{"id":67196,"date":"2026-04-29T08:15:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=67196"},"modified":"2026-05-01T09:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:16:20","slug":"canadian-mental-health-week-is-may-4-10","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/canadian-mental-health-week-is-may-4-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Mental Health Week is May 4-10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hide-on-main\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-action_or_info wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/action_or_info\/for-info\/\" rel=\"tag\">For Information<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-release_date article-release-date wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/release_date\/2026-05-01\/\" rel=\"tag\">Friday May 01 2026<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Canadian Mental Health Week is May 4-10<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Canadian Mental Health Week is from May 4 to 10, 2026. This year\u2019s theme, <em>Come Together<\/em>, invites Canadians to strengthen mental health through small, everyday actions of connection. Feeling connected and supported at work, at school and in our communities, helps reduce isolation and fosters well-being for everyone. The Canadian Mental Health Association <a href=\"https:\/\/cmha.ca\/mental-health-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">offers free, practical resources<\/a> to support this work, including toolkits with quick activities, conversation starters, posters and virtual resources that can be used in-person, remote or in hybrid settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry continues to support student and adult mental health and well-being throughout B.C. schools, with resources available through the <em>erase<\/em> (Expect Respect and a Safe Education) <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/erase\/mental-health-and-substance-use\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mental Health and Substance Use web page.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian Mental Health Week is from May 4 to 10, 2026. This year\u2019s theme, Come Together, invites Canadians to strengthen mental health through small, everyday actions of connection. Feeling connected and supported at work, at school and in our communities, helps reduce isolation and fosters well-being for everyone. The Canadian Mental Health Association offers free, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/canadian-mental-health-week-is-may-4-10\/\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" >Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"action_or_info":[353],"release_date":[1612],"division":[1393],"target_bulletin":[413],"audiences":[663,793,1272,298],"sort_order":[],"class_list":["post-67196","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","action_or_info-for-info","release_date-2026-05-01","division-sipp","target_bulletin-district-dmb","audiences-directors-of-human-resources","audiences-mental-health-leads","audiences-online-learning-leads","audiences-principals-vice-principals"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/67196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/67196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67597,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/67196\/revisions\/67597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"action_or_info","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/action_or_info?post=67196"},{"taxonomy":"release_date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/release_date?post=67196"},{"taxonomy":"division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/division?post=67196"},{"taxonomy":"target_bulletin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/target_bulletin?post=67196"},{"taxonomy":"audiences","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audiences?post=67196"},{"taxonomy":"sort_order","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sort_order?post=67196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}