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#mhccHealthyHolidays

The holiday season is a joyous season. There are a lot of opportunities to get together and celebrate with friends and loved ones. It can also be a stressful season,...

Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month – an opportunity to reflect on our growing understanding of Alzheimer’s and other dementias, and our need to listen to, and learn from, people living...

Eating Disorders Awareness Week

Eating disorders have the highest overall mortality rate of any mental illness — one in ten will not survive their disorder. Despite this sobering reality, eating disorders are poorly understood,...

National AccessAbility Week (NAAW)

National AccessAbility Week, held from May 28 to June 3, 2023, is a time to celebrate the contributions of Canadians with disabilities and promote efforts to increase accessibility and inclusion...

Toronto, Canada - December 11, 2015: Sponsors, family, and Canadians simply wishing to welcome their new neighbours await the first plane's arrival of Syrian refugees at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. | Toronto, Canada - 11 décembre 2015 : Les commanditaires, la famille et les Canadiens qui souhaitent simplement accueillir leurs nouveaux voisins attendent l'arrivée du premier avion de réfugiés syriens à l'aéroport international Pearson de Toronto.

World Refugee Day

World Refugee Day offers a moment to reflect on the extraordinary resilience of families and individuals forced to flee their homes in search of a safer, better future. As a...

Each color of the Disability Pride Flag represents a different type of disability: physical (red), cognitive and intellectual (yellow), invisible and undiagnosed (white), psychosocial (blue), and sensory (green). The charcoal background symbolizes mourning and rage for the victims of ableist violence and abuse, and the colored bands are placed diagonally to convey persons with disabilities “cutting across” societal barriers. | Chaque couleur du Drapeau de la fierté des personnes handicapées représente un type de handicap différent : physique (rouge), cognitif et intellectuel (jaune), invisible et non diagnostiqué (blanc), psychosocial (bleu) et sensoriel (vert). Le fond de charbon de bois symbolise le deuil et la rage pour les victimes de la violence et des abus capacitistes, et les bandes colorées sont placées en diagonale pour indiquer que les personnes handicapées « franchissent » les barrières sociétales.

Disability Pride Month

During July, we’ve been celebrating Disability Pride Month. What started in the United States in 1990 has become a global movement of empowerment and visibility for those with disabilities. In...

mhccSelfCareSummer

Self-care should be part of your summer plans. Not just for International Self-Care Day (July 24) or Self-Care Month (June 24 to July 24), but every single day. For July...