Seizing the promise of AI for mental health care in Canada
As Minister Evan Solomon redevelops Canada’s AI strategy, mental health care must be recognized as a critical arena for responsible innovation.
Trend of increasing mental health challenges requires much more funding, say health sector experts
The Canadian Mental Health Association reported in 2024 that the mental health of Canadians is three times worse than before COVID-19, and that no jurisdiction is spending enough on mental health.
Healing intergenerational trauma and mental health for Indigenous Peoples in Canada
The mental health of Indigenous Peoples is not only an Indigenous issue. It is a Canadian issue and a global issue as Indigenous knowledge is the knowledge of our world.
When therapy harms and the system fails, survivors turn to AI
Survivors of therapy harm have increasingly turned to AI, finding it responsive, safe, and more effective than traditional therapy. The question for Parliament is whether Canada will continue to look away, or whether it will recognize that therapy abuse as a systemic issue, enforce real accountability, and ensure the survivor voice in AI.
Three strategies for improving employee mental health in today’s workplaces
We need robust public mental health care systems and psychologically safe workplaces where everyone can flourish.
The hidden cost of inaction: structural barriers limit mental health-care access
Given the unconscionable human and societal cost of long wait times, limited access, and documented systemic inequity, strategic action is required.
There is a burnout crisis among LTC workers, trauma-informed workplaces are a solution
By prioritizing care aides’ mental health in this way, we can reduce staff burnout and its negative consequences, leading to better outcomes for LTC workers and the vulnerable residents under their care.
When women’s mental health is ignored, the health system suffers
Women in healthcare experience disproportionately high rates of stress, burnout, and related mental health issues—a trend worsening since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lightbound says Canada Post privatization ‘not on the table’ as feds work to salvage ‘insolvent’ Crown corp
Government Transformation and Public Works Minister Joël Lightbound defended Canada Post as the ‘fabric of our nation’ though the Crown corporation is projected to lose $1.5-billion this year.
Canada’s defence depends on its universities
Ottawa’s new defence spending commitments will only succeed if the country invests strategically in its universities.
