- Mental Health: Every Action Counts is the theme of the
10th anniversary Bell Let's Talk Day
- Talk, text and join in on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram,
Snapchat and YouTube today to show your support – and drive Bell's
donations to mental health at no cost to you
- Tune in to Bell Let's Talk Day primetime television specials
airing tonight
- Get engaged at community events across the country including
Bell Let's Talk flag raisings
- Visit Bell.ca/LetsTalk to learn how every action counts for
people living with mental illness
MONTRÉAL, Jan. 29, 2020 /CNW
Telbec/ - It's our 10th annual Bell Let's Talk Day
and everyone is invited to get in on the action by talking, texting
and getting engaged on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and
YouTube to show your support for the cause, drive Bell's donations
and help create positive change for Canadians living with mental
illness.
"I am so excited to be celebrating the 10th
anniversary of Bell Let's Talk Day with Canadians in every corner
of the country and people all around the world," said Mary Deacon, Chair of Bell Let's Talk. "Over the
last decade we've worked together to reduce the stigma around
mental illness, grow awareness of its wide-ranging impacts and
build acceptance of the need for real change. Let's keep our
momentum going by taking action in ways large and small to support
people living with mental illness every day. And that includes
getting engaged on Bell Let's Talk Day – we've built a movement by
talking, texting and sharing our stories on social media over the
last 10 years, and today we can take our conversation further than
ever before."
You can send your message of support for action in mental health
across multiple platforms today. Bell will donate 5 cents to Canadian mental health programs for
each of these communications, at no cost to participants beyond
what they would normally pay their service providers for online or
phone access:
- Talk: Every mobile and every long distance call made by Bell
wireless and phone customers
- Text: Every text message sent by Bell wireless customers
- Twitter: Every tweet and retweet using #BellLetsTalk, featuring
the special Bell Let's Talk emoji, and every Bell Let's Talk Day
video view at Twitter.com/Bell_LetsTalk
- Facebook: Every Bell Let's Talk Day video view at
Facebook.com/BellLetsTalk and every use of the Bell Let's Talk
frame
- Instagram: Every Bell Let's Talk Day video view at
Instagram.com/Bell_LetsTalk
- Snapchat: Every use of the Bell Let's Talk filter and every
Bell Let's Talk Day video view
- YouTube: Every Bell Let's Talk Day video view at
YouTube.com/BellCanada
Since the first Bell Let's Talk Day in 2011, people in
Canada and around the world have
sent more than 1 billion messages of support, which has resulted in
total Bell funding for mental health reaching $100,695,763.75 (including the company's original
$50-million anchor donation when Bell
Let's Talk launched) so far.
Bell Let's Talk Day events
Please see below for a list
of events taking place across the country today, including
appearances by Bell Let's Talk Friends and ambassadors, prime
time TV specials, documentary film events, flag raisings and much
more.
Bell Media primetime specials
The Social's
Marci Ien and Your Morning's
Anne-Marie Mediwake host
Awareness, Acceptance, and Action: A Bell Let's Talk Day Primetime
Special, premiering at 7 pm ET/PT on
CTV, CTV2, CTV.ca, the CTV app and Crave.
Companion special Bell Let's Talk Live streams live on
Twitter on location from Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental
Health (CAMH). Hosted by Melissa
Grelo, Bell Let's Talk Live features interviews with medical
experts, celebrities and other guests. Bell Let's Talk Live begins
at 6:45 pm ET, includes live
interviews during commercial breaks of the Bell Let's Talk Day
Primetime Special, and concludes with audience-submitted questions
being answered by a panel of mental health experts. You can watch
the show on Twitter (@Bell_LetsTalk) and join the conversation
using #BellLetsTalk.
Francophone documentary Stronger Together
The mental
health documentary Stronger Together highlights the family and
friends of people struggling with mental health issues. Dealing
from a young age with parents who had severe anxiety issues, host
Michel Charette reaches out to
others who have become caregivers in families impacted by mental
illness. Airing on RDS at 8:30 pm ET,
Vie at 9 pm ET, D at 9 pm ET, Z at 10 pm
ET and on Crave.
Crave highlights mental health
As the home of HBO in
Canada, Crave is showcasing HBO's
mental health awareness campaign that highlights issues explored on
series like Succession, The Sopranos and Girls. Featuring scenes
from the shows along with expert commentary, the programming
invites viewers who need help to contact the Canadian Mental Health
Association.
