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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…
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…
The power of empathy
The power of empathy
Jul 8th, 2022…passing judgment can go a long way in avoiding conflict. As we learn to live with COVID-19, let’s also learn to live with hope. We are all in this together….
Our empathy bucket needs refilling
Our empathy bucket needs refilling
May 17th, 2022…under-resourced and strained long before COVID-19 overwhelmed our healthcare system. Now consider this collision of worlds and its effects: population-wide empathy fatigue meets a healthcare system strained by a pandemic,…
Health Canada Provides $2M to Support Mental Health Project for Post-Secondary Students
Health Canada Provides $2M to Support Mental Health Project for Post-Secondary Students
May 6th, 2022May 6, 2022 | Fredericton, NB | Health Canada Post-secondary students are among those hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic, with social isolation, virtual learning challenges, job insecurity, and financial…
Only 13% of Canadians are feeling empathetic, down markedly from two years ago
Only 13% of Canadians are feeling empathetic, down markedly from two years ago
May 2nd, 2022…years, research suggests that Canadians may also be experiencing “empathy fatigue.” The latest survey conducted by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) and UBC researchers, Assessing the Impacts of COVID-19…
CMHA welcomes investments in social determinants of health in Budget 2022
CMHA welcomes investments in social determinants of health in Budget 2022
Apr 7th, 2022…affordable housing and addictions supports as Canadians recover from the devastating impact of more than two years of COVID-19. We welcome much-needed investment in Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addictions…