Posts tagged World Health Organization

In Canada October 3-9, is Mental Illness Awareness Week, and October 10, 2021 is World Mental Health Day, and although much has been done there is still much more to do, long after the day and the week have gone by. In secondary  schools, one in five students shows signs of mental illness, and a great percentage of these children will not receive treatment. Suicide has now been identified as the second leading cause of death among high school students, yet little to no constructive action has been taken. Why are so many teens deciding that death is a preferable alternative …

On August 15, the average Canadian in the midst of the fourth wave of an unprecedented pandemic had more put on their plates, in the form of a hastily- called 44th federal election. At the start of the electoral race, vaccination mandates did not take pride of place, and the passage of time has certainly shown that they have been more divisive than effective, with the parties sniping at each other. In consonance with the “no shoes, no shirt, no service” policy we have historically seen displayed on many businesses, many employers are now making it absolutely clear to their …