe Secret Life of Kidneys: What you don’t know can hurt you
MHCC & Series –Kidney Foundation of Canada By Sandra Koppert, Director of Mental Health Advancement, MHCC Welcome to the eighth installment in the MHCC & series, designed to get to know our HealthPartners membership, and discover how we can best support one another. To mark Kidney Health Month, I sat down with Elizabeth Myles, National...
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Taking Lived and Living Experience to Heart
Welcome to the seventh installment in the MHCC & series, designed to get to know our HealthPartners membership, and discover how we can best support one another. To mark Heart Month, Chuck Bruce sat down with Christine Faubert, Vice President, Health Equity and Mission Impact with Heart & Stroke, to understand more about the organization’s extraordinary successes, and what comes next in their storied journey.
Read moreChanging the Conversation
Welcome to the fifth installment in the MHCC & series, designed to get to know our HealthPartners membership, and discuss where our realities intersect, and how best to support each other. November is Diabetes Awareness Month and the 14th marks World Diabetes Day, so MHCC’s Director of Marketing and Communications, Debra Yearwood, sat down with Laura Syron, CEO of Diabetes Canada, to learn about the outsized footprint of the complex condition, and what the organization is doing to shrink it.
Read moreA Gutsy Move
Welcome to the fourth story in the MHCC & series, designed to get to know our HealthPartners membership, and learn about where our realities intersect, and how best to support each other. In recognition of Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Month, observed every November, and to mark the 50th anniversary of Crohn’s and Colitis Canada, the MHCC’s Director of Marketing and Communications, Debra Yearwood, sat down with Lori Radke, President and CEO of Crohn’s and Colitis Canada, to learn about a legacy spanning five decades, and the long road ahead.
Read moreMaking the Invisible Seen
MHCC & Series – Arthritis Society Canada By Debra Yearwood Welcome to the first story in the MHCC & series, designed to get to know our Health Partners membership, and learn about where our realities intersect, and how best to support each other. To mark Arthritis Awareness Month, observed every September, the Mental Health Commission.
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