Mental – Spoke

Students participate in fundraiser for mental health

BY CHRISTEL ALLISON Green- and yellow-coloured powders were the colourful part of a cold, rainy morning when Condors came out to run and walk for mental health. On Oct. 24, Conestoga Students Inc. held a five-kilometre Mental Health Colour Run or Walk to raise money in support of Lutherwood. Lutherwood is a non-profit health and social service organization in Waterloo that provides mental health, employment, housing and family support services … Continued

From Solitary to Solidarity

BY LAURIE SNELL If the walls of Kitchener’s Grand Valley Institute could talk, they’d probably have something to say about how to treat mentally ill prisoners. But as reality may have it, the details surrounding the incarcerated life and October 2007 death of 19-year-old Ashley Smith – where she tied a cloth around her neck and pulled tightly as guards stood by – came to light only after a high-profile … Continued

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