About Mike Fuchigami

Michael Fuchigami, Grade 8 Classroom Teacher

Became a licensed teacher in Ontario. (June 19, 2001)
Supply teacher in the Ottawa Carleton District School Board OCDSB
Contract teacher with the OCDSB – January 1, 2005
Opened up LDHSS (Gr 7-12): Longfields Davidson Heights Staff – September 2009
Experienced Mental Health crisis – April 2018 – present
Resigned from the OCDSB – December 31, 2018
Gave up my Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) teaching license – January 2, 2019
Fuchigami v. Investigation Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers – (Ontario Court File No 239/22) June 13, 2023

Michael Fuchigami v2.0

I decide to donating 10% of all of my income to support student mental health.
Launched MichaelFuchi g ami.ca – Jan 1, 2019
Launched SEOT to help students build grit, tenacity, and resilience – Jan 2019
Wrote about changing my story – I need your help – Jan 2019
Educircles.org – Growth Mindset resources and lesson plans
Help local businesses with local Ottawa SEO
Launched Reading Strategies by Educircles – Nov 2021
Launched Pivot by Educircles – Nov 2021
Launched SEOT Mindset Inc – Mar 2022
Launched SEOTpreneur – Nov 2022

STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE:

10% of all my earnings from Jan 1, 2019, will be donated to youth mental health charities:

So far, I have donated $14,219.91

(This is 10% of my earnings from Jan 1, 2019, to Jun 30, 2023. I was looking for reasons to get me through some dark times.)

Here’s how much I’ve donated so far:

Kids Help Phone: $7,109.95 (CAD)
Do It For Daron: $7,109.95 (CAD)

Total: $14,219.91 (CAD)

Last Updated: Sep 21, 2023

Donation Log:

Sep 21, 2023: Donated $964.48 (10% of earnings for 2023 Q2 Apr 1 – Jun 30, 2023)
June 31, 2023: Donated $1,257.34 (10% of earnings for 2023 Q1 only Jan 1-Mar 31, 2023)
Jan 15, 2023: Donated $2,653.39 (10% of earnings for 2022 Q2, Q3, Q4 – Apr 1, Dec 31, 2022)
Apr 17, 2022: Donated $992.54 (10% of earnings for Q1 Jan 1-Mar 31, 2022)
Dec 31, 2021: Donated $95.30 (10% of earnings for Dec 1-31, 2021)
Dec 29, 2021: Donated $631.10 (10% of earnings for Oct 1 – Nov 30, 2021)
Oct 13, 2021: Donated $216.42 (10% of earnings for Sep 2021)
Sep 1, 2021: Donated $1,200.60 (10% of earnings for Nov 1, 2020 to Aug 31, 2021)
Nov 20, 2021: Donated $1,476.20 (10% of earnings for Jan 1, 2020 to Oct 31, 2020)
Feb 5, 2020: Donated $872.00 (10% of earnings for 2019)

Want to help out?

The best way to help out is by thinking about your health – mental and physical.

The second best way to help out is to share your stories when you’re ready. It doesn’t have to be in a public format like I did. It can be through private conversations with trusted friends and family.

Often, we wear a mask of confidence and everything-is-okay.

So, when we struggle ourselves, we look around and see everyone is great… Then we feel isolated and think we’re the only one who feels this way.

But, in fact we’re not alone. Have faith you’re not alone.

Anna of Arendelle got it right.

Someone was asking about donating a few dollars themselves.

If you would like to donate to Kids Help Phone, click here.
If you would like to donate to Do It For Daron, click here.

Several people including teachers, journalists, former students, and parents have reached out and contacted me. I appreciate every single email, YouTube comment, text message and conversation.

It’s been over four years since I rebooted my life

Number of Days since Jan 1, 2019: 1725 days

It’s been over 4.7 years since my life changed.

Good moments and tough moments, but definitely more good moments than four years ago.

If you reach out and I don’t respond to your message, it’s because I haven’t found the courage yet to reply. (Some days are easier than others; you know how it is.)

But, I really do appreciate you reaching out.

Cheers, Mike