The World Health Organization’s widely used definition is “a state of complete physical, mental and 1 social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” One of the primary Canadian definitions of mental health, that of the Public Health Agency of Canada, is even more holistic: [Mental health is] the capacity of each and all of us to feel, think, act in ways that enhance our abi [...] Members of the RCMP, veterans, First Nations and Inuit people, and some classes of refugees receive supplementary mental health benefits and services from the federal government, in addition to the mental health services provided to them by the provinces and territories under the Canada Health Act. [...] In 2012, the MHCC released Changing Direction, Changing Lives: The Mental Health Strategy for Canada, which identified six strategic directions to improve Canada’s mental health care system: promote mental health across the lifespan in homes, schools and workplaces, and prevent mental illness and suicide wherever possible; foster recovery and well-being for people of all ages living with menta [...] The PHAC’s Mental Health Promotion program coordinates federal/provincial/territorial action on mental promotion, which includes working with stakeholders and partners to support the design of policies and programs that foster positive mental health and address the underlying factors that contribute to poor mental health, such as poverty, 23 homelessness and unemployment. [...] The Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the federal government’s health research funding agency, support research into the functioning and disorders of the brain and the mind, including neurological disease and disorders, mental health, mental illness and all forms of addiction, through their Institute of 24 Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA).