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Mental health issues are so rampant at Ontario high schools, a survey of principals termed it a crisis for students as well as guidance staff.
The scene at university campuses is similar, with one-fifth of post-secondary students dealing with anxiety, depression or other mental health concerns, according to a national study in 2016.
When a group of law students at the University of Ottawa decided to establish a charity event for their faculty, there was no doubt it would involve mental health.
Jordan Wright, a second-year common law student, wanted something to support the Do It For Daron (DIFD) initiative. After consulting with fellow law student Will Roantree, they settled on a charity hockey game.
And so was born the first annual Ottawa Law Classic, pitting common law versus civil law students on Feb. 3, with all proceeds going to local mental health causes.
“We don’t really have a charity event in law school, and we thought hockey was the way to go,” Wright said. “DIFD was a natural because it’s a cause that is relevant to many students in our faculties.”
Roantree believes team sports are an ideal outlet for school stress.
“To keep my mental health strong, I use team sport and I think we all do,” he says.
Wright and Roantree teamed up with fellow law students Sarah Reich and Natalie Tershakowec to an organize an event that involved more work than any of the four imagined.
It is paying off. The group has been overwhelmed with the backing by the Ottawa business community, as well as students on campus.
“Selling tickets, people are so supportive,” Reich says. “They’re coming up to us and saying they’re glad this is happening. An event like this might lead to more people seeking help.”
Tickets are $15, and that includes a Law Classic scarf for the first 250 people. The U of O Minto Sports Complex arena holds 840. Many are paying more than $15 to support a good cause.
“We were worried about a $15 ticket because most things on campus cost about $5,” Tershakowec says. Game time is 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
For more information or to buy tickets, go to ottawalawclassic.ca.
The branding, including logo, was designed by Tershakowec.
DIFD, its purple heart a familiar Ottawa symbol, was started by Stephanie and Luke Richardson after they lost their 14-year-old daughter Daron to suicide in November 2010.
Luke, a former Senators defenceman and then an assistant coach, is currently an assistant with the New York Islanders. Just three weeks ago, the Islanders had their own DIFD awareness night during a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
NHL teams have front offices and foundation staffs to organize charity events. In contrast, the Ottawa university students started this event from scratch, pouring themselves into the cause.
“We are really impressed that the law students would embrace this tough and important topic and that the U of O would support it,” Stephanie Richardson said in an email. “To make DIFD mental health a priority and spread the message through sport means so much and will reach so many.”
Richardson can’t make it to the Law Classic game but will be in Ottawa for the Senators annual DIFD Night on Feb. 8, when Kyle Turris and the Nashville Predators are in town.
As for that other hockey game, the Law Classic, the early betting lines are favouring the civic law squad, partly because it has former American Hockey League player Frederick Roy in the lineup. Roy is the son of Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy.
“We’re going to get dusted,” Wright says.
“I think they’re playing head games,” Roy says, dryly. “Anything can happen. We’re not going to take them lightly, don’t worry about that.”
Roy opts for law books over AHL pucks
Growing up in the shadow of his legendary father, Frederick Roy always assumed he’d be a hockey player.
He followed that path through the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and into the AHL, when he came to a crossroads in his life. He could either carve out a career in the minors, earning decent pay, but not the million-dollar deals of the NHL. And for how long would he be paid to play? His early 30s?
A small centre, (5-10, 170) Roy had a productive junior career with the Quebec Remparts, but was not drafted by the NHL and did well to reach the AHL, the highest level of the minors. He played two seasons with Rochester in the AHL ending in 2013-14. Though he could have stayed longer, he felt he’d “emptied the tank.”
“I accomplished what, for me, was enough in hockey,” Roy says. “I wasn’t happy any more. I wanted a better future for myself.”
His last competitive season was in 2015-16 with Concordia, where he was enrolled in finance courses. Roy was close to a point-per-game player with Concordia, producing 22 points in 23 games.
In the back of his mind, he though about his first inkling — law school.
“I kept coming back to law,” he says.
On the advice of a friend, he applied to the University of Ottawa, and was thrilled to get accepted — one of the greatest days of his young life. Then came the reality of keeping up with the demands of a law program.
“I’m getting my butt kicked, absolutely,” says Roy, 26, citing the eye-opening experience of higher education after so many years in dressing rooms. “But I’m here and I love it.”
And he’s making his father proud.
“Dad did not want us to take things for granted,” Roy says. “Work for it, be humble and respectful.”
When he plays in the DIFD game Feb. 3, Roy says he’ll be happy if he doesn’t tear a groin in his first hockey game in months.
