Mental Health & COVID-19 Mental Health & COVID-19 As we progress through the COVID-19 pandemic, the changes, uncertainties and added health risks have all put a great strain on our mental health. This has impacted all aspects of our daily life, including the workplace. Many workers have relocated to a working from [...]
Provide Resources This website houses resource materials to help you and your staff learn more about workplace mental health, and build a proactive program. Use the search bar on the right, or at the top of every page, to search the resources database. Here are some example keywords you may want to [...]
Assess Readiness The first step in developing a workplace mental health program is to assess your readiness. For each of the following questions, choose the radio button that best describes the present state of your business: Your total score is: Check [...]
FAQs Frequently Asked Questions About Investing in a Workplace Mental Health Program Click on any section to see details: Create a Critical Event Response Plan The focus of this website is prevention. If you’re having an immediate crisis, click the orange CRISIS button at the top of the page [...]
Raising the Bar Once you’ve completed the applicable steps under Gaining Momentum, this final section provides the most comprehensive approach your organization can follow to establish positive mental health. Utilizing a common framework, your business will establish and maintain processes that ensure your workplace mental health programs (developed at the Gaining Momentum stage) will [...]
Gaining Momentum “Gaining momentum” is about building on the foundation established in Getting Started. Now, you can begin to focus on developing programs and activities that support positive mental health within your business. Your workplace mental health program needs will be partly determined by how you organize work and manage staff. So, a clear [...]
Getting Started Congratulations on your interest in creating a workplace mental health program! At this early stage, the goals are to open communication, and establish a foundation you can build upon later. This will entail beginning some informed and meaningful conversations with your staff around the topics of mental illness and workplace mental [...]
Our Goals ThinkMentalHealth.ca has been developed by Ontario’s health and safety system partners, to provide informative and actionable mental health resources, with the goal of helping you create a psychologically safe and healthy workplace. This site provides access to reputable and tested tools, models and frameworks. The tools found on this site have been reviewed to [...]
ThinkMentalHealth.ca is a joint effort from Ontario Health and Safety System Partners to provide workplaces with the resources needed to better understand mental health and prevent mental harm. This site provides access to reputable and tested tools, models and frameworks. The tools found on the database have been reviewed to ensure they provide sound and practical [...]
Watch More Videos Below are more videos on mental health awareness and stigma reduction. These videos were created by Gamifi Inc., courtesy of the City of Ottawa’s Innovation Pilot Program. 1 Mental Health Awareness 2 Role of Stress 3.1 Understanding Mental [...]
