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Tag: Mental Health
Giving Back Is Good For You
Giving provides a sense of accomplishment and purpose, allowing individuals to reflect on their values...
Community Impact, Mental Health, Socioeconomic Well-BeingBlue Monday is fake, but your feelings are real
Seasonal depression is very real. It’s vital that we recognize that this is a difficult...
Mental Health, Social InclusionCheer on the Flames and support mental health!
Mark your calendars for Tuesday, January 23, 2024, as the Calgary Flames gear up for...
Community Impact, Mental HealthWho helps the helpers? Solutions for a Stronger Social Sector
In this final instalment of our United Way of Calgary and Area series on the...
Community Impact, Mental Health, Socioeconomic Well-BeingWho Helps the Helpers: Affordability, Mental Health and the Agencies that are there for us
The rising cost of energy, housing, food, and basic needs has caused an ongoing affordability...
CEO, Mental Health, Socioeconomic Well-BeingWho Helps the Helpers: The affordability crisis hits our social sector
Canadians are in the thick of an ongoing affordability crisis. Inflation and the cost of...
Basic Needs, CEO, COVID-19, Financial Stability, Healthy Relationships, Mental Health, Social Inclusion, Socioeconomic Well-BeingBeyond bedtime stories: Early childhood literacy sets kids up for a bright future
More than one million children in Canada have below-grade-level reading skills—and one in five Albertans...
Basic Needs, Healthy Relationships, Mental Health, School & Career Success, Social InclusionPlanet Youth Calgary invited to speak on the world stage
Planet Youth will help create stronger connections between young people and their families, caregivers, peers,...
Community Impact, Healthy Relationships, Mental HealthGeneration COVID: Support and success with All In for Youth
We recently had the privilege of speaking with a group of AIFY Success Coaches. They...
Community Impact, COVID-19, Mental Health, School & Career Success, Social InclusionGeneration COVID: Seeking Mental Health Solutions for Calgary's Youth
"By focusing on the entire student, it means that social and emotional learning is just...
Community Impact, COVID-19, Mental HealthGeneration COVID: The post-pandemic mental health crisis in Calgary’s youth
“The last three years had an effect on their mental health from being in isolation...
Community Impact, COVID-19, Mental Health, School & Career SuccessThe High Cost of Poverty with Poverty Talks!
Deep insights into the ripple effects of poverty.
Basic Needs, Innovation, Mental Health, Poverty, Social Inclusion, Socioeconomic Well-BeingIn the spirit of our journey to promote reconciliation, we would like to honour the truth of our shared history and acknowledge Treaty 7 territory and the traditional lands of the Blackfoot Confederacy, that includes the Kainai, Siksika, and Piikani First Nations. We acknowledge the traditional lands of the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda, including the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations. We would also like to recognize the Métis people, and the Inuit people who have made their home here in Mohk'insstsis, also known as Calgary.