Today in Toronto, on World Mental Health Day, Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced that the provincial government will be investing nearly $40 million dollars to advance student mental health and permanently funding approximately 180 frontline mental health workers in secondary schools.
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The planned Social Welfare Cuts and the Recovery Model; anti stigma and policy on the Social Determinants of Health are set back, stumble Forum topic
Editorials of the summer from the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal, St. Catherine’s Standard and Toronto Star seek to sort out the good and bad of the expected income benefits policy reforms by the Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services. While there is the potential of discussion sounding too political on government decisions, there are also facts about these actions that impact on the decades of building effective resources to advance the Recovery Model, but how to find them?
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The Big Debate: Is Ontario going too far in loosening rules around alcohol? Forum topic
A big thank you to Sheryl Spithoff for clearly stating the public health side of this debate. Check out the article in the Toronto Star and be sure to vote in their short poll!
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A pep talk to develop the “will” to shift policy from shelters, to housing people Forum topic
While not news for anyone working in the homelessness sector of support and care, Mitchell Katz bolsters at least my own courage and better still multi level community, government policy focus to shift the shelter focus of homelessness.
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