Media advisory - Clara Hughes and Michel Mpambara lead students in national conversation about mental health on Bell Let's Talk Day

Media advisory - Clara Hughes and Michel Mpambara lead students in national conversation about mental health on Bell Let's Talk Day


MONTREAL, Jan. 27, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - Bell Let's Talk spokespeople
Clara Hughes and Michel Mpambara will lead national school TelePresence
events on Bell Let's Talk Day tomorrow, January 28.



Clara and Michel will participate in live webcasts through Cisco Webex
technology with thousands of students around Canada to share their
personal stories, helping to grow the mental health conversation and
end the stigma around mental illness.




Cisco TelePresence Event - Montréal



What: Engaging talk show style presentation for students across
Canada



When: Wednesday January 28, 11:15 - 12 pm
Media availability at 12 pm



Who: Michel Mpambara, actor-comedian and Bell Let's Talk Québec
spokesperson
Alex Genest, Olympian
Josiane Babin, Mental Illness Foundation's Partners for Life
Anais Favron, NRJ radio and television host



Where: Dalbé -Viau school
740 Esther Blondin
Lachine





Cisco TelePresence Event - Toronto



What: Engaging talk show style presentation for students across
Canada



When: Wednesday January 28, 1 - 2 pm
Media availability at 2 pm



Who: Clara Hughes, 6-time Olympic medallist and Bell Let's Talk
National spokesperson
Michael Landsberg, TSN host and Bell Let's Talk spokesperson
Kevin Breel, comedian, writer and Bell Let's Talk ambassador



Where: Jesse Ketchum Public School
61 Davenport Road, Toronto





Join the conversation on Bell Let's Talk Day

On January 28, for every text message, wireless and long distance call
made by Bell Canada and Bell Aliant customers, every tweet using
#BellLetsTalk, and every Facebook share of that day's Bell Let's Talk
Day image at Facebook.com/BellLetsTalk, Bell will donate 5 cents more to Canadian mental health programs.



In 2014, Canadians answered the call with a total of 109,451,718
messages including texts, wireless and long distance calls, tweets and
Facebook shares, meaning Bell added another $5,472,585.90 to its Bell
Let's Talk funding commitment. Based on its original $50 million
donation and the results of the last 4 Bell Let's Talk Days, Bell has
now committed more than $67.5 million to Canadian mental health.



Bell's donations are made at no extra charge to Bell Let's Talk Day
participants, though normal long distance or text charges, if any,
apply.


The Bell Let's Talk mental health initiative

Bell Let's Talk promotes mental health based on 4 action pillars -
anti-stigma, care and access, research, and workplace best practices.
The initiative supports mental health leaders across the country
including the Royal Ottawa Hospital, Institut universitaire en santé
mentale de Montréal, Hôpital Charles-LeMoyne, Montreal Jewish Hospital,
the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), the University of
British Columbia, the Douglas Mental Health University Institute,
Queen's University, La Fondation du Centre hospitalier universitaire de
Québec, Concordia University, Brain Canada, Kids Help Phone, Sunnybrook
Hospital and Université Laval Foundation, CHU Sainte-Justine and
Vancouver General Hospital.



To learn more about the Bell Let's Talk campaign, and to download the
Bell Let's Talk toolkit to help get the conversation started, please
visit Bell.ca/LetsTalk.


About Bell

Bell is Canada's largest communications company, providing consumers and
business customers with wireless, TV, Internet, home phone and business
communications services. Bell Media is Canada's premier multimedia
company with leading assets in television, radio, out of home, and
digital media. Bell is wholly owned by Montréal's BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE:
BCE). For more information, please visit Bell.ca



SOURCE Bell Canada

Bell Canada

CONTACT: Media Inquiries: Jacqueline Michelis
Bell Media Relations
613 785-1427
jacqueline.michelis@bell.ca


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