Structural stigma in health-care contexts Research consistently identifies the health-care system as a significant contributor to stigma for people with mental health and substance use
Firefighter Steve Jones on the merits of The Working Mind First Responders course.
This report is one component of a larger Mental Health Commission of Canada initiative examining structural stigma in health-care settings. It reviews measurement approaches that could be used to monitor the extent to which health-care settings offer caring cultures, person-centred care, or recoveryoriented care. These dimensions were identified as important to service users in an in-depth qualitative study of structural stigma.
Long before the pandemic, women were regularly forced to put their careers on the back burner. Whether caring for children or sick or elderly relatives, women were more likely than men to take on caregiving responsibilities that compete with their working life.
The Mental Health Commission of Canada has championed the development of a new National Standard (the Student Standard) in collaboration with CSA Group, a global
What is the Standard? The CSA Z2003:20 National Standard of Canada for Mental Health and Well-Being for Post-Secondary Students — the first of its kind
Change is never easy, conceded Louise Bradley, C.M., outgoing president and CEO of the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC).
“But that doesn’t mean it isn’t necessary,” she said from her home office in Newfoundland, where she’s been working throughout the pandemic.
“I spent a lot of time reflecting as I went on early morning hikes. Moving on from the MHCC wasn’t a decision that was taken lightly . . . but once it was made, it did feel like a weight had lifted.”
New MHCC resource aims to support women sidelined from the workforce
