by Sam Fiorella | Dec 19, 2016 | Advice, Discussions, Mental Health Awareness, News
Break dance? Belly dance? Ballet? Ballroom? Doesn’t matter – the results are in and be with a pair of two left feet or otherwise, dance has been proven to improve your overall mood and your mental health. A meta-analysis of 23 international studies on the effects of...
by Sam Fiorella | Sep 19, 2016 | Advice, Mental Health Awareness
Here at The Lucas Fiorella Friendship Bench, together with our partner schools, we’ve been working hard to connect students suffering from stress, anxiety, and/or depression with available on- and off-campus mental health resources. We know that too many students are...
by Sam Fiorella | Sep 1, 2016 | Mental Health Awareness, News
As we boldly launch into a new school year, I thought it important to post a recap of our first year (as well as a glimpse at what to expect in the new year) for our all our stakeholders, donors, and wider community. The 2015/16 school year, our first year in...
by Sam Fiorella | Jan 7, 2016 | Discussions, Mental Health Awareness, News
“Amazon Contributes to Stigma Surrounding Mental Health” It’s the opposite headline from that which we would expect to be seeing about a large corporation today; with so many organizations like Bell Canada going out of their way to help reduce the stigma...
by Sam Fiorella | Nov 23, 2015 | Mental Health Awareness
The end of the calendar year is approaching and with it comes not just the usual holiday hustle and bustle but end of semester exams and less sunlight in a day….all the things that typically add more stress onto a student’s already stressful life. We know...
by Sam Fiorella | Oct 31, 2015 | Discussions
We’re hearing more and more about this alarming trend among US Colleges: Students with depression are being encouraged and/or forced to leave campus on “medical leave” but are faced with huge and often discriminatory obstacles when trying to return....
