mental health News Archive
Desautels Faculty of Music
Bringing down barricades
September 5, 2019 —
Desautels Faculty of Music professors and alumni shine a light on mental health issues
Students
Campus mental health five year report
May 13, 2019 —
Five years ago, the U of M adopted a mental health strategy, Success Through Wellness, with the aim of addressing and improving mental health for the entire university community
Faculty of Law
“You are more than your grades”
March 8, 2019 —
One of the most important lessons of the year for law students came from prominent Ontario lawyer Orlando Da Silva, who visited Robson Hall on March 1st, 2019. Having struggled with depression from a very young age, Da Silva, a former President of the Ontario Bar Association currently working at the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario, has been on a cross-Canada tour to talk to law students about the importance of talking about – and fighting the stigma of mental health.
Faculty of Law
Students Reflect on Preparing for Law School
February 1, 2019 —
For Bell Let’s Talk Day, law students of the Robson Mental Health Group invited their peers to consider the question, “Looking back now, what would you tell yourself prior to entering law school?” The anonymous answers were posted on a white board in the Faculty’s main hallway, and sparked a lot of conversations, said Bethany Hutlet (3L), one of the organizers. “It was meant to be an honest discussion,” she said, “so I was pleased people were frank.”
Alumni
Trailblazer Talks: Keeping kids off thin ice
January 29, 2019 —
Former Bison Hockey captain Dwayne Green [BEd/00] on Project 11 and filling a gap in youth mental health education
Mental health and wellness resources for students
January 25, 2019 —
Information on a range of resources available
Bell Let’s Talk: A conversation worth having
January 25, 2019 —
Jan. 30 is Bell Let’s Talk Day; see what’s happening across campus
Faculty of Law
Law Students Looking Out for Mental Health on Bell Let’s Talk Day
January 25, 2019 —
As part of the 2019 Bell Let’s Talk campaign, Robson Hall’s Mental Health Group is taking action to make sure the University of Manitoba’s Law student body stays healthy
Bisons support Bell Let’s Talk campaign
January 22, 2019 —
Cheer on the Bison men’s hockey and men's volleyball teams as they host a Mental Health Awareness & Suicide Prevention evening in support of Bell Let’s Talk on Friday, Jan. 25
The Conversation: The surprising secret to successful psychotherapy
October 19, 2018 —
'Understanding how clients make therapy work requires a drastic overhaul of the assumption that they passively respond to the ministrations of guru-like therapists'