Justice | Health
...that mental health services are among the most inadequately funded aspect of health care. The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) estimates that 50 percent of Canadians will have or...
Justice | Health
...in mental health. Louise Chénier, program manager of workplace mental health at the Mental Health Commission of Canada, helps employers create a mentally healthy work environment and says that it...
Ethical Living | Health
...service,” Khan said. Increasingly, Muslim organizations are creating services to offer youth mental health care, at local mosques and through such initiatives as the Institute of Muslim Mental Health, the...
Ethical Living | Health
...three young children, lodging that they found unsuitable but one of the only affordable housing options in the area. “We sacrificed our mental health for four years so that we...
Justice | Human Rights
...a Mobile Crisis Rapid Response Team (MCRRT), which is the first of its kind in North America. Partnering with St. Joseph’s Healthcare, a local hospital, a mental health professional joins...
Justice | Health
On a stretch of Bloor Street in Toronto, where old-style taverns are gradually being replaced by natural wine bars, one business puts mental health services front and centre. Hard Feelings,...
Ethical Living | Health, Society
In March 2017, a first-year student died by suicide at the University of Waterloo. I wanted to listen to stories of university students and their personal struggles with mental health....
Ethical Living | Health
...hesitant to call myself a sexual health expert. Even though my background is in health, and I learned a great deal about sexual health in my education, I know there...
Justice | Human Rights
...the “criminalization” of mental illness. Currently, people with mental health issues are statistically over-represented in the prison system. According to Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), prisoners are...
Ethical Living | Health, Society
...programs? A report earlier this year by Children’s Mental Health Ontario showed that over 6,500 children and teens were waiting more than one year to access mental health services. Because...
