Jobim Novak is a Toronto-based writer, mental health advocate and one of our Friends of Bell Let’s Talk. As a Friend of Bell Let’s Talk, he has been sharing his experience with mental illness and his journey of recovery with Canadians since 2018. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, depression and anxiety at age 17, Jobim’s passion for…
Read moreJulie Zaky is a psychology student at l’Université du Québec à Montréal and a youth mental health advocate with Jack.org. Drawing from her personal experience with depression, Julie strongly believes that young people have the power to lead the mental health discussion in their communities and create positive change. Every action counts and Julie is…
Read moreAllison Shea Reed is an actor, singer, playwright, and Founder and Artistic Director of RedWit Theatre. Her full-length play Living with Olivia Cadence Donovan, about not just surviving but living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), completed a week-long run as part of the New York Theatre Festival in January 2018 before premiering in Toronto in the Alumnae Studio…
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Leah Pells is three-time Track and Field Olympian, who represented Canada at the Summer Olympics from 1992 to 2000. A silver medalist in the women’s 1500 metres at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Leah was once ranked first in the world in the 1500 metres. She is also a survivor of mental health…
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Paul Mitskopoulos is a Client Solutions Manager at LinkedIn, but he may look familiar to you if you watched The Amazing Race Canada on CTV. In 2017, Paul and his partner Sam Lambert won the fifth season of the show! We talked to Paul about his transformational journey, from the mental health challenges he faced…
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Bruno Guévremont is a Veteran, Entrepreneur, North Pole Explorer, and Invictus Games Ambassador – among many other things. He’s led a team of soldiers, was captain of Team Canada at the 2016 Invictus Games and is now dedicated to supporting the health and wellbeing of the Veteran and Emergency services community. Bruno himself is no…
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Molly Burke is 20 year old woman who became legally blind in her teens as a result of a rare medical condition. As a result of losing her sight, she was tormented by bullies and suffered from depression and anxiety throughout her teens. Today, she is turning her experiences into positive power. As a motivational…
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Stacy-Ann Buchanan is an actress, producer and filmmaker from Toronto. Drawing from her personal battle with depression and anxiety, Stacy-Ann was inspired to use her artistic skills to help change the face of mental health in Canada. Having experienced the stigma that surrounds mental illness in her own community, she produced and directed a documentary…
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On April 28, 2009, Daniel Keane made a trip to his family’s cottage. He told his family that he needed to retrieve some receipts from his summer business. And that was the last time his family ever saw him. While he was at his family’s cottage, Daniel took his life. He was only 23 years…
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