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Shoppers Drug Mart brings more style and beauty to Canadians at home

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Shoppers Drug Mart brings more style and beauty to Canadians at home

Shoppers Drug Mart, Canada’s leading beauty and pharmacy retailer, has unveiled a new e-commerce platform that brings together a wide selection of the company’s mass market cosmetics with an already vast range of luxury beauty products. The new site—shoppersdrugmart.ca/beauty—is the country’s largest online beauty shopping destination, providing Canadian shoppers with hundreds of mass and luxury private label and international beauty brands.

“Canadians look to us every day for beauty products, tips and inspiration. Our goal is to provide them with an amazing, convenient experience wherever they want to shop with us,” said Kelly Jessop, VP of Mass Beauty at Shoppers Drug Mart. “In addition to providing the best selection of top and on-trend beauty products from Canada and around the world, Shoppers now brings together the largest assortment of mass and luxury beauty products in a single online destination, making it easier for Canadian shoppers to find their favourite beauty products and discover new favourites.”

At shoppersdrugmart.ca/beauty, shoppers will experience:

  • The largest beauty assortment available online in Canada
  • An extensive catalogue of both mass and prestige beauty products, now with a wide range of mass market cosmetics, skincare, hair colour and wardrobe accessories previously only available in store
  • The convenience of 24/7 shopping
  • The ability to earn and spend PC Optimum points with online beauty purchases
  • Free shipping with minimum purchase of $50
  • Free returns in store
  • Free samples (prestige purchases) and Gifts with Purchase

“Shoppers Drug Mart has fine-tuned the online beauty shopping experience by designing a platform for shoppers who are already purchasing both luxury and mass market beauty products, now giving them access to unsurpassed product selection and creating an easy and enjoyable way to do it anytime from where they live, work or play,” said digital trends expert Amber Mac.

“This initiative is driven by our customers who have asked us to make Shoppers Drug Mart’s mass market beauty assortment more accessible online,” said Jeremy Pee, SVP, eCommerce, Loblaw Companies Limited. “With the vast majority of our existing online customers buying both prestige and mass beauty in store, and nearly 60 per cent of Canadian women shopping online for beauty products, Shoppers Drug Mart is positioned to deliver the most comprehensive and convenient online beauty shopping experience in Canada.”

 

Ottawa stands to lose 239 more hospital beds, more than 1,600 staff under Ford programs

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Ottawa stands to lose 239 more hospital beds

Already funded and staffed at levels well below other provinces, Ontario’shospitals’ hallway medicine and bed crisis will deepen under Premier Doug Ford’spublic service “efficiency” program and promised tax cuts, the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU).

OCHU, the hospital division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (OCHU/CUPE), has crunched the numbers on three key Ford proposals and their impact on many community hospitals across the province including Ottawa’shospitals.

According to OCHU’s report, Hallway Medicine: It Can Be Fixed, which looked at the implications of Ford’s promised $7 billiontax plan, balanced budget commitment and a 4 per cent public service “efficiency” program, Ottawa’shospitals would see a loss of 139 to 239 more beds and between 748 and 1,634 jobs.

“We can end hallway medicine by making investments to meet the needs of an aging and growing population. These additional investments are not permanent, but they are needed for the life of the baby boom generation. Ottawa’shospital, already dealing with overcapacity and years of underfunding, will not be able to maintain the quality of patient care in the face of demographic pressures without these investments,” said OCHU President Michael Hurley.

During this spring’s election campaign, the Conservatives promised to end “hallway medicine” and committed that there would be no public-sector layoffs. However, adding up the revenue and spending cuts, across Ontario, 3,712 hospital beds and 16,418 hospital jobs could be cut to meet the target of a balanced budget.

Ontariopatients, forced to spend days in hallways on gurneys and sent home while still acutely ill, are symptoms of ongoing hospital budget cuts and the elimination of 18,000 beds. Hospitals have been funded below their real costs for over a decade and their capacity has collapsed as a result.

The OCHU/CUPE research makes several recommendations for ending hallway medicine including, funding hospitals at their actual costs; opening acute, complex continuing care and long-term care beds to deal with overcrowding; investing in mental health and addictions; and stepping away from restructuring and privatization.

“There is more than enough evidence in Ontariothat hospital restructuring and privatization has wasted billions of scarce dollars over the last decade,” said Hurley.

