Mental Health Week 2025

May 1, 2025

Unmasking Mental Health

The 74^th annual Mental Health Week is here! From May 5-11, CMHA is “Unmasking Mental Health” to break down barriers, challenge stigma and support open conversations. Help us spread the word by using hashtags #UnmaskingMentalHealth and #MentalHealthWeek. 

Masking is when we hide or suppress emotions, personality traits, behaviours or symptoms from others. Living with a mental health or substance use challenge is hard enough; masking can make it even harder. Living with mental health challenges often forces people to hide behind a “mask” to protect themselves from judgment and discrimination. 

Resources

This year we’re encouraging people across Canada to look beyond the surface and see the whole person. By embracing honesty and vulnerability, we open the door to deeper connections and the mental health benefits that come with it. Below you’ll find resources for spreading the message about how #UnmaskingMentalHealth benefits everyone.  

• Fact sheet: What is masking?
• Fact sheet: What happens when we mask?
• Fact sheet: What does masking look like? 
• Fact sheet: Unmasking mental health challenges at work 
• Unmasking in the classroom: a toolkit for teachers 
• A week toward unmasking journal activity 
• Mental Health Week poster 

You can also access all of the resources in one place by downloading the CMHA Mental Health week complete toolkit from the CMHA National website.

Thank you for joining us for Mental Health Week!