Question Period Note: Mental Health of Black and Other Racialized Canadians

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• We recognize the significant and unique challenges faced by Black and other racialized Canadians, including systemic racism and discrimination and their significant impacts on mental health.
• In 2018, the Public Health Agency of Canada launched the Promoting Health Equity: Mental Health of Black Canadians Fund and to continue this work, Budget 2024 is providing $4 million over the next two years.
• These funds support a variety of community-based projects across Canada to support positive mental health and address underlying determinants of mental health.
If pressed on mental health investments supporting racialized Canadians
• Since 2019, PHAC’S s Mental Health Promotion Innovation Fund has been funding community-based programming for children and caregivers across Canada, notably Racialized communities facing mental health inequities.
• Examples of funded projects include:
o a school-based program for newcomers to foster a positive sense of self and belonging
o cooking and nutrition programming that emphasizes healthy relationships
o arts-based methods that allow for individuals to process trauma and express themselves and their cultural identity

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