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

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Bell Media Relations
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