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UGDSB student trustees share important mental health initiative on social media

November 12, 2019

GUELPH, Ontario – Upper Grand District School Board Student Trustees Amelia and Nathalie and the UGDSB Student Senate have been busy this month spreading messages of mental health positivity on their social media accounts.

For Amelia and Nathalie, mental health is a topic that they believe needs to be addressed with their peers proactively. As a result of being more proactive about spreading their messages of mental health, they are spending the month of November sharing information for students through their Twitter and Instagram accounts.

Amelia and Nathalie said they decided to launch this campaign and use their position as Student Trustees to help show UGDSB students how to access mental health information and supports. Their goal is to keep the conversation around metal health moving forward.

According to Amelia and Nathalie, “In an effort to reach as many students in the Upper Grand as possible, we decided to use social media, specifically the ugdsbstudents Instagram and Twitter platforms. The advantages of using social media is that it is by now a widely used source for information and that the messages can quickly be shared with others.”

Amelia and Nathalie said, “It has been an asset having Jenny Marino, the Mental Health and Addictions Lead for the UGDSB, work closely with the Student Senate. She has shared information and tips about mental health at Senate meetings, so we are using our resources to spread what we have learned, or what we have been reminded of, throughout the board’s student body.”

To see some of the great work that Amelia and Nathalie have been doing this month, follow them on Twitter or Instagram (ugdsbstudentsenate).

For more information about the UGDSB Student Senate, visit the board website.

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