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Get Loud for Mental Health

May 5th, 2015 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Get Loud for Mental Health)

Mental illness often goes undetected or untreated in men due to pressures of stigma

May 4th, 2015 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Mental illness often goes undetected or untreated in men due to pressures of stigma)

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pfr banner workingCanada’s national Mental Health Week (May 4-10, 2015) focuses this year on men’s mental health — and the correlation between physical and mental illnesses.

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Victoria’s poet laureate to mark mental health & substance use wellness day

May 4th, 2015 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Victoria’s poet laureate to mark mental health & substance use wellness day)

Yvonne-Blomerpfr banner workingThe City of Victoria’s poet laureate Yvonne Blomer will lead an event on May 7, 2015, sponsored by Island Health, marking the first annual Mental Health and Substance Use Awareness Day

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The land of the free?

April 30th, 2015 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on The land of the free?)

See “My Father and the Man in Black” on Friday May 29th

April 30th, 2015 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on See “My Father and the Man in Black” on Friday May 29th)


Come join us to see this Oscar qualifying and award winning documentary on Friday, May 29, 2015 @ 7:00 p.m. in Vancouver Island University Theatre (Building 310)! Free parking in lots G & H.

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Island Health’s first annual Mental Health and Substance Use Wellness Day Thursday May 7

April 30th, 2015 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Island Health’s first annual Mental Health and Substance Use Wellness Day Thursday May 7)

Indian Senior LadyIn any given year, one in five people in Canada will experience a mental health or substance use challenge. Many of these people say that the stigma they encounter is worse than the problem itself.

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