Sudbury Defeat Depression

12/02/2025

10/10/2025

🧠 Striking a Balance: Informed, Not Overwhelmed 💕

It's vital to be informed about global instability, but not at the expense of your mental health. This World Mental Health Day, we recognize that protecting your psychological well-being means carefully managing the dosage of crisis exposure.
Learn to distinguish between being aware and being saturated. Curate your feed, limit your scroll, and deliberately seek out sources of calm and hope to balance the weight of global news. 🌍

What healthy media boundary are you setting this week to protect your mind from overload? Let us know your strategy! ✋

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08/11/2025

🌟 Nominations Now Open – MDSC 2025 National Awards 🌟

Each year, Mood Disorders Society of Canada celebrates exceptional contributions to mental health through our National Awards Program. We honour individuals and organizations whose leadership, innovation, and dedication have made a meaningful difference in the mental health community.

Nominations are open from August 11, 2025, until October 20, 2025. Winners will be announced in January 2026.

🏆 Award Categories:
1️⃣ MDSC Mental Health Leadership Award – Recognizing an individual whose leadership and advocacy have positively impacted mental health in Canada.
2️⃣ Jordan James Pickell Mental Health Achievement Recognition Award – Honouring an organization making outstanding contributions to mental health education and anti-stigma initiatives.
3️⃣ Dr. Barbara Everett Award for Young Researchers with Lived Experience – Celebrating young researchers whose innovative work and lived experience are advancing mental health knowledge and practice.

📩 Learn more and submit your nomination: https://mdsc.ca/mood-disorders-society-of-canada-announces-their-2025-national-awards-program/

Let’s recognize and celebrate those making a difference! 💙

06/04/2025

Thank you Sudbury! You've blown it out of the water. One week before the event we were sitting at $10,000. Within a week and a half, you've brought that total to over $24,100 for NISA/Northern Initiative for Social Action and Mood Disorders Society of Canada!

A special thank you again to everyone who supported the event in any way - from our title sponsor Vale Base Metals, our local sponsors, Mac Media, LiUNA Local 493, Wellness News, Luxor Management Inc., Knights of Columbus, Minnow Lake Lions Club, Local 800, Tail Blazers, Iron Workers 786, to Lactalis who donated chocolate milk, Real Canadian Superstore with the water and snacks Good Earth Coffeehouse, Buzzy Browns, 46 North Brewing, and Overtime, Party City who shared our save the dates, everyone who fundraised, donated, volunteered, who braved the gloomy weather on May 24, shared our posts on Facebook, and of course our hosts at the Mood Disorders Society of Canada - we are so appreciative of you! It takes a lot of love to put on an event like this every year, and we've felt it! No matter how you contributed, you rock!

We'll have some more pictures from the event for you soon, but until then thank you again for showing us the love. 💛

06/03/2025

05/31/2025

05/31/2025

Why we walk matters! – Who or what are you walking for today? Share using and let others know they are not alone. Together we are making a difference Mood Disorders Society of Canada

05/31/2025

05/31/2025

05/24/2025

Thank you to everyone who came out today!

Thank you so much to Mood Disorders Society of Canada, Canadian Mental Health Association Sudbury/Manitoulin, Compass / Boussole / Akii-Izhinoogan, Vale Base Metals, Coca-Cola, Parkland Corporation, Papaya Pops for being at the event today!

Thank you to Boston Pizza & Messier's Your Independent Grocer hosting our fundraising events leading up to the day.

Monica on the Round Two Fitness & Cycle Studio Her-ricanes who raised the most amount of money as an individual, and Vale for being our title sponsor and top team this year.

Party City & Vale both had fundraising BBQ’s for Defeat Depression as well!

Thank you again to all the volunteers, sponsors, NISA staff, and YOU for supporting Defeat Depression for our 12th year in a row. This couldn’t happen without the help of everyone involved.

We had some really intense conversations about what mental health and mental illness means to us and how important it is to support local mental health initiatives like NISA/Northern Initiative for Social Action.

Thank you again, we hope you had a fantastic time. 💙🩵💛

05/22/2025

🚶‍♀️ Join Us for the 12th Annual Sudbury Defeat Depression Walk!
🗓 Date: Saturday, May 24, 2025
📍 Location: Bell Park – Grace Hartman Amphitheatre
⏰ Time: 9:30 AM Registration | 10:30 AM Walk Begins

💛 Let’s come together to raise awareness, break the stigma, and support mental health in our community.

🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏻‍♂️Whether you’re walking in support of a loved one, for your own mental wellness, or to stand with others—your presence matters.

💰 All funds raised support NISA/Northern Initiative for Social Action, empowering individuals living with mental health challenges in Sudbury.

👉 Register today: https://bit.ly/3ZrwWWH

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