These are stamps issued by Canada Post in the years of 2008, 2009 and 2010 as a part of a campaign for the Canada Post Foundation for Mental Health. The Canada Post Foundation for Mental Health was established to raise awareness about mental illness and build the capacity of front-line, grassroots organizations supporting individuals and families coping with mental illness.
There is a great need for better understanding of mental illness, which effects one in five Canadians, and community-based resources focused on those affected by it. Thanks to Canada Post’s employees, customers and suppliers, $4.8 million has been raised so the Foundation can help address this need.
The 2011 Mental Health stamp was chosen through the competition among the more than 300 stamp designs submitted. You can see 5 finalists above. And the winner was "THE PUZZLE" (second from the right), an original design by Terrebonne resident Miriane Majeau!
And these are designs of some other contestants.
Canada Post’s initiatives to engage all Canadians — through its annual in-store campaign, fundraising stamp and mental health prepaid envelope — are raising awareness of the mental health challenges faced by so many, and providing concrete assistance to meet them.