 

Protection for those who protect

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Protection for those who protect

The Government of Canada is committed to looking after those who put their safety at risk to protect our communities.

Canadian public safety personnel play a vital role in keeping our communities and our nation safe. Firefighters, police officers, paramedics, search and rescue personnel, correctional services workers, border services officers, intelligence analysts, volunteers and other public safety officers work in hazardous, volatile and traumatic environments, which can significantly impact their mental health and lead to severe psychological difficulties, known as post-traumatic stress injuries (PTSI).

To support the mental health of Canada’spublic safety personnel, the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, minister of Health, and the Honourable Ralph Goodale, minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, have announced the launch of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) catalyst grants for PTSI research in public safety personnel.

“The Government of Canadais incredibly proud to support the very Canadians who keep our communities safe every day,” Taylor explained. “This contribution to PTSI research will ensure public safety personnel have the resources and treatments necessary to live healthy and rewarding lives.”

This $2.25 millioninvestment will fund up to 15 research projects designed to strengthen and expand the evidence base needed to inform the development of new policies and programs that improve the mental wellness and resilience of public safety personnel. Projects will focus on better understanding, identifying, mitigating and preventing PTSI in public safety occupations.

“Public safety personnel put their lives on the line to keep our communities safe, and we must do more to support their mental health and well-being,” said Goodale. “I’m pleased to see CIHR funding PTSI research that will further improve our understanding of this critical priority and help ensure public safety officers across the country have the support they need.”
Executive VP of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Michel Perron, added, “Post-traumatic stress injuries are complex conditions that affect public safety personnel in a variety of workplaces. Today’s announcement is the first step in addressing the knowledge gap around understanding PTSI in these occupational groups, and finding treatments that provide Canada’spublic safety personnel with the support they need.”

Federal funds for Yukon health care services

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Federal funds for Yukon health care services

Canada’suniversal, publicly funded health system is a source of pride for Canadians. The Government of Canadais working with territories to strengthen health care and adapt the system to the challenges of delivering health care in the North.

On behalf of the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, minister of Health, Larry Bagnell, member of Parliament for Yukon, along with Pauline Frost, Yukon’sminister of Health and Social Services, announced more than $30 millionin federal funds to support health care services in Yukon.

“The Government of Canadarecognizes the challenges of delivering health care services in the North,” said Taylor. “We will continue to work collaboratively with the Government of Yukon, and with all the provinces and territories to strengthen health services for Canadians.”

A bilateral agreement was signed outlining how Yukonplans to invest its share of federal funding to improve access to home and community care and mental health and addiction services in the territory. Through this agreement, Yukonwill receive approximately $5.2 millionin targeted federal funding throughout the duration five years, as part of a 10-year federal financial commitment of approximately $11 million.

Also announced was an investment of $25.6 millionthroughout the duration of four years to support health system innovation in Yukon. This funding is Yukon’sportion of the Territorial Health Investment Fund, which was renewed in Budget 2017.

“Our Government is committed to supporting innovation across our health care systems,” explained Bagnell. “This funding is enabling Yukonto develop tailored solutions to meet its unique health system needs and challenges.”

The Territorial Health Investment Fund is designed to support efforts by the territories to innovate and transform health care systems, and to ensure that Northerners have access to the care they need.

“Our government is committed to improving the mental wellness of Yukoners, and addressing the growing need for home and community care,” said Frost. “This targeted federal funding will allow us to build on our efforts and will help us meet the diverse needs of all Yukoncommunities.”

Aurora Cannabis and MedReleaf close largest cannabis industry transaction

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Aurora Cannabis and MedReleaf close largest cannabis industry transaction

Aurora Cannabis Inc. and MedReleaf Corp. have announced the closing of the previously announced arrangement agreement under the terms of the Arrangement Agreement, holders of MedReleaf common shares received 3.575 common shares of Aurora for each MedReleaf common share held (the ‘Exchange Ratio’).

Upon closing of the transaction, Aurora will submit applications with the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) to delist MedReleaf’s existing common shares and for MedReleaf to cease to be a reporting issuer, respectively.