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The scene at university campuses is similar, with one-fifth of post-secondary students dealing with anxiety, depression or other mental health concerns, according to a national study in 2016.
When a group of law students at the University of Ottawa decided to establish a charity event for their faculty, there was no doubt it would involve mental health.
Jordan Wright, a second-year common law student, wanted something to support the Do It For Daron (DIFD) initiative. After consulting with fellow law student Will Roantree, they settled on a charity hockey game.
And so was born the first annual Ottawa Law Classic, pitting common law versus civil law students on Feb. 3, with all proceeds going to local mental health causes.
“We don’t really have a charity event in law school, and we thought hockey was the way to go,” Wright said. “DIFD was a natural because it’s a cause that is relevant to many students in our faculties.”
Roantree believes team sports are an ideal outlet for school stress.
“To keep my mental health strong, I use team sport and I think we all do,” he says.
Wright and Roantree teamed up with fellow law students Sarah Reich and Natalie Tershakowec to an organize an event that involved more work than any of the four imagined.
It is paying off. The group has been overwhelmed with the backing by the Ottawa business community, as well as students on campus.
“Selling tickets, people are so supportive,” Reich says. “They’re coming up to us and saying they’re glad this is happening. An event like this might lead to more people seeking help.”
Tickets are $15, and that includes a Law Classic scarf for the first 250 people. The U of O Minto Sports Complex arena holds 840. Many are paying more than $15 to support a good cause.
“We were worried about a $15 ticket because most things on campus cost about $5,” Tershakowec says. Game time is 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
For more information or to buy tickets, go to ottawalawclassic.ca.
The branding, including logo, was designed by Tershakowec.
DIFD, its purple heart a familiar Ottawa symbol, was started by Stephanie and Luke Richardson after they lost their 14-year-old daughter Daron to suicide in November 2010.
Luke, a former Senators defenceman and then an assistant coach, is currently an assistant with the New York Islanders. Just three weeks ago, the Islanders had their own DIFD awareness night during a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
NHL teams have front offices and foundation staffs to organize charity events. In contrast, the Ottawa university students started this event from scratch, pouring themselves into the cause.
“We are really impressed that the law students would embrace this tough and important topic and that the U of O would support it,” Stephanie Richardson said in an email. “To make DIFD mental health a priority and spread the message through sport means so much and will reach so many.”
Richardson can’t make it to the Law Classic game but will be in Ottawa for the Senators annual DIFD Night on Feb. 8, when Kyle Turris and the Nashville Predators are in town.
As for that other hockey game, the Law Classic, the early betting lines are favouring the civic law squad, partly because it has former American Hockey League player Frederick Roy in the lineup. Roy is the son of Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy.
“We’re going to get dusted,” Wright says.
“I think they’re playing head games,” Roy says, dryly. “Anything can happen. We’re not going to take them lightly, don’t worry about that.”
Roy opts for law books over AHL pucks
Growing up in the shadow of his legendary father, Frederick Roy always assumed he’d be a hockey player.
He followed that path through the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and into the AHL, when he came to a crossroads in his life. He could either carve out a career in the minors, earning decent pay, but not the million-dollar deals of the NHL. And for how long would he be paid to play? His early 30s?
A small centre, (5-10, 170) Roy had a productive junior career with the Quebec Remparts, but was not drafted by the NHL and did well to reach the AHL, the highest level of the minors. He played two seasons with Rochester in the AHL ending in 2013-14. Though he could have stayed longer, he felt he’d “emptied the tank.”
“I accomplished what, for me, was enough in hockey,” Roy says. “I wasn’t happy any more. I wanted a better future for myself.”
His last competitive season was in 2015-16 with Concordia, where he was enrolled in finance courses. Roy was close to a point-per-game player with Concordia, producing 22 points in 23 games.
In the back of his mind, he though about his first inkling — law school.
“I kept coming back to law,” he says.
On the advice of a friend, he applied to the University of Ottawa, and was thrilled to get accepted — one of the greatest days of his young life. Then came the reality of keeping up with the demands of a law program.
“I’m getting my butt kicked, absolutely,” says Roy, 26, citing the eye-opening experience of higher education after so many years in dressing rooms. “But I’m here and I love it.”
And he’s making his father proud.
“Dad did not want us to take things for granted,” Roy says. “Work for it, be humble and respectful.”
When he plays in the DIFD game Feb. 3, Roy says he’ll be happy if he doesn’t tear a groin in his first hockey game in months.
wscanlan@postmedia.com
twitter.com/hockeyscanner
查看原文...
