Having just completed Recovery Month in September, we have another awareness week…”Faces of Mental Health”.
In their words, the Mental Illness Awareness Week campaign has fought to increase awareness and decrease stigmatization through the sharing of hundreds of personal stories from individuals living with mental illness.
Do personal stories help us as a group? Have sad stories of poverty or starving children reduced inequality? What do we do after we share our personal secrets? Will we be exploited/more exploited?
MIAW 2018 will be October 1-7 2018
Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) is an annual national public education campaign designed to help open the eyes of Canadians to the reality of mental illness. The week was established in 1992 by the Canadian Psychiatric Association, and is now coordinated by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH) in cooperation with all its member organizations and many other supporters across Canada. //www.camimh.ca/mental-illness-awareness-week/about-miaw/
MIAW campaign has fought to increase awareness and decrease stigmatization through the sharing of hundreds of personal stories from individuals living with mental illness.
Most recent Bulletin with full pictures:
The Bulletin #7 604 August 1, 2018 - Version: Lovely pictures at Mailchimp
Print The Bulletin #7 604 August 1, 2018 - Printable .PDF version
2018 August free events guide PDF prepared by Amber Graydon
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