“The closing of this transaction brings together two vertically integrated, successful pioneers in the cannabis industry, creating a company with more than 1,200 employees and a rapidly growing domestic and international footprint,” said Terry Booth, CEO of Aurora. “The combination of MedReleaf and Aurora creates a well-capitalized company positioned exceptionally well to generate further shareholder value, driven by the low-cost production of high-quality cannabis products. We will be applying our proven integration methodology, and will continue to execute to the Aurora Standard in capitalizing on the significant opportunities in the domestic and global cannabis industry.”

Mr. Booth added, “Each of the strategic transactions Aurora has concluded have further advanced our envisioned business strategy of establishing a powerful, integrated and strongly differentiated cannabis company – positioned for continued rapid growth, and built to last. Our large-scale, high technology production facilities, strong science, R&D and product development capabilities, diversified product portfolio, and growing domestic and international distribution networks provide Aurora with significant competitive advantages in both the Canadian and global cannabis markets.”

 

Scale & Efficiency

Completion of the transaction creates a unified cannabis industry leader with a combined funded capacity of more than 570,000 kg of high-quality cannabis per year, to be delivered via nine facilities in Canadaand two in Europe. Combining MedReleaf’s industry-leading cultivation yields and Aurora’s ultralow-costSky Classproduction facilities, which management believes will result in production costs well below $1per gram, position the company to deliver high-margin growth in all domestic and international market segments.

With the addition of MedReleaf’s three Ontario-based facilities and a combined Ontarioworkforce of more than 400 people, the transaction now makes Aurora one of the largest cannabis companies in Ontario, the country’s largest by population.

 

Science and R&D

Aurora and MedReleaf share a strong belief in the importance of science to drive innovations in the form of marketable IP and new value-added products, with the objective of creating a differentiated and broadly diversified high-margin operator. The combined science and R&D teams, including approximately 40 PhDs and MScs will be active in research projects throughout the global cannabis industry.

Both companies maintain a strong commitment to clinical trials and medical studies, which has led to increased visibility and brand recognition with the domestic and international medical communities, leading to above-average prescription rates and referrals. In addition to studies completed and in progress at Aurora and CanniMed, MedReleaf’s completed and in-progress initiatives include a Pharmacokinetics trial, a Phase II cancer pain trial, a Phase III epilepsy trial, an observational chronic pain study, and a study to assess the potential correlation between genetic signatures and cannabis efficacy.

Furthermore, each company has developed considerable expertise in cannabis plant genetics, enabling the development of new cultivars with specific traits for a variety of domestic and international markets, as well as strains optimized for automated cultivation.

In addition to in-house efforts, ongoing innovation will continue to be driven through the identification and integration of high-potential, third-party technologies. Aurora’s strong execution record in this regard is based on the close collaboration between its R&D and opportunities teams. This function will be further strengthened through the integration of MedReleaf’s business development efforts, adding a robust pipeline of promising opportunities.

 

International markets

With MedReleaf’s Markhamfacility, the company now has two GMP certified facilities, increasing product availability for higher-margin international markets featuring strong barriers to entry, such as Germanyand Italy. Leveraging the distribution and operational capabilities of Aurora’s wholly owned EU subsidiary Pedanios, as well as that of other distribution partners secured by both companies, the company is actively targeting market entry into multiple new EU and other international jurisdictions.

 

Brands

In support of the upcoming legalization of the Canadian adult consumer use market, Aurora and MedReleaf have launched a portfolio of premium consumer and wellness brands. These brands, which include San Rafael ’71, Woodstock, and AltaVie were developed based on detailed consumer and marketplace insights and advanced analytical frameworks. The combined entity has multiple provincial-level supply agreements in place, and is actively pursuing further agreements.

The combined companies are positioned well for growth through an expansive network of non-governmental distribution partners, such as Shoppers Drug Market, Pharmasave and Pharmachoice. Furthermore, through investees such as Alcanna and Choom Holdings, the company anticipates further expanding its domestic market reach.

 

Management and Board changes

Following the closing of the Arrangement Agreement, Neil Closnerhas stepped down as CEO of MedReleaf and during the integration process, Allan Cleiren, Aurora’s COO, will assume the role of interim-CEO of MedReleaf. In addition, Lloyd Segal, Deborah RosatiandClosnerhave stepped down from MedReleaf’s Board, while Norma Beauchampand Ronald Funkhave been appointed to Aurora’s Board of Directors. Steve Dobler, president of Aurora, has been appointed to MedReleaf’s Board of Directors.

