#3 Mental Health Crisis

1. Cornell University need to add nets to the bridges on campus to prevent students from jumping off and committing suicide.
2. A quarter of all students will get some type of mental illness during their time, usually anxiety or depression.
3. In a survey from Alberta 51 per cent reported that, within the past 12 months, they’d “felt things were hopeless.” Over half felt “overwhelming anxiety.” 

4. 7% said they considered suicide 

5. Some wonder if today’s students are having difficulty coping with the rapidly changing world around them, a world where they can’t unplug, can’t relax, and believe they must stay at the top of their class, no matter what.

6. 7.5 per cent of students who started university with no history of mental illness developed some symptoms.

7. After motor vehicle accidents, suicide is the leading cause of death in Canadians aged 10 to 24.

8. In July, the unemployment rate for Canadians aged 15 to 29 was nearly 12 per cent, a reason to be stressed about not getting a job.

9. Cornell only has 33 mental health professionals to help 22,000 students 

10. It can take up to 4 weeks to see one at Ryerson 

#2 Group Novels

I chose "It's kind of a funny story" because I saw the movie a long time ago, and I thought it seemed pretty relatable to teenagers. I think reading a book you can relate to is better because then you can get more into the book and you'll want to read it more. Compared to a book about snorting crank, I'd rather read this  

SERIAL

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