Beginning on Oct. 20, nostalgia was in the air as Queen’s University welcomed alumni whose graduation years ended in ’8 or ’3. Alumni and community members attended the Grant Hall Meet and Greet and the Fall Harvest Festival. For Queen’s Advancement, Homecoming events serve as an opportunity to re-engage alumni with the University. This year Queen’s advancement wants to raise $72 million.
The goal to break the shroud of secrecy around suicide and mental health has been one that Hold On Pain Ends has been spreading since 2015, when the Wyman family lost their daughter, Madi, to suicide at the age of 14. A freshman in high school at the time of her death, Madi Wyman was a member of the JV soccer team and was involved in both her church youth group and 4-H.
To honor the teen, the Wymans formed the nonprofit as well as the walk, held on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend, as a way to kick off Suicide Awareness Month.
Hold on. Pain ends.
The message is as simple and as powerful as that, organizers of the Walk for HOPE said of their reasons for the eighth annual event.
The annual walk across the Long Bridge this year set for Sunday, Sept. 3 highlights suicide awareness, hope, and healing. This year, there will be both in-person and virtual events for the walk.
A new report suggests having more than six drinks per week leads to an increased risk of health issues, including cancer. The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) also found drinking more was even riskier for women. Guest host Susan Bonner talks with Dr. Peter Butt, co-chair of the expert panel developing Canada's new Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines, and Dr. Jennifer Wyman, the medical director of Substance Use Service at Women’s College Hospital.