Booth added, “On behalf of Aurora and MedReleaf, I’d like to thank Neil and MedReleaf’s Board for their incredible hard work, dedication and support for this transaction. Under their guidance, MedReleaf has matured into a world-class medical grade cannabis organization.”

Whole Foods launches Prime Now delivery in more markets

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Whole Foods launches Prime Now delivery in more markets

By Russell Redman for Supermarket News

Amazon service now available in two dozen cities

Whole Foods Market has begun online grocery delivery via Amazon’s Prime Now service in key new metropolitan markets in Florida and New York.

The companies said on Tuesday, Jul. 23, that Prime Now delivery will now be available from Whole Foods stores in Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Palm Beach, Florida, as well as in parts of Long Island, N.Y., and areas in New York City, starting with lower Manhattan and Brooklyn.

In those markets, members of Amazon’s Prime customer benefits program can shop thousands of products at Whole Foods — including fresh and organic produce, bakery, dairy, meat and seafood, floral and everyday staples — through PrimeNow.com or the Prime Now app, and have their orders delivered to their door in as soon as an hour. Select alcohol products also are available for delivery.

Two-hour delivery is free on orders of $35 or more for Prime members, and one-hour delivery costs $7.99. Delivery from Whole Foods via Prime Now is available daily from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

“We’ve been delighted with the customer response to delivery in as little as an hour through Prime Now, and we’re excited to bring the service to our customers in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Palm Beach, Long Island and New York City,” said Christina Minardi, executive vice president of operations at Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods. “Today’s announcement is another way that we are continuing to expand access to our high-quality products and locally sourced favourites.”

The expansion makes Prime Now delivery from Whole Foods available in 24 markets. Most recently, in late June, Whole Foods and Amazon rolled out the service in Chicago, Houston, Indianapolis, Minneapolis and San Antonio.

Seattle-based Amazon, which acquired Whole Foods last August, has said it plans to roll out free two-hour grocery delivery via Prime Now nationwide in 2018. The service was launched at Whole Foods in February and has steadily expanded to more large markets. Other metro areas offering Prime Now delivery from Whole Foods stores include Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, Richmond (Va.), Denver, Sacramento, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, Austin, Cincinnati, Dallas and Virginia Beach.

Growing cannabis and community with Westleaf Cannabis Inc. and Thunderchild First Nations

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Growing cannabis and community with Westleaf Cannabis Inc. and Thunderchild First Nations

First Nations Cree band makes $8 million investment in emerging Western Canadian cannabis company

Westleaf Cannabis Inc. has entered into a strategic partnership with Thunderchild First Nation marked by an $8 million investment in Westleaf by an affiliate of Thunderchild. The investment makes Thunderchild the largest shareholder of Westleaf, and is accompanied by a seat being allocated to Chief Delbert Wapass on the company’s Board of Directors.

“Since its inception, Westleaf has firmly believed in investing and supporting the communities it operates in and developing meaningful, authentic relationships that are reflective of Canadian values,” said Scott Hurd, president and CEO of Westleaf Cannabis Inc. “One of the defining moments for our company was our decision to partner with Thunderchild First Nation, and we look forward to building a partnership that will allow us to put a spotlight on the Canadian production of cannabis, while instilling a sense of pride and ownership in the communities we serve.”

Westleaf is constructing a 115,000 sq. ft. cannabis cultivation facility on lands owned by Thunderchild, located near Battleford, Saskatchewan. The Battleford Facility is one of two, which are planned for Westleaf and, once fully operational, the intent is for the Battleford Facility to provide significant job creation for the Thunderchild community and to spur long-term economic development in Battleford.

Employees of the Battleford Facility will work with a team of experts from Westleaf who specialize in building and operating cultivation, processing and extraction facilities. To ensure world-class education and training, all Westleaf employees will be required to go through an extensive training program, ensuring they are experts of their craft.

“We believe that the legalization of recreational cannabis creates significant economic opportunities for our country – and our community is no exception. We are proud to be Westleaf’s largest shareholder, as we strongly believe that this relationship will bring significant benefits to our band,” said Wapass. “Westleaf’s strong knowledge of the industry and its vision to develop high-quality cannabis products in the prairies in collaboration with our members will make our relationship a natural and rewarding fit.”

