mental health
CBC Radio Host Books Speakers & Bands For Mental Health Event
CBC Radio Host Books Speakers & Bands For Mental Health Event CBC Radio host Jeff Liberty and MindCare New Brunswick's Laura Downing hold a giant cheque showing last year's Music is Freedom fundraising tally — photo courtesy of JL.CBC Radio host and mental health advocate Jeff Liberty, who last year released a charity album of rarities by Glass Tiger’…
Women’s Mental Health Cornerstone to Shoppers Drug Mart Runs
Women’s Mental Health Cornerstone to Shoppers Drug Mart Runs Thousands joined the Run for Women in Unionville, Ont., April 26 — photo courtesy of Shoppers Drug Mart.The physiological benefits of regular exercise are well known. But if those behind the Shoppers Drug Mart Run for Women have their way, the positive impact of vigorous exercise — specifically…
Todd Simko's Widow Opens Dialogue About Depression, Mental Illness, Suicide
Todd Simko's Widow Opens Dialogue About Depression, Mental Illness, Suicide Minna and Todd Simko, New Year's Eve, 2002.Minna Simko knew little about mental illness when her husband, Vancouver musician and producer Todd Simko, best know for his tenure in the pop band Pure, committed suicide last year. He was just 45. The young woman with an eight-year…
Rarities CD For Mental Illness: inc. Glass Tiger's Alan Frew, The Spoons, ex Crowded House
Rarities CD For Mental Illness: inc. Glass Tiger's Alan Frew, The Spoons, ex Crowded House (L to R) Glass Tiger's Alan Frew with Jeff Liberty, who put together a rarities CD to benefit mental health.A limited edition compilation CD featuring tracks from Alan Frew of Glass Tiger fame, new wave legends The Spoons, Tarmac Adam featuring onetime Crowded…
Mother's Day, Easter: Mental Health Patients To Receive Gifts Year-Round
Mother's Day, Easter: Mental Health Patients To Receive Gifts Year-Round Musician Kathleen Edwards performed at the Gifts of Lights 2012 Xmas campaign launch.The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) will soon launch a much needed, highly appreciated year-round gift-giving program through Gifts of Light. Unlike other hospitals in the…