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The Gritty Nurse

The Gritty Nurse is back, and NO TOPIC is off-limits! Launching in September 2025 with host Amie Archibald Varley, this podcast is dedicated to amplifying the voices of nurses and others who work in healthcare to explore the most pressing issues they face. Join Amie as she continues to take a deep dive into powerful and often uncomfortable topics. Though shared experriences, storytelling and the discussions surrounding the intersection of power, we will navigate the challenges facing healthcare nationally and internationally--as of course--challenge the status quo. The show's core belief remains unwavering: that compassion is the through understanding diverse narratives and perspectives is KEY. Amie will continue to explore hot-button issues like mental health, social justice, women's health, and the daily challenges within the nursing profession. The Gritty Nurse is more than just a podcast—it's a community where nurses and healthcare workers can feel heard, empowered, and recognized as the community leaders they truly are. Change is HERE.
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Our Mental Health Matters: Calling out an Inadequate Mental Health System

Jan 28, 2021

In this episode, Amie & Sara discuss mental health, nursing and the inadequate structures that surround mental health support and resources in large organizations. In light of the nurse who recently died by suicide, we share our own mental health stories and our "calls to action" to improve mental health supports and resources locally, provincially and nationally. Mental health is HEALTH.  

We are so sorry to hear of the nurse who died by suicide this week. The nursing community mourns with the family and friends. 

https://letstalk.bell.ca/en/

https://www.suicideinfo.ca

https://www.ontario.ca/page/find-mental-health-support

https://ontario.cmha.ca/provincial-mental-health-supports/

https://www.betterhelp.com/

https://myicbt.com/home

https://www.ccmhs-ccsms.ca/mental-health-resources-1

https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/

https://mindyourmind.ca/help/where-call

https://www.camh.ca/en/suicide-prevention

https://kidshelpphone.ca

https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1576089278958/1576089333975