One Northerner has joined the ranks of the most influential people guiding discussion around mental health in the country.
Hiedi Yardley, a SA国际影视传媒渉ome-grown NorthernerSA国际影视传媒� and employee at Northstar Psychological Services in Yellowknife, is being recognized by the Canadian Mental Health Association for this work. Yardley is one of 150 Canadians who were chosen from 3,700 applicants.
Applicants were chosen by a national committee of 40 Canadians.
Yardley, a University of Calgary graduate and registered psychologist, was nominated by the FOXY/SMASH organization based on her work to refocus the group as a trauma-informed organization. FOXY and SMASH provide sexual, health and healthy relationship education to youth across the North.
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Hiedi Yardley, of the group Foxy/SMASH was named on the list of the top 150 most influential Canadians when it comes to the fight of mental health.
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Yardley was also instrumental in helping organization leaders recognize that everyone who deals with mental trauma is in a different place. She works to break mental-health stigmas and develops better ways for the public to engage with people who deal with mental trauma.
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Yardley acknowledges history has been a main factor in why Northerners experience higher amounts of traumatic experiences.
Kayley MacKay, a project co-ordinator with FOXY, explained why she felt Yardley was deserving of the recognition.
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Yardley said moving forward, she wants to see this type of education become more common.
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Yardley is one of many clinicians responsible for major breakthroughs in the medical field. However, she admits she has no idea why they chose her.
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