National Launch of Love Food Hate Waste in Canada

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National Launch of Love Food Hate Waste in Canada

Two of Canada’s largest food retailers have recently joined with local and provincial governments and agencies to launch a national Love Food Hate Waste campaign, which aims to change Canadians’ behaviours around food, and dramatically reduce the significant amount of food wasted across the country every day.

Canadians are among the worst of the developed nations when it comes to food waste, with about 47 per cent of food waste occurring in the home. More than 60 per cent of the food Canadians throw away could have been eaten, costing the average Canadian household more than $1,100 per year. In all, 2.2 million tonnes of edible food is thrown out annually, contributing to Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions as well as wasting the resources needed to produce and distribute food to consumers.

“The Love Food Hate Waste  campaign is desperately needed to tackle food waste across the country,” said Malcolm Brodie, chair of the National Zero Waste Council. “The campaign is the first coordinated national approach to help Canadians change their relationship with food. It only takes a small change, such as buying only what we need so food doesn’t spoil or get forgotten in the back of the fridge and is then thrown out.”

The campaign offers practical and easy tips for keeping and storing fresh food, using up existing ingredients and better planning to avoid over-purchasing food. The campaign is based on a successful model in the United Kingdom, where avoidable household food waste was cut by 21 per cent in its first five years, saving UK consumers £13 billion (CA$22.43 billion).

The campaign, which comes ahead of the federal government’s plan to introduce a Food Policy for Canada, is spearheaded by the National Zero Waste Council (NZWC) and already involves nine partners, including the cities of Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria, the Capital Regional District, Metro Vancouver, Province of BC, RECYC-QUÉBEC, and major Canadian food retailers Walmart Canada and Sobeys.

It follows on the heels of the release of the NZWC’s Food Loss and Waste Strategy, which focuses on the need to change consumer behaviour and reduce food waste in the production and distribution systems – where the other half of Canada’s food waste occurs. The strategy also calls for an overhaul of food labelling laws in order to alleviate confusion over ‘best before’ dates, and establishes a national goal to halve food waste by 2030.

The Food Loss and Waste Strategy was shared with Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay, and Environment Minister and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna to help inform the federal government’s development of a Food Policy for Canada.

The National Zero Waste Council brings together governments, businesses and non-government organizations to advance waste prevention in Canada. Metro Vancouver founded it in collaboration with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities in 2013.

Loblaw Reports 2018 second quarter results

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Loblaw Reports 2018 second quarter results

Loblaw Companies Limited has announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter, which ended on June 16.

“Our base businesses continued to perform well in a very competitive marketplace despite significant cost pressures,” said Galen G. Weston, chairman and CEO of Loblaw Companies Limited. “We are executing our strategy, improving processes, reducing cost and expanding our digital presence to deliver the best in food, health and beauty for Canadians.”

The 2018 second quarter highlights
The second quarter of 2018 included the negative impacts of minimum wage increases and incremental healthcare reform. The following highlights also reflect the impact of the consolidation of franchises, the disposition of gas bar operations and the acquisition of Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust (‘CREIT’) by Choice Properties’ Real Estate Investment Trust (‘Choice Properties’).

  • Revenue was $10,923 million, a decrease of $157 million, or 1.4 per cent, compared to the second quarter of 2017.
  • Normalized for the disposition of the gas bar operations, retail segment sales were $10,600 million, an increase of $105 million, or 1.0 per cent, compared to the second quarter of 2017.

–       Food retail (Loblaw) same-store sales growth was 0.8 per cent, excluding gas bar operations.

  • Drug retail (Shoppers Drug Mart) same-store sales growth was 1.7 per cent, with pharmacy same-store sales growth of 0.3 per cent and front store same-store sales growth of 3.0 per cent.
  • Operating income was $561 million, a decrease of $66 million, or 10.5 per cent, compared to the second quarter of 2017.
  • Adjusted EBITDA (2)was $1,027 million, an increase of $41 million, or 4.2 per cent, compared to the second quarter of 2017.
  • Net earnings available to common shareholders of the Company were $50 million, a decrease of $309 million, or 86.1 per cent, compared to the second quarter of 2017. Diluted net earnings per common share were $0.13, a decrease of $0.77, or 85.6 per cent, compared to the second quarter of 2017.

–       Net earnings available to common shareholders of the company were negatively impacted in the second quarter of 2018 by the change in fair value adjustment to the Trust Unit Liability and costs related to Choice Properties’ acquisition of CREIT.

