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Brentwood College students spend a day focused on mental health and wellness

December 13th, 2017 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off)

picture 779b Brentwood College student leaders and counseling staff hold an annual mental health and wellness day to help decrease stigma, increase awareness and promote resiliency

image: Vancouver Island Mental Health Society acting executive director Taryn O’Flanagan with Brentwood College School student Morgan Woodbridge

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education, mental health, prevention, suicide and suicide prevention, well-being, youth

Post-secondary schools see surge in demand for mental health services

June 19th, 2017 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off)

“Unprecedented demand for mental health services among young people today is raising alarm among medical experts and transforming the financial plans of universities, businesses and governments”

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counselling, education, mental health, myths and stereotypes, prevention, suicide and suicide prevention, youth

Grade 9 student asks, “When did good mental health become a luxury?”

June 8th, 2017 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off)

Quinn, a grade 9 student in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, concludes that mental health care is not very easily accessible for everyone, “even though when it comes down to it, it’s simply health care”

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education, mental health, mental illness, writing and reflection, youth

The accessible, informative, entertaining, and educational “story of school”

October 19th, 2016 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off)

picture-718 Author Zander Sherman says that “the point of institutionalized education has never been to benefit the student for his or her own sake, based on the understanding that the activity of learning is an intrinsically worthwhile endeavour”