PAST EVENTS
YMHA x BORN THIS WAY FOUNDATION
YMHA is proud and grateful to be a featured nonprofit during Lady Gaga's Joanne World Tour! We were the featured non-profit at the Born The Way Foundation's Kindness Pop Up, where spread our message about the importance of engaging youth in innovating to improve the mental health of all in the future.
STRETCH YOUR MIND: FEAT. PUPPIES
Stretch Your Mind is a yoga session hosted by the Youth Mental Health Association in partnership with Ocean Breath Yoga and Pets and Friends. It is an evening of yoga to calm and soothe the mind with an added cute and furry bonus: dogs and kittens! The calming atmosphere of a yoga session paired with the friendly animals led to a fun and stress-relieving event!
SAFELIGHT x YMHA PRESENT:
SAFELIGHT CONFERENCE
Safelight and YMHA are proud to present to you the Safelight Conference, a novel approach of exploring the concept of mental health. In this conference, we seek to explore the role of mental health in the workplace, in exercise, in the community, and in our diverse ethnic backgrounds.
SPEAK YOUR MIND
Speak Your Mind is a youth conference organized by the Greater Vancouver Youth Mental Health Association to help spread awareness and empower youth to take action in removing the stigma surrounding mental health. It is a full-day event where students from all over the Lower Mainland come together to discuss the role that mental health plays in their everyday lives, and for student leaders of Mental Health Awareness Clubs to display their accomplishments to the attendees.