Mental Illness Awareness Week 2015 (October 4th-10th)

Mental Health: Take Action Now

Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) is an annual national public education campaign designed to help open the eyes of Canadians to the reality of mental illness. The week was established in 1992 by the Canadian Psychiatric Association, and is now coordinated by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH) in cooperation with all its member organizations and many other supporters across Canada.

One of MIAW’s major initiatives is the Faces of Mental Illness campaign, a national outreach campaign featuring the stories of Canadians living in recovery from mental illness. Thousands of pieces of MIAW (posters, brochures, and bookmarks featuring the Faces) are disseminated to hundreds of organizations across Canada in an effort to raise awareness and end the stigma associated with mental illness.

To learn more about MIAW, or to find out about the related activities being held in you region, please visit on Mental Illness and Mental Health’s website. To find out about resources in your region, you can visit www.ementalhealth.ca.

If you are part of the federal public service, why not take this opportunity to learn about you and, possibly, organize a JLP Mental Health in the Workplace workshop?