| Public Health Agency of Canada | statements
Minister Saks makes statement on PTSD Awareness Day 2024
| Public Health Agency of Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Ya’ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, announced a grant..
| Public Health Agency of Canada | backgrounders
To help support the response to the toxic illegal drug supply and overdose crisis, and address harms related to substance use, the Government of Canada has announced over $3.1 million in funding for community-based projects to address the root causes of substance use and prevent harms among young people.
| Public Health Agency of Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Ya'ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, announced more than $3.1 million under the Youth Substance Use Prevention Program (YSUPP) to reduce substance use-related harms among young people in communities across Canada.
| Public Health Agency of Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Ya'ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health will make an announcement under the Youth Substance Use Prevention Program (YSUPP) to reduce substance use-related harms among young people in their communities.
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Through the Healthy Canadians and Communities Fund (HCCF), the Public Health Agency of Canada supports projects that address unhealthy eating, tobacco cessation and prevention and physical inactivity. Projects funded through the HCCF help lower the risk of chronic disease, including type 2 diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease.
| Public Health Agency of Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Ya’ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, announced the latest round of recipients under the School Health Grant for Youth, congratulating 24 high school students whose projects have been approved.
| Public Health Agency of Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced an investment of more than $11 million through the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Healthy Canadians and Communities Fund to the following ten Canadian organizations: Corporation de développement communautaire des sources, Farm to Cafeteria Canada Society, GROW – Community Food Literacy Centre, Guelph Community Health Centre, Les Complices Alimentaires, Muskowekwan First Nation, New Hope Senior Citizen’s Centre, Rencontres-Cuisines, Saskatoon Public Schools Foundation, and Type Diabeat It.
| Public Health Agency of Canada | news releases
Through Budget 2023, the Public Health Agency of Canada committed $10 million over two years towards ParticipACTION’s Let’s Get Moving initiative. Part of this initiative includes the Community Challenge program that encourages everyone to get active throughout the month of June. The Community Challenge provides organizations across Canada with grants to support physical activity programming.
| Public Health Agency of Canada | statements
June marks Stroke Awareness Month in Canada, which is an opportunity for everyone to learn the signs and symptoms of a stroke and understand how we can reduce our risk of having a stroke.
