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SPOTLIGHT ON: Across Boundaries supporting mental wellness in the Black community by Tijuana Turner Posted Feb 25, 2021 1:27 pm EDT Across Boundaries accept the award for Accreditation Canada’s, ‘Accreditation with Commendation’ award (2019-2024). | Across Boundaries “Reaching out for help is an important part of our mental well-being.”
HISTORY Across Boundaries (AB) has been providing mental health supports for members of racialized communities in the G-T-A for over 25 years. In 1995, a group of individuals came together to develop a service to address the gap in mental health services for Black people and other racialized groups. Executive Director, Aseefa Sarang was one of those people. ....
Robyn Maynard headlines 2021 UVic Humanities Literacy Week Photo via Fernwood Publishing. Please be advised that this article contains discussions of police violence that may be disturbing to some readers. This year’s iteration of UVic Humanities Literacy Week placed an emphasis on BIPOC voices and non-traditional forms of research in the humanities. Between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12, the Faculty of Humanities hosted three events and promoted over a dozen books recommended by faculty members. The third and signature event of the week was a talk with renowned Canadian author, academic, and activist Robyn Maynard. Other Humanities Literacy Week events included a discussion of Indigenous artifacts by UVic faculty and an unconventional essay competition where students performed songs and dances to express their points. ....
LORINC: A first-responder service for mental health crises This column was originally published in Spacing ‘s fall, 2020, edition. City council’s executive committee yesterday voted to recommend a $1.7 million pilot project to test a “community crisis response service” as an alternative to sending police to emotional distress calls to 911. One way to think about the structural shortcomings of a contemporary police service is to imagine a hospital staffed entirely by ophthalmologists. Some people entering that hospital will need nursing care, while others may have to deal with the purchasing department. Individuals using one out-patient clinic are seeking treatment for kidney disease, and, while they’re visiting, may want to buy a snack in the food court. Yet every employee in that hospital will have been trained to specialize in cataracts, retinal detachments, and other ocular conditions. ....