It has been a busy few weeks for Cambridge Bay’s Department of Healthy Living, with one new mental health-related program underway, and three more set to begin soon.
“It’s actually not a normal thing to have this many programs starting at the same time,” said James Ayodele, the department’s director. “But for me, since I took over this position, I’ve been thinking of how to make things a bit better, and just doing something different from the status quo, something that will be impactful and something that will help the community and the people generally.”
The department’s newest mental health initiative is a suicide prevention program directed at young people. It began in August, and has been running weekly since, combining elements of…
