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Eating Disorders Awareness Week – February 1st– 8th
1 February 2023Despite stereotypes and myths, eating disorders do not have a “look”. Eating disorders affect people of all races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages, socioeconomic status, and abilities. Each year, organizations…
Bell Let’s Talk 2023 – Mental Health Awareness
25 January 2023The new 2023 Bell Let’s Talk awareness campaign – Let’s change this – highlights the mental health crisis Canadians are facing in very real and personal ways and issues a…
Faces of CMHA WW: Victoria Hanson
24 January 20231. What is involved in your role? I work as a registered dietitian within the child and youth and adult outpatient eating disorder program. My role begins with a nutritional…
Blue Monday Myth, Mental Health Challenges a Reality
16 January 2023For 15 years, the third Monday in January has been dubbed “Blue Monday,” billed as “the most depressing day of the year.” This simply isn’t true. Research in Ontario suggests…
Act for Mental Health calls for the promised Canada Mental Health Transfer now
25 November 2022Emergency Departments aren’t the cure for our mental health crisis but there’s nowhere else to turn With rising mental health care needs and Emergency Departments stretched past their limits, Canada…
Faces of CMHA WW: Kaitlin Schnurr Mental Health Clinician
8 November 20221. What is involved in your role? I am an Occupational Therapist working in the role of a Mental Health Clinician with the First Step Early Psychosis Intervention Program. My…
October Mental Health Check-up Mike Farwell Show
27 October 2022In this edition of our Mental Health Check-up with the Mike Farwell show, our Director of Strategy and Community Engagement Alison DeMuy talks about mental wellness in the workplace. Improving…
One Year Anniversary of the Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington IMPACT (Integrated Mobile Police and Crisis Team) and the University of Guelph Pilot Project
25 October 2022Most mental health disorders have their peak onset during young adulthood by the age of 25 years, 75% of those who will have a mental health disorder have had their…
#GetReal Campaign Calls Attention to Mental Health Crisis
14 October 2022With 10 days out until the upcoming municipal election, we need your support. You can get involved in the #GetReal campaign by submitting your letter of support and making your…