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Joint Statement from Members of the Child and Youth Mental Health Sector and its Stakeholders
Joint Statement from Members of the Child and Youth Mental Health Sector and its Stakeholders
Oct 11th, 2022…very good[2]. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for Kids Help Phone’s services more than doubled. By the end of 2020, Kids Help Phone served young people 4.6…
Joint Statement from Members of the Child and Youth Mental Health Sector and its Stakeholders
Joint Statement from Members of the Child and Youth Mental Health Sector and its Stakeholders
Oct 11th, 2022…very good[2]. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for Kids Help Phone’s services more than doubled. By the end of 2020, Kids Help Phone served young people 4.6…
The Burnout Crisis: A Call to Invest in ECE and Child and Youth Workers
The Burnout Crisis: A Call to Invest in ECE and Child and Youth Workers
Sep 14th, 2022… COVID-19 has taken an enormous mental health toll on Canadians, including ECE and youth workers. Burnout among frontline workers has a lasting impact on the quality of care for…
Substance use, recovery, and suicide prevention
Substance use, recovery, and suicide prevention
Sep 7th, 2022…indicating hopelessness, lacking a sense of purpose, exhibiting uncontrolled anger, and socially withdrawing are signs that a person may be thinking about suicide (American Association of Suicidology, 2019). A person…
Campus Peer Support Pilot Project: students helping students with their mental health
Campus Peer Support Pilot Project: students helping students with their mental health
Aug 29th, 2022Post-secondary students are among those hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic. They have faced social isolation, job insecurity, financial hardship and challenges with virtual learning. These problems have had a…
Campus Peer Support Pilot Project: students helping students with their mental health
Campus Peer Support Pilot Project: students helping students with their mental health
Aug 29th, 2022Post-secondary students are among those hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic. They have faced social isolation, job insecurity, financial hardship and challenges with virtual learning. These problems have had a…
Not Myself Today: Transforming mental health in the workplace
Not Myself Today: Transforming mental health in the workplace
Aug 16th, 2022By Martha Li High levels of employee burnout. Increased sick leaves. Surging benefits claims. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Canadian employers have been grappling with the mental health effects…
Bill’s Story
Bill’s Story
Jul 26th, 2022…ending his life. “In most places in Canada,” Bill says, “community mental health nurses just don’t exist. There are countless people that just slip through the cracks.” In 2019, 4,012…
Human beings as objects?
Human beings as objects?
Jul 8th, 2022…rapid COVID tests at the pharmacy. The cashier who took my health insurance card said, astonished: “You don’t look your age!” I didn’t respond to her comment. I tried to…