Health Insight
CAMPAIGN: Brain Health (2022)
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Community of Support for People Facing the Challenges of Dementia
Whether you are living with dementia, supporting people with dementia, or just looking for answers and next steps, the Alzheimer Society can help you.
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Canada Must Invest in Research to Promote Brain Health
Disorders that affect the brain and nerves are the leading cause of disability and the second cause of death worldwide. There’s an urgent need to develop innovative treatments and cures for hundreds of brain diseases and injuries that affect millions of Canadians. Researchers in universities across Canada receive public funding — they work for you...
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How Lived Experience Underpins Hope + Me – MDAO’s Peer Support
Whether you’re going through mental health challenges or physical illness or injury, peer support can be a powerful adjunct to treatment. For people struggling with mental or physical illness, the ability to share their lived experience with someone who “gets it” can be a vital aid in healing and recovery. This is the core...
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Q&A with Michael Landsberg, Founder #SickNotWeakFoundation
What made you start #SickNotWeakFoundation? I started talking about mental health for the same reason I started the sick not weak foundation. There’s a huge shocking benefit to simply sharing your own experience with mental health. I experienced it for the first time on Off the Record in 2009 when I talked with another professional...
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Shining a Light on Brain Injury
Brain injury happens in an instant – a car crash, sports injury, fall, blow to the head, a stroke – changing a person’s life forever. Brain injury happens in an instant — a car crash, sports injury, fall, blow to the head, a stroke — changing a person’s life forever. Acquired brain injury (ABI) is...
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Q&A with CFL Sports Caster Matt Dunigan
Can you share what made you want to donate your brain and how this helps with concussion and CTE research? I’ve always been a big believer in paying it forward. In fact, I’ve tried to live my life that way for as long as I can remember…no pun intended! We live in a world now...
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Employee Mental Health is More Than an Individual Problem
According to the latest round of research from the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) and the University of British Columbia, pandemic fatigue has set in, and Canadians are emotionally overwhelmed and exhausted. That includes workplaces. We have been hearing from organizations across the country that employees are struggling with their mental health, and burnout is...