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HeadsUpGuys feature on CBC: The National: highlighting Josh's journey to recovery & working with Dr. John Ogrodniczuk to create HeadsUpGuys.

CBC The National feature on HeadsUpGuys.

Posted February 13, 2020. Updated June 12, 2024.

"I just read your article about suicide and I'm pretty sure it just saved my life."

HeadsUpGuys was recently featured on CBC: The National. The video above highlights Josh Beharry’s (HeadsUpGuys Project Coordinator) journey toward recovery from depression to teaming up with Dr. John Ogrodniczuk (Directory of the Psychotherapy Program at UBC), to create HeadsUpGuys. The video also tells the story of Julian, a man who was helped and inspired to recover from his own depression by HeadsUpGuys.

Companion article “He jumped off a nine-storey bridge and lived, now he’s working to end ‘man up’ mentality.”

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