Saskatchewan Polytechnic wants students to talk mental health
A not-for-profit organization and Saskatchewan Polytechnic are teaming up in hopes of getting the students to talk about mental health.
School officials and student leaders joined dignitaries at a ceremony Tuesday morning as a bright, yellow friendship bench was unveiled in a special ceremony. The bench will be installed near the front entrance at Saskatchewan Polytechnic.
The bench is part of the Friendship Bench Initiative, which was started by Sam Fiorella who, along with his family and friends, were eager to end the stigma around mental health.
Fiorella was pushed to start the program after he lost his son Lucas to suicide. While addressing the audience in Prince Albert Tuesday, Fiorella spoke about how no one had any idea that Lucas was battling mental health issues.