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MDPAC at CAMIMH's (Canadian Alliance for Mental Illness and Mental Health) Mental Health Day

posted on Oct 17, 2018

MDPAC was well represented at CAMIMH's (Canadian Alliance for Mental Illness and Mental Health) Mental Health Day on the Hill by Catherine Low. 

Over the course of the day CAMIMH representatives along with the 2018 Faces of Mental Illness met with 27 MPs and 8 Senators to lobby for decreased stigma and increased access to services for people with mental illness in Canada.

 

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Catherine Low and Ellen Cohen, national director for the National Mental Health Network meet with Neil Ellis, MP for the Bay of Quinte during CAMIMH’s Day on the Hill for Mental Illness Awareness Week.

 

 

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Catherine Low at the CAMIMH reception on Parliament Hill hosted by the Speaker of the House, Geoff Regan, is seen here meeting with MP Marilyn Gladys, Conservative Health Critic and co-host of the reception.