Press Release
The Fort Frances branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association is very happy to be bringing Kendra Fisher, a former member of the national women’s hockey program and mental health advocate, to our community.
Fisher grew up in Kincardine, Ont. and succeeded in earning a goaltending position for Team Canada.
But she was diagnosed with a severe anxiety disorder, coupled with severe panic attacks, depression, and agoraphobia, which forced her to leave the national program in order to seek help to learn how to live with what had become a crippling disease.
Fisher now shares her personal journey and has joined efforts to bring mental health issues to the forefront.
It is her hope that her story will offer both hope and promise to others dealing with mental illness.
Fisher will be speaking at the Fort High library this Wednesday (May 29). Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., with her presentation to start at 7.
Admission is free.
She also will speak at two general assemblies of Fort High students that afternoon.
In addition to her Fort Frances engagements, Fisher also will be speaking in Sioux Lookout, Dryden, and Kenora next week.
For more information, visit www.cmhaff.ca
