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Strive to
Thrive
Thrive Week
Thrive Week encompasses a series of events
that focus on understanding and learning about
the effects of mental health and how to https://uwaterloo.ca/stories/waterloo-marks-
counteract its decline. For the school year of
2018-2019, Thrive Week ran from October 22 mental-health-wellness-day-0
till October 26. "The Walk for Mental Health"
"An evening with Michael Landsberg" An event designed for the participants
Michael Landsberg, a career sports analyst, to show support for those living with
delivered a talk about mental health and his mental health problems! Proceeds
own personal struggles regarding the stigma raised during the walk will be donated
around mental health. His story helped shed to United Way Waterloo Region
light on just how common mental health issues Communities, an umbrella
may be and their severity. organisation that directly supports
many organisations focused on
mental health issues.
"More Feet on the Ground Mental
Health Training"
A program designed to help teach
students and faculty about the signs
of someone suffering from mental
health issues. The motto of
“Recognize. Respond. Refer.” is an
apt description of how the program is
oriented to shed light on how to
https://www.sicknotweak.com/2017/01/voice-of- recognise someone with mental
depression/ health problems, and how to refer
them to the help they need. 5
