After Mother's Suicide Family Hopes to Raise Awareness about Mental Health

Written by Chelby Daigle

Published in Stories

Glad Tidings Network is a multi-media production house providing entertaining, educational and engaging content. Unapologetically for Muslims, by Muslims!

The Network has created a series of videos exploring the issue of mental illness within Muslim communities.

In this video, two sisters based in Toronto, Ontario, reflect on the suicide of their mother in the hopes of raising awareness about the issue within Muslim communities.

Chelby Daigle

Chelby Marie Daigle is Muslim Link’s Editor in Chief and Coordinator. Under her direction, Muslim Link adopted its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policy so that the website strives to reflect the complexity of Muslim communities in Canada. She knows that she fails to do justice to this complexity every day but she will continue to try to improve as she recognizes the frustration of being both marginalized in the mainstream and also marginalized in Muslim communities. As Coordinator, she works to build relationships with Muslim and mainstream organizations and manages the website's social media, event listings, and directories. She organizes regular Muslim Link gatherings. She also works closely with the Publisher to find ways to keep Muslim Link sustainable. Find her on Twitter @ChelbyDaigle

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