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 Chagger. Since then, that conversation has started, thanks in part to these two friends. In the past three years, they have expanded that discussion from the local community to South […]
Continue ReadingGraduate students break taboos around mental health in South Asian communities.
