Desperately Seeking Sleep
By Suzanne Westover This week, the “s” word is on everyone’s lips. Did you get enough? Overindulge? What about quality? Better than usual, worse? I’m
Money & Mental Health
Breaking the Cycle
One student’s recovery from gambling addiction offers hope—and lessons—for a generation under financial and mental strain.
Beyond Survival: Addressing the Mental Health Crisis Among the World’s Displaced
By Karla Thorpe, Vice President, Programs and Priorities, Mental Health Commission of Canada. The statistics are staggering, but they represent real human lives: 117 million
Lived Experience
The Living Legacy of a Stillborn Child
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.
Living in the present: How I learned to stop looking forward
Amid 2020 isolation, aimless drives and a phone camera taught me to live in the present.
Lived Experience
Rest 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.
Lived Experience
The connection between housing and mental health
“Put somebody into housing – then look after their needs.”
Serving with heart
In Monica McAlduff, the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) has found a leader whose personal journey mirrors the transformation they seek to create. The MHCC
Housing First – What’s Next?
In October 2024, the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) convened a meeting of 62 experts from across Canada to explore how to advance Housing
