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By Effie Pow — The legal profession can be a highly demanding and stressful field, with many professionals experiencing burnout, anxiety, and depression. Roper Greyell, one of the largest employment and labour law firms in Western Canada, is leading the charge in prioritizing the mental health and well-being of legal professionals.  In a time when […]

Teaching kids about mental health and emotional well-being is one of the most important things we can do in preparing them to navigate the ups and downs of life. Pear Tree School is one of Vancouver’s schools prioritizing topics of mental health for their students and recruiting the Crisis Centre’s Self-Care for Mental Health Workshop […]

By Effie Pow — Only one in five youths with a mental health illness access the care they need. Youth mental well-being and youth mental health services are critical areas of care identified by parents, youths, and experts. Through the RBC Foundation and the RBC Future Launch grants, RBC supports more than 150 youth mental […]

  Join the Crisis Centre team at this year’s Darkness Into Light walk on May 6th!   Darkness Into Light is an annual walk that brings hope to people who have been impacted by suicide and brings awareness to the global fight against suicide and self-harm, while raising funds for suicide prevention organizations. The event […]

Press release distributed April 17, 2023 Volunteers are the backbone of the BC Crisis Line Network, which provides crisis support 24 hours a day, seven days a week to people needing emotional support, suicide prevention, and mental health crisis intervention.  According to Statistics Canada’s most recent report on volunteering in Canada, in 2018, approximately 1.4 […]