mental health
TODAY: Bell Has Committed $121M to Mental Health Funding, But Asks Public To Help On Bell Let's Talk Day
TODAY: Bell Has Committed $121M to Mental Health Funding, But Asks Public To Help On Bell Let's Talk Day Since 2010, Bell has been working to help increase awareness of mental health and mental illness with the company’s Bell Let's Talk Day on Jan. 26. The media giant has committed $121,373,806.75 in total funding. On this date, for every…
Country Singer Dallas Smith Creates Hotel Balcony Concerts To Raise Money for His Mental Health Org
Country Singer Dallas Smith Creates Hotel Balcony Concerts To Raise Money for His Mental Health Org Dallas Smith — photo credit: Lifted.Country musician Dallas Smith has created a hotel concert series to raise money for his non-profit organization Lifted, “committed to ensuring that mental health services are accessible to anyone and everyone in need.”…
Singer Tara MacLean Reveals What Inspired Her To Write The Powerful Post That's Gone Viral
Singer Tara MacLean Reveals What Inspired Her To Write The Powerful Post That's Gone Viral Tara MacLean – photo credit: Jared Doyle. A week after Canadian musician Tara MacLean posted an incredibly vulnerable, incredibly honest and incredibly written personal reflection about sexual assault, body image, and societal pressures of beauty, the 46-year-…
Avicii Tribute Concert For Mental Health Awareness to Be Live Streamed Dec. 5
Avicii Tribute Concert For Mental Health Awareness to Be Live Streamed Dec. 5 Avicii — photo via Avicii official TwitterThe tribute concert to Swedish DJ and electronic producer Avicii in support of mental health issues will be live streamed on Dec. 5 on his official youtube channel, Instagram and Facebook, as well as broadcast on U.S., Swedish, European…
Wayland Launch "I'm Not Alright" Mental Health Challenge With Help Of Shinedown, Three Doors Down, Hinder
Wayland Launch "I'm Not Alright" Mental Health Challenge With Help Of Shinedown, Three Doors Down, Hinder Wayland — photo providedMichigan rock band Wayland want to expand the conversation about mental health and high-profile friends in Shinedown, Three Doors Down and Candlebox are helping them get heard. The band's just-released single "I…
Party For The Late Martin Streek To Benefit Canadian Cancer Society
Party For The Late Martin Streek To Benefit Canadian Cancer Society DJ Martin Streek took his own life in 2009 — photo credit: Martin Streek Tribute Facebook. Friends of late Toronto DJ Martin Streek, a fixture on 102.1 The Edge for 25 years, 17 of those on-air, are throwing “A Party For Marty” on Sept. 6 at Toronto’s Opera House to celebrate the man…
Q&A: Guitarist Bill Bell Creates Kicking The Black Dog Instagram to Share Stories of Encouragement
Q&A: Guitarist Bill Bell Creates Kicking The Black Dog Instagram to Share Stories of Encouragement Bill Bell — photo credit: Oana Dragan.Bill Bell kicked his own black dog two years ago and remains focused on keeping it away. He’s replaced a rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle with one of abstinence, sobrierty, vegetarianism, meditation and yoga. The Toronto…
Q&A: Melissa Etheridge Calls Canadians Smart, Talks Pain Management, Cannabis and More
Q&A: Melissa Etheridge Calls Canadians Smart, Talks Pain Management, Cannabis and More Melissa Etheridge promo shot, 2019 — photo provided. “How can we put more meaning into life?" Melissa Etheridge asks at one point during her interview with Samaritanmag. She’s discussing the domino effect she believes can happen after taking control of our own…
Lady Gaga: Intervene When People Are Struggling with Addiction
Lady Gaga: Intervene When People Are Struggling with Addiction A Star Is Born still of Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga — photo credit: courtesy of TIFF Samaritanmag, on assignment for Billboard at the Toronto International Film Festival, took the opportunity at a press conference today (Sept. 9) for A Star Is Born to ask Lady Gaga her view on the…
Former Great Big Sea's Séan McCann To Perform At National Music Centre for Bell Let’s Talk Day
Former Great Big Sea's Séan McCann To Perform At National Music Centre for Bell Let’s Talk Day Séan McCann — photo via Seanmccannsings.comFormer Great Big Sea member Séan McCann will perform at the National Music Centre in Calgary as part of Bell Let’s Talk Day's mental health awareness events happening Jan. 25. McCann will be be part of a full day…
Mental Health Charity Only Received One Help Call About #cutforzayn
Mental Health Charity Only Received One Help Call About #cutforzayn Zahn Malik (second from left) recently announced his departure from One Direction — photo courtesy of Sony Music CanadaWhen #cutforzayn started trending on Twitter, following the departure of One Direction’s Zayn Malik from the teen-adored British pop group last week, the UK mental health…
World Snowman Building Record Broken, Proceeds Benefit Mental Health
World Snowman Building Record Broken, Proceeds Benefit Mental Health 1200 people came out to build snowmen for charity and to break a world record; they succeeded — photo credit: Davey Johnson.Building snowmen is usually considered kids’ stuff, but over 1,200 participants — adults and kids — united on the snowy field at Ottawa’s TD Place Stadium…
Brazilian Soccer Great Pelé Influences Bell Let’s Talk Ad Campaign
Brazilian Soccer Great Pelé Influences Bell Let’s Talk Ad Campaign Still from Bell Let's Talk ad, Paid Vacation — photo courtesy of LG2.At first you think it’s a mistake. The exact same nasty comments are repeated, not once, but twice in the 2015 Bell Let’s Talk commercial to raise awareness about mental health issues. But then after the third loop, it…
Movember Millions: Where Your Mo Bro Money Goes in Canada
Movember Millions: Where Your Mo Bro Money Goes in Canada Pete Bombaci, country director, Movember Canada — photo courtesy of Movember Canada.Pete Bombaci talks about “the power of the moustache to create conversation.” He’s the country director of Movember Canada and has heard enough stories, witnessed enough Mo Bros and Mo Sisters, as the male and…
Dr. Lesli Preuss' Ranch Animals Help Asperger's, ADHD & Gifted Kids
Dr. Lesli Preuss' Ranch Animals Help Asperger's, ADHD & Gifted Kids The remarkable Harvey — all photos courtesy of Dr. Preuss.It was 3 a.m. eight years ago when Dr. Lesli Preuss woke up to feel her new rescue dog, Harvey, with his mouth around her throat. "Just prior to that, he had been getting really territorial around me and nipping at…