Shawntay Rose Dann,
Jim Malone and Tyler Simmonds in Halifax
Shawntay Rose, Jim and Tyler will
attend the Halifax City Hall flag
raising at 9 am AT.
Jessica Holmes at CFB
Halifax
Jessica will speak with military and civilian
teams at CFB Halifax at 10 am AT and
with students and staff at the Nova Scotia Community College Ivany
Campus at 1:30 pm.
Beth Beattie on
Marilyn
Beth will appear as a guest on The Marilyn
Denis Show (which starts at 10 am
ET), and meets with colleagues from the Ontario Ministry of
the Attorney General's Mental Health Illuminati to share her
story.
Raptors 905 game
At a special Raptors 905 game at
11 am ET, approximately 2,200 young
people will receive Bell Let's Talk/Raptors 905 toques and players
will wear special Bell Let's Talk jerseys. Airing on TSN4, the
event will be hosted by Alexandra
Chaves from Family Channel's The Next Step and Raptors 905
spokesperson Akil Augustine.
Bruno Guévremont in Winnipeg
Bruno joins the annual
Department of National Defence/Canadian Armed Forces panel
discussion on mental health at 10 am
CT with Brigadier General Mario
Leblanc, Colonel Rakesh
Jetly, Major Nathan Packer,
17 Wing Surgeon Major Patti Louttit, Sergeant Holly Young and Alana
Mahaney with the Department of National Defence. The
event will be moderated by CTV Morning Live Winnipeg co-host Nicole
Dubé with 17 Wing's Major Karyne
Brown. Bruno will also present a 2019 Bell Let's Talk
Community Fund grant to Kidthink.
Kieran Drachenberg in
Iqaluit
Kieran will
participate in the City of
Iqaluit's flag raising ceremony at 11:30 am ET followed by a community event with
Arctic Children and Youth Foundation.
Shea Emry in Calgary
Shea will present a Bell
Let's Talk Community Fund grant to the Calgary Counselling Centre
and take part in an event with Calgary Stampede employees. Shea
will also take part in the City of
Calgary's flag raising event at Central Memorial park at
9:45 am MT.
Chris Johnson in Edmonton
Chris will join the RCMP
K Division flag raising ceremony beginning at 10 am MT.
Andrew Jensen in Ottawa
The Canada School of Public
Service and the Centre of Expertise on Mental Health in the
Workplace partner to present Government of Canada Bell Let's Talk
Day with Andrew Jensen at
1:30 pm ET. Andrew will also
bring greetings on behalf of Bell Let's Talk at Wabano's annual
charity event to support Indigenous Mental Wellness.
Festival d'Été de Québec
Festival d'Été de Québec is inviting the creative community to
participate in events, including a keynote presentation by
Kim Thuy at 4:30 pm ET, that focus on self-care and
resilience. A networking event will follow beginning at
5:30 pm at Impérial Bell.
National Music Centre / Studio Bell
The National Music
Centre (NMC) is launching a music and healing program stream that
includes an event at Studio Bell today along with a range of
activities, including a specialty tour and Kimball Theatre Organ
demonstration.
True North Youth Foundation
More than 1,400
kindergarten through Grade 8 classrooms across Manitoba will participate in the Project
11 Virtual Summit, an hour-long program discussing mental
health and wellness.
Blue Bombers in the classroom
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
players Thomas Miles and
John Rush will visit schools around
the city to share the Tackle Bullying program with more than
600 students in grades 1 through 5.
Bell Let's Talk Day at TIFF
TIFF will be offering a
free screening of Falls Around Her, a powerful story of
indigenous mental health and resilience, followed by a Q&A with
guest speaker Ansley
Simpson. Before the screening, attendees are invited to
join a free workshop on mindful art making led by Cristal Buemi from 4:30
pm to 7 pm ET in the TIFF Bell Lightbox Atrium.
Cracked Up documentary at Hot Docs
In partnership with
Hot Docs and Workman Arts, a special free screening of Cracked
Up takes place at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema in
Toronto at 6:30 pm ET. A discussion panel moderated by
filmmaker Aisha Jamal after the
event features Cracked Up director Michelle
Esrick, actor Dillon Casey
and CAMH's Dr. Suvercha Pasricha.
Healthy Moms, Healthy Families
The Ismaili Centre
Toronto will host a panel event at 7 pm
ET led by family physician Dr. Sheila Lakhoo and featuring speakers from
Women's College Hospital.
