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Welcoming Margaret Trudeau, author of Changing My Mind

Welcoming Margaret Trudeau, author of Changing My Mind

June 5, 2019

  Fairmont Hotel Vancouver Good evening. When Margaret Trudeau wrote her courageous memoir, Changing My Mind, in 2010, she noted that three million Canadians suffered from serious depression and that only cardiac disease does more damage and draws more dollars from the health care budget than mental illness. Almost a decade later, not much has […]

Overcoming the stigma of mental illness

Overcoming the stigma of mental illness

October 10, 2017

Recently I spoke at a TEDx  event about the need to support young people struggling with mental health issues. To mark World Mental Health Day, I have decided to adapt my talk into a blog post. Please also see the joint Globe and Mail op-ed piece that University of Toronto Chancellor Michael Wilson and I wrote about […]

Thriving at UBC: Encouraging healthy minds on healthy campuses

April 4, 2017

Minister Wilkinson, distinguished guests: I am honoured by the opportunity to speak to you today about mental health and how UBC is encouraging healthy minds on healthy campuses, an issue I am personally involved in, as I will explain in a minute. First I am glad CMHA BC is considering endorsing the Okanagan Charter: An International […]

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