if-me.org
if me - Contributors
http://www.if-me.org/contributors
If me is built and maintained by volunteers of many different backgrounds and skill sets. We're always looking for ideas from everyone, including mental health advocates. And user experience designers. And we'll connect with you! You will be invited to participate in our Slack. Page, our primary communication tool. Be sure to fork our repository hosted on GitHub. The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven." John Milton, Paradise Lost. Our minds are the very scree...
danielapichardo.com
Everybody-has-a-brain — Daniela Pichardo
http://danielapichardo.com/everybody-has-a-brain
Everybody has a brain. Co-founder, writer and designer. And I to build a brand that creates opportunities for dialogue around mental health. We started by creating a site. On Tumblr where we all post on a weekly theme or question, and we open up the site to submissions from anyone who wants to share a story. Working on this personal project has been incredibly rewarding and a path of keeping myself healthy and happy. The book is available from a print-on-demand service here. February 2012 - Present].
civictech.ca
Projects – Civic Tech Toronto
http://civictech.ca/projects
Next event: Civic Tech Toronto hacknight #82 on March 07, 6:30pm at Shopify Toronto. Every Tuesday evening, citizens meet at Civic Tech Toronto to collaborate on projects aimed at finding solutions to civic challenges. Listed below are a snippet of the projects you can contribute to. Contribute on Github (frontend). Contribute on Github (backend). Photo by Thomas Hawk. Leads: Benedict Lau, Garry Ing, Dawn Walker. Illustration by Gabriel Ghnassia. Photo by City of Toronto. City of Brains Project Experiment.
newcomerhealthmatters.com
Nilam Chhetri, Making Mental Health Matter | Newcomer Health Matters
https://newcomerhealthmatters.com/2015/03/10/nilam-chhetri-making-mental-health-matter
Immigrants as Nation Builders. Nilam Chhetri, Making Mental Health Matter. March 10, 2015. I came to Canada with my family in 1996 with big dreams and aspirations. Four years after we arrived in Canada, my brother committed suicide and shortly afterwards my sister was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. The utopian fantasy of my new home began to crumble as soon as I stepped into the airplane. We had never suspected my brother was depressed. Side by Side Blog. Artwork by Lorette Luzajic. A child and adolesc...
platedlife.wordpress.com
Plated Life | Plated Life
https://platedlife.wordpress.com/author/cblotner
College should be less stressful than awake brain surgery, right? Donate your spit for science. I did. Posted by Plated Life. I did my part to help science this week via spitting in this lil container for The International Low-Grade Glioma Registry. Dr Elizabeth B. Claus. Any person over the age of 20 years with an initial diagnosis of LGG can participate. The study asks participants to 1). Provide a pathology report, 2). Complete a 20min online questionnaire and 3). Upload a document. Take the short...
loveletteringproject.com
Thanks |
http://loveletteringproject.com/thanks
What do you love about your city? Thanks to all the LLP volunteers and cheerleaders and gracious hosts and partners, including Denise Pinto at Jane’s Walk, Aryne Sheppard at the David Suzuki Foundation and Jess Dobkin of the Artist Newsstand. Thank you also to the paper donations from the folks at Coach House Press. And The Paper Place. And The Paper Place. Thank you to the Canada Council for the Arts for their support in funding The Love Lettering Project’s 5-city UK tour. And The Paper Place. Huge than...
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