workplace health and engagement

ASIST 11 (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills) Workshop 2-days Events
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
ASIST is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first-aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. Although ASIST is widely used by healthcare providers, participants don’t need any formal training to attend the workshop—ASIST can be learned and used by anyone.

Self Compassion in the Workplace: Caring for Ourselves while Caring for Others Events

Canadian Mental Health Association, National, Launches New Workplace Program for Managers on World Mental Health Day Forum topic
New online training available for managers from our friends at CMHA as part of their Not Myself Today initiative. This initiative offers paid subscription to a variety of tools for managers to increase their mental health literacy and ability to support their teams. Do you agree that mental health literacy and the skills to foster a safe, healthy workplace are critical for leaders to be successful today?

CAPSA's Webinar: Enhancing Workplace Health through a Substance Use Health Lens Events

CAPSA's Webinar: Enhancing Workplace Health through a Substance Use Health Lens Events
Depression and the Workplace: Toward a Collaborative Approach Events
Depression and other mental health issues have a substantial effect on the workforce in Canada. Approximately 500,000 Canadians will not be at work in any week due to a mental health disorder, and more than twice that number will work at a reduced level of productivity. Yet there is no widely accepted clinical tool or measure for determining if a person’s depression is caused or triggered by factors at their job.

Toronto Thrive Mental Health Plan is now launched Forum topic
There is more to mental health than diagnosable mental illnesses. We’re pleased to release, on behalf of Thrive Toronto, the city’s first multi-sector mental health plan focused on improving mental wellness and psychological health.
The #ThriveTO Mental Health Plan outlines 5 key actions it will undertake to improve mental wellness:

Let's Discuss: Opioids in the Trades Events
Let’s Discuss: Opioids in the Trades
This one hour session explores why the trades sector has more substance use disorders than any other employment sector. Learn how the trades environment plays a role in addiction and what trades workers and employers can do to help. Certificate of completion will be given to participants.
Join the conversation with the Youth Opioid Awareness Program at the YMCA. The YOAP is offering interactive and engaging workshops for ages 15 – 24 both online and in-person. Participate in escape rooms, quizzes and more!

Addressing Mental Health in Young Adults: Implications for Workplace Leaders Events
Young adults are reporting mental health issues at a significantly higher rate than older adults. In fact, two thirds of women aged 18-34 report living with a mental health condition, according to a recent poll commissioned by the Ontario Association of Social Workers.
Workplace leaders must confront these changes in order to recruit and retain young employees.

What are common psychosocial hazards in a workplace? Forum topic
According to Australia NSW's “Code of Practice, Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work", they include:

Widely used survey unable to isolate specific psychosocial work dimensions Forum topic
Guarding Minds @ Work is a widely used survey designed to measure 13 psychosocial dimensions of the work environment that have the potential to affect worker mental health. But a joint study by the Institute for Work & Health (IWH) and Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW) found the survey unable to measure each of the 13 dimensions in isolation.

Back to the Office: Redefining Workplace Wellness in the Post-Covid World Events
This free online discussion, hosted via Canadian Club Toronto, will feature mental health, business, HR and insurance leaders exploring workplace mental health and wellness in the post-COVID world.
As part of this exciting panel, Dr. Deepy Sur, CEO of the Ontario Association of Social Workers, will make the case for strengthening our focus on employee mental health, and why this will pay dividends for our teams, our society and our organizations.
Free Webinar: New Trends in the Workplace Mental Health and Addictions Summit Events
You’re invited for EHN Canada’s next educational event: New Trends in the Workplace Mental Health and Addictions Summit

Psychological Therapies & Work Related Stress Events
Psychological Therapies & Work Related Stress
May 10, 2022 @ 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
Presented by: Dr. Sanjay Rao, MBBS, MD, FRCPsych, FRCPC, MBA
Unified CBT Academy covers multiple areas of CBT with a focus on specific approaches to specific problems, rather than on limited general principles. Committed to evidence-based treatment and an improvement in client outcomes with measurement-based care, workshops review evidence and practitioners take away a collection of skills to enhance outcomes of their clients.

Understanding Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, and Vicarious Trauma Events
We pay an emotional price for doing the work that we do: Some of us hear difficult stories daily and are frequently exposed to traumatic details from the cases we are working on. We are also not always able to help everyone who comes to us for help - the demand often outweighs what we can offer. What is the impact of this work on our own emotional well-being, on our personal life?
EHN Canada Webinar: Workplace Mental Health in the "New Normal" Events
You’re invited for EHN Canada’s special webinar event:
Workplace Mental Health in the “New Normal”