For the 65th year, the Canadian Mental Health Association is bringing awareness to mental health issues.
Mental Health Awareness Week is being commemorated in communities all across Canada May 2nd through the 8th.
Events scheduled include cupcake drop-offs to local businesses today, dodgeball at the TRCC on Tuesday, powwow dancing and drumming at the Manitoba Metis Federation on Wednesday, lawn games and a dunk tank at the CMHA office on Thursday, and a BBQ at their office on Friday.
Katherine Pohjolainen, Thompson CMHA’s Education and Training Program Coordinator, shares some of the history behind the week.
“CMHA created Mental Health Awareness Week in 1951 to celebrate mental health and celebrate the resilience of people who have a mental illness, and also to spread awareness and education on the stigma of mental illness.”
For more information, you can contact the CMHA at 204-677-6051.
