The CatalystConversations on Mental Health
MHCC President and CEO Louise Bradley reflects on the power of resiliency
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If there was ever a need for crisis training, it was during the onset of COVID-19. That’s one reason the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) stepped into the breach by offering virtual training to more than 5,139 essential workers, who took over 574 courses between April and October.
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To support post-secondary institutions in promoting positive mental health outcomes on and off campus, the MHCC, in collaboration with CSA Group, have created the National Standard of Canada: Mental Health and Well-Being for Post-Secondary Students.
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Back in the spring, at the height of the pandemic, Donovan Taplin happened to see that the MHCC was seeking a new board director.
Read moreMHCC injects board with the insights and experience of youth
Medical student, peer supporter and mental health champion Armaghan Alam embraces a new challenge.
Read moreAn opportunity like no other
A call for communities to join our Roots of Hope Early Adopters initiative.
Read moreWhat we need, when we need it
How one group is making strides toward better access to psychotherapy
Read moreFar from business as usual
New toolkit promotes psychologically safe workplaces during COVID-19
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MHCC training responds to the new normal
Going virtual to support essential workers and post-secondary students
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Fredericton MP reflects on a first term like no other
Read moreThe heroes behind the masks
“Health-care workers have always been heroes in my eyes,” said Louise Bradley, president and CEO of the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC), herself a registered nurse and former hospital administrator. “But when a once-in-a-generation crisis like COVID-19 arises, we ask even more of an already overextended workforce.”
Read moreCOVID-19 shining a light on where we must do better
Don Davies, NDP health critic and member of Parliament for Vancouver-Kingsway, has long known the value of essential workers.
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The coronavirus pandemic has introduced a long list of reasons to feel anxious. For months the country has been in virtual lockdown, with physical distance separating us from each other and turning the world as we knew it on its head. Now, as the country begins to reopen, new concerns are emerging, and return or re-entry anxiety is setting in for many.
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On May 20, I sat down for a candid, wide-ranging virtual discussion with Health Minister Patty Hajdu. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, she has become a familiar face in living rooms across the country as she faithfully provides daily briefings to keep the people in Canada up to date on the tireless public health response mounted by the federal government.
Read moreLouise Bradley: Make self-acceptance your pandemic priority
COVID-19 has shaken our world like a child’s snow globe. And it’s hard to find our true north when we’ve been pushed outside our comfort zone while a blizzard rages with no end in sight.
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Without a job, but not without hope
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on employment in Canada and abroad. To date, nearly six million people in this country have applied for government emergency benefits to offset their financial burden. That’s almost equivalent to the entire population in the Greater Toronto Area.
Read moreMental health top of mind for members of Parliament
If there’s any job that relies on the power of interpersonal connection, it’s being a member of Parliament.
Read moreLouise Bradley: Leaning into uncertainty
In these last few years, this is my hardest-won piece of wisdom: vulnerability is our greatest strength.
Read moreComing together through physical distancing
Almost overnight, physical distancing has become part of the Canadian lexicon. By now, we all know we must distance ourselves from others to slow the spread of COVID-19. But physical separation does not have to diminish social connection. If we’re more mindful in our thoughts and actions, the public health measures keeping us apart have the power to bring us closer together.
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