It’s CMHA Mental Health Week. Let’s #GetReal about how to help.
It's CMHA Mental Health Week. Let's #GetReal about how to help. Every May for the last 71 years, Canadians in communities, schools, workplaces and the House of Commons have rallied around CMHA Mental Health Week. Just as Canadians are experiencing pandemic fatigue...
VIMHS is hiring casual mental health support workers
Mental Health Support Worker (Casual), Nanaimo -- The Mental Health Support Worker (MHSW), under the direction of the Clinical Manager, provides support to adult residents with mental health and addiction issues. The MHSW facilitates life skill development using the...
Q’waxsem Place in Campbell River one year later
Residents at the VIMHS Q’waxsem Place supportive housing facility in Campbell River celebrated their first anniversary in the building last month. A 50 unit apartment supportive housing complex on Dogwood Street, Q’waxsem Place was opened officially in February, 2021....
Who is homeless? Why? What is being done to help? What can I do?
AUDIO | Homelessness is a huge problem in North America – and all over the world. But who is homeless? Why? What is being done to address the situation? What can I do? These questions and many more are addressed in Shelter, a book for readers aged nine to 12 and the...
Bell Let’s Talk: A catalyst for support and self-disclosure, or corporate greed?
AUDIO | For years, the stigma around depression has caused many to suffer in silence. Since its launch by Canadian telecommunications giant Bell Canada in 2010, the Bell Let’s Talk campaign has aimed to change the narrative around mental health. But Bell itself has...
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It’s CMHA Mental Health Week. Let’s #GetReal about how to help.
It's CMHA Mental Health Week. Let's #GetReal about how to help. Every May for the last 71 years, Canadians in communities, schools, workplaces and the House of Commons have rallied around CMHA Mental Health Week. Just as Canadians are experiencing pandemic fatigue...
VIMHS is hiring casual mental health support workers
Mental Health Support Worker (Casual), Nanaimo -- The Mental Health Support Worker (MHSW), under the direction of the Clinical Manager, provides support to adult residents with mental health and addiction issues. The MHSW facilitates life skill development using the...
Q’waxsem Place in Campbell River one year later
Residents at the VIMHS Q’waxsem Place supportive housing facility in Campbell River celebrated their first anniversary in the building last month. A 50 unit apartment supportive housing complex on Dogwood Street, Q’waxsem Place was opened officially in February, 2021....
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Downtown audio journey shines light on Campbell River’s toxic drug crisis
Locals will soon have the chance to listen in on the ongoing toxic drug poisoning crisis, hearing stories recorded from those who have experienced it first hand. The Walk With Me team is making its way north to Campbell River, launching a handful of community walks...
Analysis: People living on the streets are struggling. Their neighbours are too.
A lack of investment in the necessities of life, from health care to housing, has left residents of Nanaimo to 'pick up the pieces.' When I sit down to write a series, I typically try to break the issue down into a simple outline that often takes the form of...
If we say mental health help is on its way for Indigenous people, we’d better mean it
The country was horrified when the remains of 215 children were discovered in an unmarked grave at the site of a residential school in Kamloops, B.C. This gave Canadians pause about what kind of country they live in; it also brought a terrible sinking feeling, a...
PEOPLE FIRST MEDIA
Who is homeless? Why? What is being done to help? What can I do?
AUDIO | Homelessness is a huge problem in North America – and all over the world. But who is homeless? Why? What is being done to address the situation? What can I do? These questions and many more are addressed in Shelter, a book for readers aged nine to 12 and the...
Bell Let’s Talk: A catalyst for support and self-disclosure, or corporate greed?
AUDIO | For years, the stigma around depression has caused many to suffer in silence. Since its launch by Canadian telecommunications giant Bell Canada in 2010, the Bell Let’s Talk campaign has aimed to change the narrative around mental health. But Bell itself has...
The toxic illicit drug supply claimed the lives of at least 2,224 British Columbians in 2021
AUDIO | The toxic illicit drug supply claimed the lives of at least 2,224 British Columbians in 2021, according to preliminary data released by the BC Coroners Service. “Over the past seven years, our province has experienced a devastating loss of life due to a toxic...
