YRDSB Mental Health Team Podcast

New Podcast Alert! Hear students from our Youth SPACE Advisory share about Social Media and teen mental health

TCC Heritage Month Video Essay Competition - 2025 Call for Entries!

o  The Tamil Community Centre’s Tamil Heritage Month Video & Essay Competition. Students from all schools are invited to participate in this exciting contest. Submissions are due by January 7, 2025. Please visit our flyer for more details.

Student Mental Health Strategy Implementation LAMPS: Learning About Mental Health Presentation Series (Update)

o    Parent Presentation: Social Media and Mental Health 

o    January 15th 6:00- 7:00 p.m.

o    Sign up here

Youth Speak

Speak Real for Youth Community Talk for parents, service providers, educators, and others who care about youth in our communities on Thursday, January 9th, 2025, 7-8:30 pm at Old Town Hall, 460 Botsford Street, Newmarket.  


o  This event includes a panel discussion that will bring valuable tips and tools on how to support youth by trained youth facilitators who will share from their lived experience and Dr. Wendy Manel, Clinical Psychologist CMHA who will bring a clinical lens. 


o  The panel will inform strength-based mental health promotion, stigma reduction, and key messages related to equity and inclusion. Following please join us for a networking reception, light refreshments, and free resource materials including our first-ever ParenteBook!

Vaping resources for parents

o    ////QuashApp.com/Conversations

o This toolkit, developed by public health experts from Ontario Public Health Units and the Lung Health Foundation, is suitable for educators, school staff, coaches, youth workers, and parents. It aims to curb the youth vaping epidemic by increasing knowledge and application of Brief Contact Interventions (BCI) among those who work with youth who smoke, vape, or use other nicotine products. The toolkit includes videos, sample scripts, posters, and more, and is available in both English and French.

York Hills

o    Groups

o    https://www.yorkhills.ca/services/group-services/

o    Webinars

o    https://www.yorkhills.ca/services/workshopsandwebinars/