Open Minds, Open Water

Swimming Great Lakes for Mental Health Awareness

Author: Jason Kloss

In 2011, Jason Kloss swam across Lake Huron -- a 65-kilometre open water swim his grandfather completed 20 years before him. Now (12 years later), he's pledged to swim across Lake Ontario to raise money and awareness for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention. This podcast will document his journey and will bring you conversations on mental health, determination, building habits and achieving your goals. For more information on Jason's swim for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health visit www.kloss2cross.com, or follow Jason's journey at www.instagram.com/kloss2cross.
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Language: en

Genres: Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Sports, Swimming

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An Update on the Mental Health Crisis with CAMH Foundation
Episode 3
Tuesday, 27 June, 2023

Canada is in the throws of a full blown mental health crisis -- layer on top that we are 20 years behind on mental health research. As Jason trains to swim across Lake Ontario, he wanted to share will all of you why he chose to raise money for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Foundation. Jason and Avery are joined by Azza Taha, who lays out what the current state of mental health is in Canada and how CAMH uses funds raised by people like Jason to try to drive research, curb stigma and spread awareness. We talk about mental illness, suicide prevention, dementia and Alzheimer's and more. TW: We do talk at length about suicide rates in this episode.