Mental healthcare in Halton
(Photo illustration by Loren Pelaez/Sheridan Sun BY LOREN PELAEZ Sheridan students who struggle with mental health have resources open to them that they may not know about. There are free and local services aimed to […]
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Local bar raises money for mental health
BY ASHA SWANN Monaghans Sports Pub in Oakville hosted a fundraiser last weekend, donating the proceeds to the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA). The event was organized by Brian Fogel, a musician from Stoney Creek, […]
Blogger uses social media for self-discovery
BY MAX WELLS These days it seems everyone has multiple public personalities, and they all share the same names: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and Tumblr to name a few. Probably every single person reading this […]
For some students, happiness is hard to find
BY DYLAN OLLEY Being happy is an important part of life. However, those who have a mental illness may be unable to be happy because of the daily stress and sadness they experience. Mental illnesses […]
Strike leaves students without mental health care
BY MAX WELLS Many Ontario college students say their mental health has been severely impacted by the college strike. The strike, which affected all 24 Ontario colleges, left half a million students anxious about the […]
Sheridan initiative supports staff mental health
BRADLEY NORTHCOTE Mental health support is needed not just for students, but for other members of the Sheridan community. Some of them engage directly with students. Others work in the background. Whatever their role, staff […]
Sheridan says hello to yellow
BY RYA WALFORD “We are really, really pleased that today has come. There have been a lot of people preparing for this and that is our yellow Friendship bench,” Maria Lucido-Bezely, Dean of Students, told […]
Mental health by the numbers
With Bell Let’s Talk tomorrow we decided to take a look at some of the numbers behind the campaign and mental health in Canada.
Yellow is for Hello comes to Sheridan
BY RYA WALFORD Sheridan College’s Student Union is taking its first big step in mental health awareness by joining the Yellow is for Hello campaign and installing a friendship bench on each campus. SSU president […]
Ontario takes steps to help first responders with PTSD
BY JASMINE ANTHONY AND ERIN QUEENAN A new bill was passed last week by the Ontario government to enable first-responders with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to acquire faster mental-health treatment. What this means, is after decades […]