From the planet to the county: bringing an international program to prevent youth substance use to one Ontario county
Posted on: Apr 8, 2024
The Mach-Gaensslen Foundation of Canada is happy to announce that it will contribute to Planet Youth Lanark County’s innovative approach to prevent substance use among young people. Planet Youth is an international organization that helps ...
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Second annual Dr. Francis Wayne Quan Memorial Prizes awarded
Posted on: Apr 3, 2024
This year’s winners of the annual Dr. Francis Wayne Quan Memorial Prize for the best papers published in the Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience (JPN) were announced April 2, 2024. This year, two papers published in 2023 share equally in the ...
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“Nothing about us without us”: Dr. Srividya Iyer’s research involves youth in services for their mental health
Posted on: Dec 13, 2023
Dr. Srividya Iyer wins the ninth annual Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize Dr. Srividya Iyer is helping transform Canada’s services for mental health for youth and transforming lives as a result. Dr. Iyer, a professor at the Douglas Research Centre, ...
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Creating community, dealing with death: Ottawa’s Healthy End of Life (HELP) project
Posted on: Aug 31, 2023
The multifaceted program transformed how communities cope with illness, loss and grieving. But the project’s end is just the beginning for better approaches to death. When the communities involved in Ottawa’s Healthy End of Life (HELP) project ...
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