SOCH was recently featured in an article on CBC. Here’s an excerpt where we were mentioned. You can read the entire article here. Jasmeet Chagger, a registered nurse and co-founder of SOCH Mental Health, a non-profit that holds wellness sessions in English, Punjabi and other languages in Peel Region, says the pandemic brought on Read more…
Grieving the loss of a loved one is never a smooth road, but as a suicide survivor, the path is filled with immense hardships. “A suicide survivor or survivor of suicide is one of the family and friends of someone who has died by suicide. Given the social stigma associated with Read more…
SOCH was featured on 5X Fest. Read the full article here. Maneet Chahal still feels goosebumps when thinking back to the first grief support group she facilitated in the fall of last year. Among the group was a community of South Asians that had experienced tremendous loss, some of whom Read more…
SOCH was featured by on The Indian Express. Read the original article here. CHANDIGARH-BASED Varundeep Chawla has always been a flagbearer for mental health. “Because I’ve been through it,” he says. So in his final year at Canada-based Humber College (Film and TV Production Programme), when he was presented with Read more…
When Maneet Chahal and Jasmeet Chagger started holding free mental health workshops in Brampton three years ago, they both knew they were breaking longstanding community taboos. “Of course there’s stigma around the subject in mainstream society as well, but in the South Asian community, nobody talks about mental health,” says Read more…