{"id":3932,"date":"2015-08-22T10:40:24","date_gmt":"2015-08-22T17:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/?page_id=3932"},"modified":"2020-09-07T22:49:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T05:49:35","slug":"mandates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/mandates\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Mandates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Our Mandates<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Raise awareness<\/strong> about mental health and mental illness\u00a0through our events (e.g. Speaker Series, special lectures, symposiums) to create an environment where individuals can freely communicate about their questions about mental health and mental well-being.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Eliminate stigma<\/strong> towards\u00a0mental illness\u00a0by\u00a0disseminating\u00a0information through our events and communications, and helping individuals understand mental illness is non-discriminatory in who it affects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Provide connections<\/strong> to mental health resources\u00a0and establish an inclusive, understanding campus environment to help students achieve optimal mental wellness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Encourage interdisciplinary and interprofessional participation<\/strong>\u00a0by interacting with students and faculty in health science disciplines and non-health science disciplines through the promotion of our events.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Offer <strong>professional and volunteer opportunities\u00a0<\/strong>within UBC MHAC and external organizations\u00a0to allow students to gain knowledge on relevant mental health topics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Mandates Raise awareness about mental health and mental illness\u00a0through our events (e.g. Speaker Series, special lectures, symposiums) to create an environment where individuals can freely communicate about their questions about mental health and mental well-being. Eliminate stigma towards\u00a0mental illness\u00a0by\u00a0disseminating\u00a0information through our events and communications, and helping individuals understand mental illness is non-discriminatory in who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14114,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3932","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3932"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4901,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3932\/revisions\/4901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}