Proceedings Report: 2023 National Perinatal Mental Health Policy Symposium
On November 22nd, 2023, we brought together over 70 government representatives and key stakeholders for Canada's first Perinatal Mental Health Policy Symposium.
5 Strategies to Promote Mothers’ and Birthing Persons’ Mental Health
We’re exploring ways to raise awareness of the importance of perinatal mental health, and encourage and enable mothers and birthing folks to care for themselves (in realistic, meaningful ways). To start, we've rounded up a list of evidence-based perinatal mental health promotion strategies.
Our First Two Years: Daymark 2021/22 Funding Review
This Funding Review provides a glimpse into the projects our grantees and partners are leading in Women’s Mental Health and Bipolar Disorder.
A Collaborative Approach to Perinatal Mental Health Policy Formulation
The Daymark Foundation is looking to play a coordinating and facilitative role in surfacing, formulating and communicating key policy priorities in perinatal mental health to provincial and territorial governments.
Meet the Doula Fund Design Team
The Daymark Foundation is initiating steps towards the creation of a multi-year doula mutual aid fund to support Black, Indigenous and 2SLGBTQ+ Communities.
Convening Report-Back: Expanding Doula Care for Black, Indigenous and 2SLGBTQ+ Communities
How can we increase access to doula care for Black, Indigenous and 2SLGBTQ+ people in a sustainable way?
Daymark Foundation response to the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care’s ‘Recommendation on instrument-based screening for depression during pregnancy and the postpartum period’
This recommendation was based on the false assumption that usual care during the pregnancy and postpartum period includes inquiry and attention to mental health and well-being.