BellLetsTalk day, a day where we as a collective come together online to talk about something that, although is becoming more common, is still very taboo; mental health. January 30th 2019 is BellLetsTalk day, we know that we can expect a lot of hashtags, a lot of personal stories, and a lot of people coming […]

In 2018 The New Mentality received a grant from the Bell Let’s Talk Community Fund to host 10 free safeTALK trainings across the Province. As we participate in Bell Let’s Talk Day today we want to thank Bell for supporting our New Mentality network to become suicide-alert.  This project has improved the New Mentality’s youth […]

THE YOUTH ACTION COMMITTEE IS EXCITED TO LAUNCH ITS THIRD YOUTH-LED POLICY PROJECT AT CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH ONTARIO’S ANNUAL CONFERENCE At the 2018 CMHO Conference, The New Mentality’s and Children’s Mental Health Ontario’s joint Youth Action Committee (YAC) is excited to release their third youth-led policy paper, From Crisis to Quality, which is aimed directly at […]

The Youth Action Committee (YAC) is currently recruiting for a Co-Chair and Committee Members for the 2018 group cycle! About The yac The Youth Action Committee (YAC) is a provincial advisory committee, made up of youth aged 16-25 who work to reduce stigma and improve mental health services for children and youth through youth-led policy […]

Evidence shows that kids and youth are not getting the mental health treatment they deserve, when and where they need it. With the elimination of the Ontario Child Advocate Office, young people will no longer have an independent voice to advocate for them. “Eliminating this office equates to an attempt to muzzle the voices and […]