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COVID-19

Healthy Ways to Express our Anger Amid Restrictions

Woman expressing anger looking at a laptop screen

The wave of emotions this past year most of us have gone through has ranged from anxious and scared to feelings of sadness and lost, but I would attest that the predominate emotion most of us have felt this past week are feelings of anger.  We are angry for so many reasons rangi

New Year; New Ideas 2022

Join us for the 5th Annual New Year; New Ideas event in collaboration with Ontario Tech University
and Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences as we explore this year theme:


“Resilience and Innovation in the Face of a Global Pandemic”


Keynote address by
Jeffrey Sparr,
Co-Founder at PeaceLove Studios

Panel:
Dr. Naheed Dosani, Emily Witlarge, Samantha Zhan, Dr. Christopher Collins, Dr. Wendy Stanyon,
Monica Jain, Dr. Simone Arbour

Breakout sessions:

  •  Adapting during COVID Chaos: Lessons Learned for the Next Disruption
  • Recovery College (explore cultural sensitivity in terms of the RC)

Registration is required:

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Pandemic Within a Pandemic

addiction

As Canada joins the World Health Organization (WHO) and countries around the globe in recognizing World Mental Health Day on October 10, a new Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) has revealed a majority of Canadians believe we are in

COVID-19: When Does Sadness Become Depression?

Sadness

Many of us are getting close to the two-week mark of self isolation, which can lead to all kinds of health issues.  I wanted to write this article as a follow up to previous articles showing that prolonged anxiety and self isolation can lead to depression, but many of the symptoms of depression a