Watch Katie Hayes of the University of Toronto, and Melanie Goodchild of the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience, join Steve Paikin to discuss the connections between climate change and mental health.

Here is what we know about mental health and addictions content in the new Health and Physical Education curriculum for Grades 1-8.

Mental health (Grades 1 to 8, in addition to existing learning)

The enhanced HPE curriculum takes a comprehensive approach to learning about mental health. This includes:

At 12:30 p.m. EST today Health Canada provided an update on the legalization and regulation of cannabis in Canada. The new legislation will make it legal to purchase edible cannabis, cannabis extracts and cannabis topicals for consumption this fall.

A few weeks ago, my son, Jake and I were interviewed about Video Gaming Addiction by journalist, Brandie Weikle for her podcast series, The New Family. This morning that podcast was released, and even though I know the story intimately, I am still learning from my son. I listened again today, and felt so proud for his willingness to share. In this interview, Jake is raw, articulate, and relatable. I have an even better understanding of his journey, once again.

The common belief among medical professionals is that depression only happens in western countries.  Now, researchers have found strong evidence that depression is "a fundamental human experience."

Check out The Agenda last night for a timely discussion of the potential impact of proposed alcohol policy changes in Ontario. As Pegeen Walsh, OPHA's Executive Director shared, we need to work together to ensure the health impacts are part of the conversation.

Please like, comment, and share this tweet from @AlcoholPolicyON (OPHA Alcohol WG):

Great piece of Monday morning news. 

This morning, Minister Elliott announced announce an additional $174 million in funding to address the critical gaps in Ontario's system and to support patients and families living with mental health and addictions challenges.

This year's additional mental health and addiction funding will include:

With the 2019 Ontario budget came many changes to alcohol policy.

 Current research by Myran shows why Ontarians should be concerned about these changes.

That mental health apps might share your data without telling you adds to a string of worrying revelations about what apps are doing with the health information we entrust to them.

Hi everyone,

Some pretty exciting news about Intersections in the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) region! Youth Diversion (host agency of Intersections program) has received a $399 200 grant from the Trillium Foundation to support expansion of the program. You can read more about it here.