Stella's Place Blog
That’s a Wrap on Get Reel 2023

That’s a Wrap on Get Reel 2023

  As the credits rolled and the curtains closed, the impacts of the Get Reel Film Festival were palpable. Once again, our week-long event used the power of film to spark vital conversations about mental health, weaving together threads of community, awareness and...

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How to Manage Climate Anxiety

How to Manage Climate Anxiety

 Today is Earth Day, and we have some complicated feelings around that. It’s common for young people to feel helpless these days, while stuck in a constant out-of-reach news cycle of doom and gloom. If you are experiencing climate anxiety, and feeling like the world...

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Now Open: The New Home of Stella’s Place

Now Open: The New Home of Stella’s Place

 Considering how sweet it felt to finally open our doors, it makes perfect sense that our new home at Stella's Place is an old candy factory.  Our new facility has been over five years in the making, and we are very proud to now be able to welcome our community back....

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Let’s Catch Up for Giving Tuesday

Let’s Catch Up for Giving Tuesday

 It’s been almost two years since Stella’s Place turned virtual. During that time, the mental health needs of young people in this city have never been greater.  Youth, especially racialized youth, are experiencing disproportionate employment, housing and food...

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Fall Updates: What’s New at Stella’s Place

Fall Updates: What’s New at Stella’s Place

 Change. What else is new? Everywhere we turn, things have changed. The pandemic has set the world on a path to change, to learn about just how interconnected we are. And vulnerable. The Black Lives Matter movement and the movement for Truth and Reconciliation for...

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A Caring Corporation: Invesco

A Caring Corporation: Invesco

 Invesco Cares Toronto, the charity arm of investment company Invesco here in the city, has been a generous corporate partner for the last three years. Invesco Cares first approached Stella’s Place after their charity committee, which is run entirely by employees,...

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