June 2025 Resource Round Up: Men’s Mental Health & Suicide Prevention
Men’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Resources June is recognized as Canadian Men’s Health Month. For this month’s Resource Round-Up, we’re highlighting organizations and resources that are focused on men’s mental health and suicide prevention. To learn more about how suicide impacts men, visit: Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Men – Evidence Brief – […]
May 2025 Resource Round-Up: Mental Health Apps
Suicide Prevention Apps Online and digital mental health resources, such as websites, apps, and artificial intelligence tools, are becoming more popular. To help support the development of safe, quality, and effective mental health apps in Canada, the Mental Health Commission of Canada created a Mental Health App Assessment framework with support from Health Canada and […]
April 2025 Resource Round-Up: Counselling Information Supports
April is National Counselling and Psychotherapy month! We know that there can be a lot of questions about counselling and psychotherapy. This month, we’ve collected some resources to help you understand and access counselling or psychotherapy services. Ontario Counselling Finder Develop and led by Family Service Ontario, the Ontario Counselling Finder is an online tool […]
February 2025 Resource Round-Up: Bullying & Suicide Prevention
Pink Shirt Day is observed annually on the last Wednesday of February, and this year, it falls on February 26. It’s a day dedicated to standing up against bullying and promoting kindness, empathy, and respect. It started back in 2007, when two grade 12 students in Nova Scotia bought and distributed 50 pink shirts after […]
January 2025 Resource Roundup: Conversation Guides
Throughout January, there are a few different awareness days that focus on mental health and wellbeing, including Bell Let’s Talk Day. To help support caring conversations about mental health and suicide prevention in our community, we’ve compiled some of our favourite conversation guides. BeThere.Org Be There – Mental health support BeThere.Org is a free resource […]
November 2024 Resource Round Up: Grief after Suicide
November is recognized as Grief Awareness Month, and is a time to remember. It’s also a time to learn how we can help support ourselves, and others, through our grief. To help you along your grief journey, we have curated a list of grief resources, including books, websites, and community organizations in Waterloo Region. You […]