Feb 22, 0201
For students looking for inspiration, there’s arguably no academic leader more inspiring than Benoit-Antoine Bacon, president and vice-chancellor of Carleton University.
Bacon, 48, leads an active and healthy lifestyle these days, but there was a time when he turned to alcohol, drugs and suicidal ideation to escape the depression that plagued him, after growing up in a highly dysfunctional and abusive household in Quebec.
That he managed to make peace with his past, turn things around for himself and become head of such an innovative institution is a compelling comeback story. That he’s been so open and honest in sharing his experience is a courageous example of leading from the front.
Carleton U s Benoit-Antoine Bacon among mental health advocates to be honoured at Royal Ottawa Foundation s Inspiration Awards obj.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from obj.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Bell Let s Talk Day is January 28, when people throughout Canada and worldwide have the clear opportunity to make our voices heard in the conversation about mental illness. With the challenges we ve all faced in 2020, taking every action to drive progress in mental health in our communities is of critical importance. Now more than ever, every action counts in moving Canada s mental health forward. The multiple and unprecedented impacts of the last year have underscored the need to address mental illness in new ways as well as the important role we can all play in putting the focus on mental health, said Mirko Bibic, President and CEO of Bell Canada and BCE. Please join us in growing the conversation on Bell Let s Talk Day January 28 with messages of support for all those who live with mental illness and those taking action to help them.
Gary Barwin is the author of the novel Yiddish for Pirates.(Adela Talbot, Vintage Canada)
Yiddish for Pirates is a nautical odyssey narrated by a wise-cracking, polyglot parrot. The parrot, who now lives in a nursing home in Florida, tells the story of Moishe, a boy who joins a ship s crew in 1492. There, Moishe meets the parrot, Aaron. The two have an unforgettable adventure, following maps and hunting for treasure. But it s the period of the Spanish Inquisition, and it s a dangerous time to be Jewish. When Jews as expelled from Spain, Moishe ends up travelling to the Caribbean with Christopher Columbus, making his adventures grander than he ever imagained.
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