Three teachers’ unions and a prominent youth advocacy group are urging the provincial government to bolster mental health literacy in the education curriculum and invest in additional school support workers.
“Young people are saying loud and clear that they are suffering and need support,” said Stephen Mensah, executive director of the Toronto Youth Cabinet , which is spearheading the campaign. “With social isolation and school closures, the impact the pandemic had on children and youth was just devastating.”
Mensah said he has not received an official response from the minister but is working with the ministry to plan a meeting within the next two weeks. A report published in February by the Toronto-based non-profit People for Education found the percentage of Ontario schools with no access to a psychologist has nearly doubled over the last decade.
“Quite often, people who aren’t specialized in dealing with mental health are feeling like they need to do something because we don’t have the adequate support in the schools to meet those needs,” said Littlewood. “We want to make sure the kids have all of the supports that they need. And we’re not seeing that.”
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