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Cloré Beauty Supply’s Donation of Product Helps YWC Clients Care for their Hair & Connect with their Identities

Last December, Cloré Beauty Supply donated $1000 towards Black History Month programming at St. Joe’s Youth Wellness Centre. After learning more about the Centre and the care St. Joe’s provides to youth in our community, the premier retailer of wigs, extensions and hair care products wanted to do even more. So last week they popped by the Youth Wellness… Continue reading Cloré Beauty Supply’s Donation of Product Helps YWC Clients Care for their Hair & Connect with their Identities

Never Stop Running: A Run for Chris Returns

A Run for Chris returns to Joe Sams Leisure Park on August 18th! Now in its third year, A Run for Chris is hosted in memory of Chris Owens, who touched the lives and hearts of so many in this community. To continue the memorial run’s proud tradition of raising funds for programs and services… Continue reading Never Stop Running: A Run for Chris Returns

“I Hope You Feel Something” – Youth Wellness Centre publishes first poetry anthology

“Hope Waits” “Wild Mind” “Non-Visible Ouchies” “Things I Wish I Could Say” These are just a few of the pieces you’ll find inside the Youth Wellness Centre’s (YWC) first poetry anthology, aptly titled, I Hope You Feel Something. In July 2023, clients of the YWC were invited to attend drop-in sessions to try their hand… Continue reading “I Hope You Feel Something” – Youth Wellness Centre publishes first poetry anthology

A place to create. Youth Wellness Centre mural allows Hamilton youth to be seen

Youth Wellness Centre clients Megan and Farhana pose in front of the Centre’s new mural Hamilton’s James St. S. just got a lot brighter. Among the blocks of old buildings, office towers and construction, the colourful front window of St. Joe’s Youth Wellness Centre (YWC) stands out. It wasn’t always this way. The building is… Continue reading A place to create. Youth Wellness Centre mural allows Hamilton youth to be seen

Providing culturally responsive mental health care to BIPOC youth

Jaleesa Bygrave recalls sitting in her high school guidance counsellor’s office and being told “university just isn’t for you,” a message she discovered was also delivered to other racialized students in her school. It was this experience, paired with her father’s encouragement to prove the guidance counsellor wrong, that propelled Jaleesa to do just that,… Continue reading Providing culturally responsive mental health care to BIPOC youth

Thriving Well in the Workforce

A $20,000 grant from Co-operators Community Funds is helping Hamilton’s young Black, Indigenous and Racialized communities meet their career goals, while gaining access to mental health care.

$300,000 Donation from RBC Helps Hamilton’s Youth to Navigate the Mental Health Care System

Meet Jackie Hames. She’s a Transition Coach at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton’s Youth Wellness Centre (YWC). The YWC is on the second floor of the historic Pigott Building in Hamilton’s downtown core. Bright, accessible, and inclusive, it’s a space where youth aged 17 to 25 can seek support for mental health or substance use issues,… Continue reading $300,000 Donation from RBC Helps Hamilton’s Youth to Navigate the Mental Health Care System

St. Joe’s launches critical mental health program for Black youth

Written by: Sebastian Bron, The Hamilton Spectator As a Black teen growing up in Hamilton, Rayanne Banaga heard all the stereotypes. “There was times that teachers would assume I was living in poverty or that I came from a bad family, just because I was Black,” she says. “So often I was being treating in… Continue reading St. Joe’s launches critical mental health program for Black youth

Diana ‘found her people’ at the Youth Wellness Centre

Diana Filc thought life would be a constant trying-to-get-by process. Diagnosed with depression and anxiety at age 13, Diana spent much of her life managing her mental health.

It’s never too early to #ReachOutHamOnt – We’re Here. Get Help.

The St. Joe's Youth Wellness Centre is a safe environment for young people age 17 to 25 to receve expert mental health and substance use care by self-referral.

Top 5 tips for overcoming anxiety

Everyone gets nervous or anxious from time to time however for some people, anxiety becomes so frequent, or so forceful, that it begins to take over their lives. Well, you are not alone!

#PinkItForward: Put a block on cyberbullying

Bullying has become a major problem in our schools, workplaces, homes, and online. With the rise and rapid change of digital technology, there has been an increase of cyberbullying.

Having trouble sleeping? Here are our top 5 strategies to manage insomnia

A lot of people have difficulty sleeping from time to time, but insomnia is when someone has difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking up too early at least 3 nights per week for at least 3 months.

Healing? Strength? Encourage youth to take what they need

St. Joe's Youth Wellness Centre partnered with Urbanicity Hamilton to help young people throughout our community get the help they need.

Patient Story: No one way to be trans

Aric Bales' journey included addiction and unasnwered questions. Having peer support helped him find answers.

St. Joe’s nurses help at risk youths build a more promising future

For many youth, transition throughout late teens and mid 20s can be challenging. Lots of emotions and uncertainty can lead to strong feelings of anxiety or depression, and other mental health issues that can surface for the first time during this stage in life.