Here’s what people are saying

“Stress Strategies is a great addition to one’s toolbox. Its focus on encouraging reflection and exploration of a variety of stress management strategies will be very helpful, so too its focus on fostering resiliency and promoting mental health.”  

- Maarika Arget, Corporate Health Promotion and Wellness Consultant, TriFIT

“… think it is remarkable in many ways. The introductory video, in particular, presented a well organized and comprehensive overview. It started by normalizing stress, linking the experience of stress to the brain, pointing out the important distinction between adaptive and maladaptive stress, the need to manage stress, and the availability of stress strategies.”

- Leslie Atkinson, C. Psych, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, Ryerson University

“An excellent, customizable tool for helping people better manage their stress. A very helpful tool for our use in promoting health in the workplace.”

- Lisa Gilmour, Manager, Health Safety and Wellness Initiatives Hamilton Health Sciences

“An excellent, practical resource that features a range of psychologically sound strategies for managing stress. It’s important to have a menu of options when it comes to managing stress. One size does not fit all!”

– Stan Kutcher, MD, FRCPC, Director World Health Organization Collaborating Care in Mental Health Policy and Training at Dalhousie University and IWK Health Centre and Sun Life Financial Chair in Adolescent Mental Health, Halifax, NS.

“I have found the StressStrategies to be a valuable resource that I share with both the school professionals I work with as well as parents in my school communities.  The strategies are useful to everyone to support individual mental well-being.”

- Ann Tyrrell, R.N. CCHN(C), BScN, Public Health Nurse, School Program, Healthy Living Division Public Health Services, City of Hamilton