Mental Health Resources
We are proud and honored to team up with so many great organizations across the province. Rural Mental Health Issues are often ignored or minimized. Between us and our many trusted partners we hope to reduce the stigma and raise awareness while providing solutions for the community.
The Stigma-Free Society is a proud partner of the BC Rural Health Network and happy to share these resources with you. SFS encourages all people to check out the Stigma-Free Society website and stay up-to-date on the organization’s developments, along with the SFS blog and social media channels. Together, we can create a world that is aware of stigma, understanding of people’s challenges and accepting of one another.
Rural Mental Wellness Toolkit
The Society offers the Rural Mental Wellness Toolkit and provides valuable resources for individuals living in agricultural and rural communities. The Rural Mental Wellness Toolkit provides information about mental health for rural residents, along with peer support training that has a specific focus on rural communities. The toolkit offers inspiring stories from rural residents who share their challenges and triumphs, informational articles and much more.
Virtual Stigma Free Presentations
The Society’s Virtual Stigma-Free Presentations program is a unique offering that focuses on empowering people with lived experience of stigma and intersecting mental health issues. Presenters share their personal stories with students across Canada virtually. Two members of the SFS team virtually enter into classrooms and a Co-Presenter educates on the topics of mental health and stigma. The Personal Story Presenter shares their lived experience with their mental health challenges and provides a message of hope for young people.
Student Mental Health Toolkit
The Student Mental Health Toolkit houses resources for students, educators, school counsellors, and parents/guardians on mental health and stigma. The Student Mental Health Toolkit contains valuable resources and information with tailored lesson plans, downloadable resources and much more. This robust toolkit serves as a space for young people to learn and grow and provides educators with the tools they need to educate young people on this important topic.