EXTERNAL: Mental Health Week 2024
The Canadian Mental Health Association’s (CMHA) annual Mental Health Week (May 6-12) is a social change campaign to shift attitudes and perceptions about mental health. Each May, people in Canadian communities, schools, workplaces, and legislatures rally around Mental Health Week to spark conversation, advocacy, and action.
This year’s theme is “Healing through Compassion”. Compassion is the practice of meeting suffering – whether our own or the suffering of others – with kindness. This practice is not about promoting suffering or overwhelming positivity. Instead, compassion involves acknowledging that suffering is inevitable and responding with care. Compassion can look like:
- Giving compassion: offering care and support to others who are suffering;
- Receiving compassion: taking in external care and support when we are suffering;
- Self-compassion: engaging in self-compassion and self-care when we are suffering ourselves.
Follow CHMA’s social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, or X/Twitter) where they will be posting a three-part video series featuring their counselling team discussing why self-compassion is important and tips on how to integrate it into daily life. Connect with them on social media using the hashtags #CompassionConnects and #MentalHealthWeek.
CMHA NWV (North & West Vancouver) will also be participating in several community events taking place throughout Mental Health Week to connect and engage with the North Shore community in person. Please click here for the schedule of events throughout May 6 – 12.
EXTERNAL: We are sharing this event on behalf of our friends at the Canadian Mental Health Association. The event is not being hosted by Whistler Public Library, and therefore may be updated, changed, or canceled with little notice.
