Thanks to Richard Nott who responded to our post on the Pemberton Community Forum inviting people to advocate for ongoing funding to the province's Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Collaborative. Nott did a little background reading on the CAMH and shared these facts. In case you saw the post and mentally filed … Continue reading 1 in 5 of us is struggling with a mental health or addiction problem.
What do you do if you, or a youth you know, or love, is at risk of self-harm? Like, WHO DO YOU CALL? The Pemberton Local Action team of the Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Collaborative (CYMHSU) has created several Suicide Intervention Toolkits, for youth, professionals, and parents and care-givers. Click on … Continue reading Suicide Intervention Toolkits now available, thanks to Pemberton’s Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Collaborative
I approached our MLA, Jordan Sturdy, on Canada Day, to invite him to be one of the guestagrammers for our account, thinking it was a long-shot. I mean, at a certain point, one has to be so careful about one's persona that certain things are just easier to refuse. Or maybe his handlers wouldn't allow it. But … Continue reading Even MLAs have rough days and need a wellness check-in: Jordan Sturdy looks back on his week as our instagrammer-in-chief
I don't want these to be her last words because my biggest personal lament about Riva's passing on September 18 2017 at the age of 25 is not getting to read her over the years, not having the chance to follow the evolution of her thinking. But even as the silence of her passing encloses … Continue reading Rethinking Reconciliation: Riva Fisher on Unsettling Pemberton
On the dangerous streets of Vancouver's downtown east side, the female inhabitants are representative of every national origin, race, age, status and faith. Those streets are likely home to a woman who grew up in your neighborhood, who attended your local schools, who laughed and cried with and loved at least one other member of … Continue reading ‘Herstory’ In Focus
My friends and I were running through the mossy woods, trending up towards the paraglide launch and catching up on each other’s lives when the incline allowed. In the back of my mind was an image: a spiral of moss captured in ice, seemingly lit from within. I had been wondering for days how I … Continue reading Ice, moss and meditations on impermanence with Connie Sobchak
Friends have been listening to audiobooks for years; if a bookclub date should roll around faster than anticipated, someone would plug in an audio version whilst driving a child to hockey/gymnastics/voice lessons/orthodontist appointments and turn the highway 99 drive into her own personal writer’s festival. For some reason, I never tried this but I always … Continue reading Dabbling in Neuroscience…
One of the more alarming things about sending The Productivity Impediment off to Kindergarten is that they want you to provide an emergency pack that stays at the school and includes: a change of clothes, a favorite stuffed animal, a picture of the family, a granola bar and a letter from parent(s) to child. Although … Continue reading Dear Will: Anna Helmer considers what she’d wish she could say to her son should it no longer be possible to tell him anything
The day before Casey Dick-Wyatt was due to take over the Wellness Almanac's instagram account, she spent singing and drumming at Riva Fisher's memorial, and then at a ceremony at Ullus to sing home the spirits of those who didn't come home from residential school. The week then opened with a mass shooting in Las … Continue reading Casey Dick-Wyatt reflects on her week at the helm of the Wellness Almanac
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