Event to Celebrate Women for Mental Health Initiative
Her Excellency Sharon Johnston hosted an event in honour of the philanthropic program Women for Mental Health, at Rideau Hall. Her Excellency delivered a speech celebrating women who are leaders in their communities and who work to raise awareness in the area of mental health. She thanked them for their work, devotion, determination and passion, but also for their vision and their common goal: to open and advance conversation on mental health issues.
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 12:00 MCpl Dany Veillette, Rideau Hall GG2011-0634-001
Ms. Leigh Harris Fowell, Chair of the Board of the Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health, said a few words during the event.
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 12:00 MCpl Dany Veillette, Rideau Hall GG2011-0634-002
Ms. Rachel Scott-Mignon, winner of the Royal Ottawa's 2010 Inspiration Award, took the podium and offered her testimony on her struggles with mental and eating disorders. Ms. Scott-Mignon is devoted to the cause and has done great work in reducing the stigmas surrounding mental illness.
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 12:00 MCpl Dany Veillette, Rideau Hall GG2011-0634-003
Women for Mental Health is a philanthropic initiative of the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group that brings together like-minded women to discuss mental health issues in an effort to shift attitudes and help transform patient care and research at The Royal. The program is committed to advancing change through conversations about mental health and through meaningful and collective philanthropy.
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 12:00 MCpl Dany Veillette, Rideau Hall GG2011-0634-004