Mental Health Matters: A 2SLGBTQ+ Course At CMHA Calgary, we believe in ‘Mental Health for All’, and this includes the gender, sexual, and romantically diverse community. We are excited to announce that we have expanded [...]
Introducing...KidSMART! We are extremely excited to introduce KidSMART to our community! KidSMART is a continuation of CMHA Calgary’s youth-focused, mental health programming. View KidSMART! Specifically targeting a middle school population for students Grades [...]
Skills for Being There We are excited to announce that we have expanded our EQUIPPED program with a third course offering called “Skills for Being There.” Check out EQUIPPED! If you haven't heard [...]
There are many different types of mental illnesses and they affect everyone in different ways. With each type of mental illness, people may have unique experiences and challenges. Health professionals divide mental illnesses into groups [...]
Have you ever heard someone say, “Put yourself in someone else’s shoes?” This phrase is often related to empathy. Empathy is defined as the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person. Practicing [...]
Body image is a person's feelings and perception of the look of their own body. A person's view of their body image can change from day-to-day, but the only true thing that changes is how [...]
Being a positive person is not a bad thing, however, responding to other people's negative emotions and feelings with responses such as, 'Look at the bright side,' 'Everything happens for a reason,' or 'Just be [...]
The Origin of Pink Shirt Day On his first day of 9th grade, a Canadian male student wore a pink shirt to school causing some of his fellow classmates to bully and harass him for [...]
Not all youth have the opportunity to sit at a desk and learn from a teacher. For some children, they will never have the chance to receive an education. According to the United Nations Educational, [...]
Television shows, movies, podcasts, books, and other forms of entertainment have not always been too kind when portraying what mental health and mental illness looks like in people. As an example, a film that has [...]
