You don’t need to get COVID-19 for the pandemic to negatively impact your health. Specifically, your mental health.
View More SAD Phase: Dealing with Mental Health During the PandemicTag: depression
Being Brown and Depressed
We have yet to understand the impact of covert racism and misogyny on the mental health of Canadian citizens, particularly “ethnic” women. However eager they are to contribute to society, however skilled they may be,…
View More Being Brown and DepressedFamily’s Courage Shines on in Story of Corner Shop
As a child, it wasn’t unusual for Ann Y.K. Choi to be at work behind the counter of her family’s convenience store in Toronto. She and her two brothers were expected to help their parents…
View More Family’s Courage Shines on in Story of Corner ShopYes, Let’s ALL Talk About Mental Health
“I guess you have to be white to have a mental illness,” my mom said. I looked up from my laptop to see a promo on CTV News Channel for Bell’s Let’s Talk day on…
View More Yes, Let’s ALL Talk About Mental HealthArt Making Helps Newcomers Cope With Grief, Trauma
Immigrating to a new country can put a strain on a person’s mental health and well-being. Art therapy, one of the disciplines being recognized in November as part of arts and health month, can have…
View More Art Making Helps Newcomers Cope With Grief, TraumaAddressing Mental Health of Resettled Refugees
Canadian party leaders have all pledged to resettle thousands (if not tens of thousands) of Syrian refugees over the next few years, but little has been said to address the fact that for many, the…
View More Addressing Mental Health of Resettled RefugeesLost in Translation: Mental Health of Newcomers
Imagine that you are an Afghan refugee. You are a single mother of two children who has fled an abusive marriage, and survived two rapes, including one in a refugee detention centre that resulted in…
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