Province’s silence on mental health leaves advocates fearing for the future
Monday, April 12th, 2010
Apr 12 2010
…one of the most productive and non-partisan exercises currently underway at Queen’s Park is the select committee on mental health and addictions. Last month, the committee issued an interim report that… gave voice to people it said “are so often ignored and stigmatized.”… It was told of the link between mental health and addictions and suicide – the 10th leading cause of death in the province. It learned about depression, anxiety and other mood disorders, about autism spectrum disorders, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, perinatal mood disorders, schizophrenia and other forms of psychosis. All of which fill the courts, the jails, the streets and the graveyards.
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Story of home children part of our history
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Feb 22 2010
Brownell said it’s estimated more than 10 per cent of Canada’s population is made up of descendants of British home children, yet many Canadians don’t know their story.
“They are not aware of the hardships that they suffered and the sacrifices that were made. They are not aware of the tremendous contributions that British home children made to the social and economic fibre of our great province.”
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