July 27, 2018
ACCESS Clinician Stephanie Tucker-Kilfoil was interviewed on the CBC Radio morning show, Information Morning – Saint John with Sarah Trainor and Elke Semerad and Hance Colburne, about all the great services and activities taking place at P.E.E.R. SJ in Saint John, as well as their upcoming move to colocate with the Teen Resource Centre. Listen to…
Read moreJuly 26, 2018
Over the course of the summer, the team at ACCESS Open Minds’ central office has received hundreds of photos from network members that were taken over the course of our Network Meeting in May 2018. Youth council member Haley Marion M. created a slideshow of the favourite moments that the network shared together. Click here to watch the slideshow!…
Read moreJuly 24, 2018
A group of youth on Prince Edward Island have taken the task of reducing stigma around mental health into their own hands, and are hosting an awareness and fundraising event to support youth mental health at the Charlottetown Inn and Conference Centre. The event, dubbed “Soul Sisters,” is meant to empower the community to end…
Read moreJuly 23, 2018
Check out this video, developed by the 2016-17 Youth Council of the Mental Health Commission of Canada (in collaboration with Mike Hachey Productions, with visuals inspired by Sam Bradd) called Food for thought: A youth perspective on recovery-oriented practice. This video “attempts to break down what youth see as some of the core principles of…
Read moreJuly 6, 2018
The ACCESS EO Péninsule acadienne team from Caraquet, NB organized a great event this past June 27th to celebrate one year of the ACCESS Open Minds project in their community. The event was well-attended, including almost one hundred participating youth, family members and carers, as well as many local partners. The youth participants gave a…
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