Funding supports the Coaching Association of Canada's new project to support mental health and sport
The Government of Canada is committed to promoting positive mental health for everyone, particularly those who face disproportionate challenges accessing mental health supports because of discrimination, socio-economic status or social exclusion.
Today, David McGuinty, Member of Parliament for Ottawa South, on behalf of the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, announced $2.8 million in funding to support the Coaching Association of Canada's new project, which aims to increase mental health literacy among coaches and community sport leaders who work with remote, Indigenous and economically disadvantaged communities, newcomers to Canada, and persons with disabilities.
The project will update and adapt existing mental health educational modules that will be delivered within these communities and create an online hub for mental health resources for coaches that will launch on February 16, 2023. The project is expected to reach up to 2,540,000 coaches across Canada.
Today's announcement is part of a $100 million investment over three years, provided in Budget 2021, to support projects that promote mental health and prevent mental illness in populations disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including youth, seniors, First Nations, Inuit and Métis, and Black and other racialized Canadians.
