complaining to his parole officer about his drug-dealing neighbor.

People fear retribution from the staff at the hospital if they complain
about how they are treated. The third party advocate is not a new
idea the consumer council tried once to get an advocate in Prince
George. They brought their request all the way to the BC government
finance committee and was turned down. They are now trying again
but using a grassroots movement to get their idea off the ground,

they are looking to the people of Prince George to help them build
support for this idea. They are setting up tables around Prince George
and asking people to help support this endeavor and them to help
bring an advocate to this community. According to the Consumer
Council if you have a problem in this town with Northern Health,
there is no one in Prince George who isn’t paid by Northern Health

to turn to and people cannot advocate against their employer.

In the end of this three part series we hope that readers have a better
understanding of mental health and sexual assault issues. They are
dynamic and complicated problems where a lot of the main issues they
face concern stigma. The stigma of shame which lingers over these
issues, and in the end there should be no stigma. As UNBC students we
are fortunate to have as many services here at the university to help
them in case we are in an emergency. However that is not the case

for many people who are in Prince George, who suffer from mental
health related issues and are victims of sexual assault. If you need to
reach out and get help the services are here to help you if you need

it. In the end we need to take the opportunities that we have at UNBC
and go out and create opportunities in our community for those who
might not have them.make sense. We are a very sexualized society,
but we do not deal with it in a healthy way or talk about it openly.

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