Entrepreneurship conference in Québec City
The Chamber
of Commerce and Industry of Québec City, in collaboration with the
Mental Health Institute of Québec's CERVO Foundation, invites
business people from Québec City to attend Une conversation
honnête sur la santé mentale en entrepreneuriat at
7:30 pm ET with Martin Enault, head of operations at Felix &
Paul Studios and chair of Revivre.
Maternal Mental Health
Life with a Baby will be
hosting free informal Pajama Parties at various Indigo and
Chapters locations across Canada encouraging moms to learn more
about the importance of self-care.
Hudson's Bay joins in
Hudson's Bay is encouraging
employees and social media followers to join in the conversation
today. For tweets using both #BellLetsTalk and @HudsonsBay,
Hudson's Bay Foundation will donate 5 cents to CAMH.
University and college sports games
More than 230
universities and colleges around the country are hosting over 550
events including varsity and collegiate games to encourage the
campus mental health conversation. Schools will also screen mental
health documentaries provided by the Au Contraire Film
Festival.
Bell Let's Talk flag raisings:
Communities and
organizations around the country are showing their support for
mental health with Bell Let's Talk flag raisings. In the lead up to
Bell Let's Talk Day, flags have already been raised at: CFB
Winnipeg (17 Wing), Clara Hughes Public
School in Oshawa, Dauphin
City Hall, Gander Town Hall, RCMP Headquarters in Ottawa, Sainte-Julie City Hall, SunLodge Village in
Peguis First Nation, Trois-Rivières Police Service, University of Manitoba, University of Winnipeg, Val-d'Or City Hall, Verdun Town Hall in
Montréal and William Osler Health System – Brampton Civic Hospital,
Etobicoke General Hospital and Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated
Health and Wellness. A massive Bell Let's Talk flag was also passed
around the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa by fans at Monday night's Senators home
game.
Here are today's flag raisings:
Amundsen-Scott South Pole
Station, Antarctica; Barrie City Hall; Brampton Beast;
Brandon City Hall; CAMH; Canadian
Armed Forces Latvia; Central Memorial Park, Calgary; CFB Halifax; CFS Alert; Charlottetown City Hall; Churchill Town Centre
Complex; College of the North Atlantic Labrador West campus and
St. John's campus; Confederation
Park, Kingston; Corner Brook City Hall; Fredericton City Hall; Government of
Prince Edward Island, Shaw
Building; Grand Falls-Windsor Town Hall; Greater Sudbury City Hall; Halifax City Hall; Hermitage-Sandyville Town
Hall; HMCS Toronto; House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador; Huntsville Civic Centre; Iqaluit
Aquatic Centre; IUSMM – Fondation de l'Institut universitaire en
santé mentale de Montréal; IUSMQ – Fondation CERVO; Keyano College;
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
(Memorial Park); Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick; Legislative Assembly of
Nunavut; Legislative Assembly of
Ontario (Whitney Block); Longueuil City Hall; Markham City Hall; Memorial University; Mississauga City Hall; Moncton City Hall; National Defence
Headquarters Ottawa; Niagara Falls City Hall; North Bay City Hall;
Ottawa City Hall; Peterborough City Hall; Pickering City Hall;
Portage and Main, Winnipeg; Québec
Association of Police Directors; Queen's University; Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre; RCMP
Detachment, Brudenell; RCMP H
Division Headquarters, Dartmouth;
RCMP K Division Headquarters, Edmonton; RCMP Kings District, New Minas; Red Deer
College; Red River College;
Régie intermunicipale de police Thérèse-De Blainville; Regina City Hall; Royal
Military College of Canada; Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
Headquarters; Saint John City
Hall; Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Police Service; Sarto-Desnoyers Community Centre, Dorval; Sault Ste.
Marie City Hall; Scugoc
Township Office; Sherbrooke Police Service; St. John's City Hall; Summerside City Hall; Support Group 2 Canadian
Division of Canada (SG 2 Cdn Div),
CFB Valcartier; SG 2 Cdn Div Montréal
Garrison; SG 2 Cdn Div, Saint-Jean
Garrison; Sydney City Hall; Torbay
Town Hall; Toronto City Hall; Toronto Police Service; Toronto Rock;
Université de Moncton;
University of Calgary; University of Guelph; Vaughan City Hall; Westmount City Hall; Whitehorse City Hall; Yellowknife City Hall; York Regional Police
Service; Yukon College; and Yukon
Legislative Assembly.
Media inquiries
Jacqueline Michelis
613-785-1427
jacqueline.michelis@bell.ca
@Bell_LetsTalk
@Bell_News
SOURCE Bell Canada