With an OPEN mind is a public education project about mental health & mental illness in Thunder Bay and region. The project aims to reduce the myths and misconceptions surrounding mental illness through the shaping of public attitudes, so that people with mental health problems have an improved sense of acceptance, purpose, and freedom in their communities.

Think about mental illness with an open mind; it touches all of our lives.

With an OPEN mind is designed to:

• Increase the awareness and knowledge of mental illness and treatment options;
• Improve public attitudes about those who have or have had mental illness and their families;
• Generate action to eliminate discrimination and prejudice against people with a mental illness.

Every member of our community is a partner in creating acceptance, meaningful participation and integration in community life.