How to protect your mental health during scary world events
Scary world news can affect our mental health. The weight of current global events can cause uncertainty; you may feel fear, anxiety or a loss of control over your own life and plans. You may worry for the safety of strangers, loved ones or yourself. And if you have...
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...
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....
Home at Last: Welcome to the new Stella’s Place
When was the last time we met face to face? Has it been too long ago to remember? Pre-pandemic perhaps or pre construction? Or maybe you’ve never met us in person but were inspired by the vision of Stella’s Place and community-based mental healthcare, and the...
How to Create Community: Celebrating Our Volunteers
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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...
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...
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,...
Beyond the walls of Stella’s Place: A Community of Peers
Stella’s story is a familiar one: Stella began to struggle with their mental health in high school and when their family started looking for age-appropriate and accessible mental health care, they couldn’t find it. At every turn, there were waitlists for care and...
How to Prep for a 5K: A Starter’s Guide
Amateur runners, never fear. A 5k run can be daunting but what a thrill when you cross that finish line! Here at Stella’s Place, we have a lot of experience hosting and participating in charity runs. We’re here to help you succeed every step of the way. We’ve all...
