By Robb Johannes (with Amanda Ceniti) - February 2022 - . Many years ago, I was working as a mental health and addictions support worker. A gentleman I was supporting, Sanjay*, had been living with a form of paranoid schizophrenia where he would perceive people close to him as impostors pretending to [...]
Previous in-person services at the St. James Town Community Corner now available by phone while others put on hold By Nina Badwal - January 2022 - . Since its opening in 2011, The Corner’s mission has always been to provide residents of St. James Town an inclusive space where they can access [...]
By Nea Maaty - November 2021 - In this episode of St. James Town TV, we feature the Weathering the Storm research report. The report was prepared for The Corner and the St. James Town Service Providers’ Network by Lisa Kowalchuk, a professor of sociology at the University of Guelph. Lisa Kowalchuk’s team of [...]
By Shirley Roberts - November 2021 - . The Eastern Time Zone, also known as Eastern Standard Time (EST) falls mostly along the east coast of North America. This year, on November 7th at 2:00 a.m., the time changes by one hour moving backwards. In Canada, the clocks will change in almost [...]
By Shirley Roberts - October 2021 - The World Health Organization recognizes October 10th as World Mental Health Day. In 1992, the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) established World Mental Health Day in an effort to promote education and advocate for people experiencing mental health issues. This year’s theme, set by the [...]
Nalini Pandalangat, Director of Newcomer Health & Specialty Services, Sherbourne Health, is a Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. She completed her PhD at the Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, and has extensive experience leading projects and programs in the community health, hospital and international development sectors. Her PhD was on cultural influences on help-seeking, treatment and support for mental health problems in the Sri Lankan Tamil community. Her research and program interests are focused on immigrant mental health, gender and health, cultural competence, health care access and health equity. Currently she is part of a core team working on the development and dissemination of a refugee mental health framework.
