Student Engagement Fund

Mental health advocacy group experiences diminishing funding for initiatives

In the 2017-8 academic year, the student-led mental health advocacy group Hi F.I.V.E. experienced a severe lack of funding, hindering their initiatives and presence on Burnaby campus through the year.      Students involved in Hi F.I.V.E. have been working to eliminate mental health stigma at SFU since 2013. “Basically our mandate is, just try to eliminate stigma and create awareness [around mental health],” summarized Hi F.I.V.E. coordinator Natalie Morin in an interview with The Peak.      “But recently we’ve kind of changed that a little bit, to something a little bit more revolutionary where we actually want to…

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