How can you fit 29 people onto one bike? Make it really big! The Heart and Stroke Foundation is bringing Big Bike to various locations across Ontario this May and June 2010.
To improve population health, Ontario could learn from leading provinces such as British Columbia, according to a report from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences.
The Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario is launching part 2 of the Minding Our Bodies project: “Eating Well for Mental Health.” Our goal is to increase the capacity of mental health service providers to deliver healthy eating programs for people with mental illness in their local communities.
The Minding Our Bodies project has been very active during the past eight months, with training, launching and evaluating our six pilot programs, and beginning to share our findings. Looking to the future, we’ve begun to prepare for phase 2 of the Minding Our Bodies project: Eating Well for Mental Health. Read on for details.
By Linda Givetash, The Cord, September 30, 2009
Nearly 500 people participated in the second annual Minds in Motion KW Walking Classic on September 27, 2009, which aims to raise awareness about mental health.
Read the full story: "Walk for Mental Health: Minds in Motion Raised Money for Those Living with Mental Disorders"
By Adrien Sala, Globe and Mail, June 6, 2009
A Victoria program for the city's more troubled residents believes a little bit of exercise goes a long way toward healing the mind.
Read the full story: "Taking a Run at Mental Health"
By Jason Sahlani, Sweat Magazine, Winter 2008
NFL legend Terry Bradshaw had anxiety attacks after games. MLB player Steve Sax developed a 'tic' that made it impossible for him to throw from second to first base. And NFL-er Terrell Owens' mental health issues were so severe, he attempted suicide. The relationship between mental health and sports isn't new; but it isn't just pro athletes who should heed the warning signs of mental illness.
Three applicants have now been selected to receive seed funding of up to $7,500 to develop and deliver a physical activity program. We have also invited three other organizations that applied for support to participate in the training and pilot program, but without funding from the Minding Our Bodies project. Together, these six organizations will help us to evaluate the effectiveness of the resources we are creating.
The first issue of the Minding Our Bodies Newsletter has been published. The newsletter is here to communicate with all of our stakeholders in mental and physical health promotion. We want to keep you informed about our program and what it has to offer.
This first issue introduces the project and the partners involved, explains our vision and why we think this project is important, lays out our next steps, and describes how you and your organization can participate.
See Project Newsletter.
Minding Our Bodies launched a new website today (www.mindingourbodies.ca) to begin raising awareness of the project and to seek expressions of interest from organizations that may want to participate in local pilot programs in 2009.
The Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario, and several local community mental health agencies have been awarded grants from the Ministry of Health Promotion through the Communities in Action Fund (CIAF) to support physical activity for people with serious mental illnesses.