This is Mental Health Week in Canada, which means now is a great time to be present and consider important facts involved in understanding your own and others’ mental health. It’s also a reminder that, collectively, we can do more to make a positive impact when it comes to mental health and wellness.
Even when we have great mental health, we can still experience hard days. It’s important to remember to recognize how we are feeling and ask for help when it’s needed. The Centre of Addiction and Mental Health and Canadian Mental Health Association both offer mental health resources that can help.
For the YMCA, raising awareness about mental health is key to creating inclusive and barrier-free spaces for our employees and communities, and is an important part of our commitment to diversity and social inclusion and building healthier communities across the GTA. Through education and learning opportunities, partnerships and collaborations, and dialogue and conversations, we aim to create the kinds of healthy spaces and work environments that enable everyone to reach their potential.
“I appreciated that my workplace took the time to organize a Mental Health Workshop, further cultivating a workplace that is supportive of its employees and understands the importance of education and awareness of such challenges that are so widely prevalent in the world,” says YMCA staff, Kleine Achiles. “I am proud to be working for and to be part of an organization that works at providing important learning opportunities such as the Mental Health Workshop for its employees.”
The YMCA of Greater Toronto has been fortunate to partner with different mental health and wellness educators and trainers to offer diverse learning opportunities to our employees. Learning topics have focused on how to support and interact with individuals struggling with mental health challenges, identifying listening barriers, exploring physical and mental boundaries, and understanding one’s own biases and how they may be impacting our actions and behaviours. The YMCA continues to offer and expand these learning opportunities and is committed to affecting positive change related to mental health through education and conversations, as well as transforming attitudes and destigmatizing mental illness. Knowledge and skill-building is an important part of our contributions to enhancing wellness in the communities we serve.
When it comes to mental health and accessibility, attitude makes all the difference. Discrimination happens when we have negative attitudes and stereotypes about people who are experiencing mental illness. Mental Health Week is an important opportunity to #GetLoud together. #GettingLoud means speaking up to help others and end the discrimination and stigma that usually go hand in hand with mental illness. Let’s use our voice to have conversations, raise awareness and build support – for someone at work, at home or ourselves.
Even when we have great mental health, we can still experience hard days. It’s important to remember to recognize how we are feeling and ask for help when it’s needed. The Centre of Addiction and Mental Health and Canadian Mental Health Association both offer mental health resources that can help.
For the YMCA, raising awareness about mental health is key to creating inclusive and barrier-free spaces for our employees and communities, and is an important part of our commitment to diversity and social inclusion and building healthier communities across the GTA. Through education and learning opportunities, partnerships and collaborations, and dialogue and conversations, we aim to create the kinds of healthy spaces and work environments that enable everyone to reach their potential.
“I appreciated that my workplace took the time to organize a Mental Health Workshop, further cultivating a workplace that is supportive of its employees and understands the importance of education and awareness of such challenges that are so widely prevalent in the world,” says YMCA staff, Kleine Achiles. “I am proud to be working for and to be part of an organization that works at providing important learning opportunities such as the Mental Health Workshop for its employees.”
The YMCA of Greater Toronto has been fortunate to partner with different mental health and wellness educators and trainers to offer diverse learning opportunities to our employees. Learning topics have focused on how to support and interact with individuals struggling with mental health challenges, identifying listening barriers, exploring physical and mental boundaries, and understanding one’s own biases and how they may be impacting our actions and behaviours. The YMCA continues to offer and expand these learning opportunities and is committed to affecting positive change related to mental health through education and conversations, as well as transforming attitudes and destigmatizing mental illness. Knowledge and skill-building is an important part of our contributions to enhancing wellness in the communities we serve.
When it comes to mental health and accessibility, attitude makes all the difference. Discrimination happens when we have negative attitudes and stereotypes about people who are experiencing mental illness. Mental Health Week is an important opportunity to #GetLoud together. #GettingLoud means speaking up to help others and end the discrimination and stigma that usually go hand in hand with mental illness. Let’s use our voice to have conversations, raise awareness and build support – for someone at work, at home or ourselves.