  • Adjusted net earnings available to common shareholders of the company (2)were $421 million, a decrease of $25 million or 5.6 per cent, compared to the second quarter of 2017.

–       Normalized for the disposition of gas bar operations, adjusted net earnings available to common shareholders of the company(2) decreased by approximately $12 million, primarily driven by the retail segment.

  • Adjusted diluted net earnings per common share (2)were $1.11, flat compared to the second quarter of 2017.

–       Normalized for the disposition of gas bar operations, adjusted diluted net earnings per common share (2) increased by approximately 3.7 per cent or $0.04 per common share due to the favourable impact of the repurchase of common shares.

  • The company repurchased 4.6 million common shares at a cost of $300 million.

Psychological distress in female students in Ontario

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Psychological distress in female students in Ontario

For the first time, just a little more than 50 per cent of female students in Ontario show signs of moderate to serious psychological distress, according to the latest Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS), which was released by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).
Psychological distress – which refers to symptoms of anxiety or depression – has been rising steadily among all Ontario students in Grades 7 to 12 since it was first monitored in 2013. However, girls seem to fare worse on this and other mental health measures. “Female students are more than twice as likely as males to report elevated stress, poor mental health, seeking mental health counselling, thoughts of suicide, and being prescribed medication for anxiety or depression,” said Dr. Hayley Hamilton, senior scientist in CAMH’s Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, and survey co-lead. The 2017 OSDUHS, which surveyed 11,435 students, is Canada’s longest-running study of mental health and substance use among youth.

Technology and social media
Technology and social media use have also increased. In total, 20 per cent of students spend five or more hours on social media a day, compared to 11 per cent in 2013. And nearly 30 per cent spent five or more hours a day, during their free time, on electronic devices such as smartphones, laptops, computers and gaming consoles. Five per cent of secondary school students reported symptoms suggesting they had a serious problem with use of technology. For the first time, the survey included questions on these symptoms, which included a preoccupation with technology, a loss of control, withdrawal symptoms, and problems with family and friends.
“While the survey can’t tell us whether technology use causes mental health issues, or vice versa, there is some evidence from other studies that there may be a link,” said CAMH senior scientist Dr. Robert Mann, co-lead of the survey.

Concussions and other injury risks
A total of 36 per cent of students say they’ve had a concussion in their lifetime, and 15 per cent – about 130,700 students – experienced a concussion in the past year. The most common reported causes of concussion were playing hockey or another team sport. This was the first time students were asked about concussion.
Thirty-three per cent of students who drive still report that they text and drive, a figure that has not changed since 2015, even though the provincial government strengthened distracted driving laws that year with new penalties for texting and driving. “We know that distracted driving leads to collisions and injuries, so reducing texting and driving among students is crucial,” said Mann.

Mental health care
One in four students visited a professional for a mental health issue over the past year, a figure that has remained stable from past surveys. Five per cent of secondary school students were prescribed a medication for anxiety, depression, or both, and about 3 per cent of all students sought help by calling a telephone counselling helpline, or over the Internet.
Still, nearly one-third said they wanted to talk to someone about their mental health, but did not know where to turn. Almost 4 in 10 said that they rarely or never talk to their parents about their problems or feelings.
“These findings, coupled with the results showing increasing psychological distress and suicidal ideation, underscore the critical importance of creating youth-friendly spaces that provide a range of services,” said Dr. Joanna Henderson, director at Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth & Family Mental Health at CAMH, as well as executive director of Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario (YWHO). YWHO will target the needs of 12 to 25-year-olds as integrated “one-stop-shops” for mental health, substance use, primary care, education/employment/training, housing and other community and social services.

Positive trends
On a positive note, there have been significant declines throughout the past two decades in violent behaviour, carrying a weapon and physical fighting at school.
“The majority of students – 81 per cent – report that they like school to some degree, and nearly half like school quite a lot or very much,” explained Hamilton.
While being a victim of bullying at school is still reported by 21 per cent of students, it has also dropped from 33 per cent since 2003. It is also 21 per cent of students that have reported being cyberbullied, which has not changed from previous surveys. CAMH is Canada’s largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, as well as a world leading research centre in this field. CAMH combines clinical care, research, education, policy development and health promotion to help transform the lives of people affected by mental illness and addiction.

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