If you and/or your child have a medical or mental health emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest open clinic or emergency room.  If you are concerned that you and/or your child are a danger to yourself and/or themselves or to others, call 911 or go to the nearest open clinic or emergency room. 

If you and/or your child need help with how you are feeling:

• Talk to someone you trust and encourage your child to talk to you or another person they trust
• Connect with your health and/or mental health care provider (e.g., doctor, nurse practitioner, counsellor, social worker, psychiatrist, etc.).
• Access free mental health and COVID-19 resources available to you online or by phone, including: 
  • 8-1-1: you can call the Government of Saskatchewan’s confidential, free, 24-hour health and mental health and addictions advice, education, and support telephone line available to the people of Saskatchewan, staffed by experienced and specially trained Registered Nurses, Registered Psychiatric Nurses, and Registered Social Workers.
    • If you are having technical issues with accessing HealthLine 811 by dialling 811, you can call 1-877-800-0002 to be connected with HealthLine 811.Deaf and hard of hearing residents can access HealthLine 811 by using the SaskTel Relay Operator service at 18008550511. 
  • Government of Saskatchewan Mental Health and COVID-19 Resources:
    •  Coping, Parenting, and Mental Health Community Resources: https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/health-care-administration-and-provider-resources/treatment-procedures-and-guidelines/emerging-public-health-issues/2019-novel-coronavirus/mental-health-and-covid-19
    • COVID-19 Information and Resources: https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/health-care-administration-and-provider-resources/treatment-procedures-and-guidelines/emerging-public-health-issues/2019-novel-coronavirus
  • Kids Help Phone: call, text, message, or chat with Kids Help Phone any time at 1-800-668-6868 or kidshelpphone.ca.
  • Government of Canada COVID-19 Information and Resources: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html
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See Us, Hear Us Research Team

Principal Investigators:

Dr. Nazeem Muhajarine
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit (SPHERU)
t: 306.966.7940  e: nazeem.muhajarine@usask.ca

Dr. Tamara Hinz
Department of Psychiatry
College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Health Authority
t: 306.844.1004 e: tamara.hinz@usask.ca

Researchers:

• Daniel Adeyinka, Postdoctoral Fellow, Researcher, SPHERU and Community Health & Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, e: daa929@mail.usask.ca
• Jane Macleod, Senior Manager, Research and Records, Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation
• Jessica McCutcheon, Survey Research Manager and Specialist, CHASR, USask, e: mccutcheon@usask.ca, t: 306.966.6525
• Kathryn Green, former Faculty, Community Health & Epidemiology, USask
• Natalie Kallio, Research Officer, SPHERU, USask, e: natalie.kallio@usask.ca t: 306.966.2237
• Nuelle Novik, Associate Professor, Social Work, URegina and SPHERU
• Tom McIntosh, Professor, Politics & International Studies, URegina, SPHERU Co-Director
• Victoria Taras, Research & Policy Analyst, Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation
• Yvonne Hanson, Patient partner/Provincial Manager PIHCIN, USask
• and all our partners, collaborators, community council members, and knowledge users

 Student Researchers:

• Isabelle Dena, PhD student, Community Health & Epidemiology/RSW
• Jovana Miladinovic, Medical student, USask
• Marin Habbick, Queens University Visiting Research Student, USask
• Raina Kim, Medical student, USask
• Sahana Ramamoorthy, MSc student, Community Health & Epidemiology, USask
• Vaidehi Pisolkar, PhD student, Community Health & Epidemiology

Thanks so much to the 560 families (1,120 parents/caregivers and their children aged 8-18) across Saskatchewan who shared their experiences of the pandemic with our team of researchers and mental health practitioners at the University of Saskatchewan in our See Us, Hear Us 2.0 survey.

These data will help our research team understand and document how the pandemic affected Saskatchewan families, their mental health needs, and if these needs were being met. Our focus now is on analyzing the data and understanding mental health, well-being, and resiliency from the perspective of children their and parents’/caregivers’ and current need for mental health services and supports. We will share what we learn from the study with you (results will be posted one this page) and with people who make decisions about mental health services and mental health care providers, and will urge them to use it to improve services in Saskatchewan.

If you have questions, please contact us at seeus.hearus@usask.ca.

Dr. Nazeem Muhajarine
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit (SPHERU)
t: 306-966-7940 e: nazeem.muhajarine@usask.ca  

Dr. Tamara Hinz
Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
t: 306-844-1004 e: tamara.hinz@usask.ca

This research study has been reviewed and approved by the University of Saskatchewan Behavioural Research Ethics Board (Beh-2561).