Heather Stuart remembers the first time she spoke with Mary Deacon, chair of the Bell Let카지노 게임 컬렉션s Talk mental health initiative, a national program dedicated to moving mental health forward in Canada.
카지노 게임 컬렉션It was around 2010, and Bell was starting the Bell Let카지노 게임 컬렉션s Talk initiative and they wanted to hear my ideas about the stigma associated with mental illness,카지노 게임 컬렉션 said Dr. Stuart.
That conversation sparked a productive five-year partnership between Bell and Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s, with a $1 million investment from Bell Let카지노 게임 컬렉션s Talk to create the world카지노 게임 컬렉션s first ever anti-stigma research chair.
In January of 2017, at an event on Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s campus in front of hundreds of Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s students, faculty, and staff, Ms. Deacon announced that Bell Let카지노 게임 컬렉션s Talk is committing another $1 million to renew the Bell Canada Mental Health and Anti-Stigma Research Chair for a second five-year term.
When she first accepted the chair, Dr. Stuart was already one of Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션s acknowledged experts on the effects of stigma on people living with mental illnesses.
In 1996, then World Psychiatric Association (WPA) president Dr. Norman Sartorius identified stigma as the single most pressing issue in the field. Dr. Stuart, who was working in Calgary at the time, was part of a team that worked with the WPA to pilot stigma intervention research in Canada. 카지노 게임 컬렉션We figured out that we had to listen to people to find out what was important to them,카지노 게임 컬렉션 she says.
Prior to the creation of the Bell research chair, Dr. Stuart had been listening for 15 years, both with the WPA and with the Mental Health Commission of Canada, which had also approached her for advice on how to eradicate stigma nationwide. 카지노 게임 컬렉션We had learned that knowledge isn카지노 게임 컬렉션t the key to overcoming stigma. The key is to change behaviours.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Following Dr. Stuart카지노 게임 컬렉션s advice, the Opening Minds Anti-stigma initiative of the Mental Health Commission assembled a team of researchers from five Canadian universities to focus their efforts and affect change.
The initiative used an approach called 카지노 게임 컬렉션contact-based education,카지노 게임 컬렉션 in which people living with mental illnesses 카지노 게임 컬렉션 not actors or researchers 카지노 게임 컬렉션 deliver the message and answer questions. The result was an impressive record of intended behavioural change that garnered an Innovation Award from the international research community and put Canada at the forefront of the anti-stigma movement.
Shortly before accepting the Bell chair, Dr. Stuart met with the Bell Let카지노 게임 컬렉션s Talk team to discuss what a partnership could mean for broadening efforts against stigma. It quickly became clear that the Bell Let카지노 게임 컬렉션s Talk initiative would be the ideal public platform to give Dr. Stuart카지노 게임 컬렉션s research a national voice, and soon after, the 카지노 게임 컬렉션Breaking the Silence카지노 게임 컬렉션 discussion series was born.
Every year since the chair was unveiled, Dr. Stuart has joined Canadian celebrities and Bell Let카지노 게임 컬렉션s Talk in a public forum to inspire open discussions around mental health issues in Canadian cities, hosted in partnership with Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노게임사이트 Alumni Association branches in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, and Vancouver.
When she isn카지노 게임 컬렉션t helping Canadians talk openly about mental illnesses, Dr. Stuart has been working to eradicate stigma by changing behaviours카지노 게임 컬렉션 among individuals and organizations. As part of her role with the Mental Health Commission of Canada, Dr. Stuart worked with Statistics Canada to include questions about stigma in its 2016 Canadian Community Health Survey.
As a result of this inclusion, the way national data is collected now takes into account reporting on stigma. 카지노 게임 컬렉션We now know how people experience stigma and what impact it has,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Dr. Stuart says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션We know how many people experience it and how severe it is. And now researchers all over Canada are analyzing it and producing knowledge around stigma.카지노 게임 컬렉션 It was an important addition to Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션s national data practices and signalled a vital change in the way Statistics Canada reports on mental health.
While much of Dr. Stuart카지노 게임 컬렉션s work has concentrated on healthcare providers, the media, workplaces, and youth, one of her most impressive accomplishments focused on the behaviours of all Canadians. In 2013, through the partnership between Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s and Bell Let카지노 게임 컬렉션s Talk, Dr. Stuart introduced five simple ways all Canadians can reduce stigma카지노 게임 컬렉션 through language, education, kindness, listening, and talking.
These five ways are at the forefront of the Bell Let카지노 게임 컬렉션s Talk campaign, and have broken down barriers to allow Canadians to share their mental health stories during Bell Let카지노 게임 컬렉션s Talk Day through social media with the hashtag #BellLetsTalk.
As she gets set to begin her second term as the Bell Chair, Dr. Stuart is looking forward to changing more behaviours. She is currently working on an online educational program to help deliver tailored learning experiences to high school students.
She has also worked with Bell and human resources consultant Morneau Shepell to develop an online certificate course for workplace supervisors. This collaboration has important implications for workplaces across the country with over 340 Canadian companies using the training course.
Mostly, though, Dr. Stuart looks forward to building on the accomplishments of the last five years. 카지노 게임 컬렉션We tried a lot of things,카지노 게임 컬렉션 she says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션We feel we know what works most effectively. Now we have to be more tailored and specific and think about matching interventions to need. That카지노 게임 컬렉션s the challenge for the next five years.카지노 게임 컬렉션
