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title: City Matters | Mental Health Awareness Week
description: Discussing the unique mental health needs of post-secondary students, City Matters on Cable 14 sat down with Wayne Poirier, Vice-President of Student and Alumni Services at Mohawk College and Colin Andersen, Executive Vice President of BEACON.
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# [City Matters | Mental Health Awareness Week](https://www.mindbeacon.com/news-media/city-matters-mental-health-awareness-week)

 Written by [the MindBeacon team](https://www.mindbeacon.com/news-media/author/the-mindbeacon-team) | June 13, 2018 at 2:04 PM

**Originally broadcast on City Matters, Cable 14, on May 10, 2018**

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In support of Mental Health Awareness Week, Mohawk College hosted a discussion with mental health, post-secondary and government leaders to explore innovative mental health solutions for students to address issues regarding on-campus mental health resources. To tell us more about it is Wayne Poirier, Vice-President of Student and Alumni Services at Mohawk College and Colin Andersen, Executive Vice President of BEACON.

<https://cable14now.com/video-on-demand/video/?videoId=3251>

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