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Ethio-Can Bridge The Gap Project Ethiopian-Eritrean Canadians on a mission to bridge the mental health gap in our communities. https://linktr.ee/ethiocanbridgethegap

Your education deserves support. Your journey deserves recognition 💚Applications are open for our 2026 Dr. Haile Fenta C...
10/05/2026

Your education deserves support. Your journey deserves recognition 💚

Applications are open for our 2026 Dr. Haile Fenta Community Scholarship, honouring his contributions to mental health awareness in our community.

The scholarship offers $1,000 each to up to three Ethiopian and Eritrean Canadians who have experienced mental health and/or addiction challenges and are pursuing higher education.

Apply with a completed application, a personal statement and a reference. Application information will be treated confidentially.

📅 Deadline: November 9, 2026
🔗 Apply through the link in our bio.

📢 Know someone who should apply, or is this you? Share this post and/or click the link in our bio to apply today!

መልካም አዲስ ዓመት! ርሑስ ሓድሽ ዓመት! Happy Ethiopian New Year!🌼💛EthioCan Bridge The Gap wishes you and your loved ones a new year ...
09/11/2026

መልካም አዲስ ዓመት! ርሑስ ሓድሽ ዓመት! Happy Ethiopian New Year!🌼💛

EthioCan Bridge The Gap wishes you and your loved ones a new year filled with peace, joy, healing and connection!

Starting school in a new country isn’t just about entering a new classroom.It can mean learning a new language, adjustin...
09/08/2026

Starting school in a new country isn’t just about entering a new classroom.

It can mean learning a new language, adjusting to unfamiliar expectations, finding where you belong, and carrying the emotional weight of everything, and everyone, you left behind.

And this experience isn’t limited to children. It can be the adult redoing their credentials, the student returning to school years later, or someone navigating academic English while building an entirely new life around them.

You can be excited about what’s ahead and still feel homesick for what was. You can be grateful for a new opportunity and still feel overwhelmed, self-conscious, or unsure of where you fit.

Both can be true at the same time.

Wherever someone is in that adjustment, a first week, a first semester, or an entirely new degree, they didn’t arrive with nothing. They brought knowledge, languages, relationships, experiences, culture, and a whole life with them.

Supporting newcomer students starts with recognizing everything they’re learning, and everything they already bring🌿

You reached the goal, so why doesn’t it feel the way you imagined?Sometimes, success can look right on paper and still l...
08/27/2026

You reached the goal, so why doesn’t it feel the way you imagined?

Sometimes, success can look right on paper and still leave you burned out, emotionally flat, or unsure of who you are beyond it.

You can honour the sacrifices that brought you here and still redefine success for yourself. Your wellbeing matters beyond what you achieve🤎

Not everything students carry back to school fits inside a backpack.For many, this season also brings expectations, sacr...
08/21/2026

Not everything students carry back to school fits inside a backpack.

For many, this season also brings expectations, sacrifice, and the pressure to make their families proud.

This National Wellness Month, let’s ask how they’re feeling - not only how they’re performing. Their wellbeing is part of their success🤍

Stress doesn’t always look like a breakdown. Sometimes, it looks like irritability, avoidance, constant busyness, or fee...
08/19/2026

Stress doesn’t always look like a breakdown. Sometimes, it looks like irritability, avoidance, constant busyness, or feeling guilty when you rest.

This National Wellness Month, take a moment to notice what your “normal” may be costing you—and give yourself permission to pause🤎

Young people are not only the promise of tomorrow, they are creating, questioning, connecting, and shaping our communiti...
08/12/2026

Young people are not only the promise of tomorrow, they are creating, questioning, connecting, and shaping our communities today🌍✨

During National Wellness Month, we’re also reminded that youth wellbeing is shaped by whether young people feel heard, supported, connected, and free to be honest about what they’re experiencing.

Celebrating youth means making room for all of it: spaces where young people can speak honestly, explore who they are, make mistakes, ask for support, and feel valued for who they are, not only for what they achieve.

And that responsibility belongs to all of us.

To the young people in our community: your voices matter, your experiences are valid, and your presence is already making a difference.

Happy International Youth Day💚

Wellness isn’t about never feeling overwhelmed.It’s about learning how to meet ourselves when we are🤎This National Welln...
08/12/2026

Wellness isn’t about never feeling overwhelmed.
It’s about learning how to meet ourselves when we are🤎

This National Wellness Month, we’re exploring emotional regulation: the ability to notice, understand, and respond to our emotions without allowing them to control our actions.

Save this post as a reminder: emotional regulation is not something you either have or don’t have. It’s a skill, and skills can be learned with time, support, and care.

Wellness isn’t one-size-fits-all—and it doesn’t happen in isolation. 🌿August is National Wellness Month. Throughout the ...
08/12/2026

Wellness isn’t one-size-fits-all—and it doesn’t happen in isolation. 🌿

August is National Wellness Month. Throughout the month, we’ll be making space for honest conversations about the many ways wellbeing shows up: in how we rest and care for our bodies, how we navigate stress and grief, how we stay connected, and how we support one another.

Because caring for ourselves and caring for our communities are not separate. When people feel supported, heard, and able to tend to their own needs, our whole community grows stronger.

08/01/2026

Looking back on an evening honouring the people who make our community stronger💚

This past weekend, we came together to celebrate the volunteers and program participants whose time, kindness, and commitment continue to strengthen the EthioCan Bridge The Gap community.

To everyone who joined us—thank you for being part of our journey. Your support, generosity, and dedication help create a stronger, more connected community, and we’re so grateful to celebrate alongside you.

A special thank you to ECNAS for helping make this evening possible.

Here’s to many more moments of connection, celebration, and community💚✨

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