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About Workplace Strategies for Mental Health
At Canada Life, we help employers and employees reach their potential, every day. Workplace Strategies for Mental Health is a great example of this commitment. Designed with Canadians in mind, our tools and resources are:
- Available for all Canadians at no cost
- Evidence- and practice-based
- Easy to use – like turn-key workshop materials
- Customizable
- Produced in English and French
- Available to download or print
Thought leaders since 2007
Workplace Strategies supports workplace mental health research and initiatives that:
- Increase knowledge and awareness of workplace psychological health and safety
- Offer practical strategies and tools to help employers turn knowledge into action
- Help anyone in any organization respond to mental health issues at work
Workplace strategies: News releases and articles
- Release: One in four surveyed Canadians reported experiencing burnout, down from 2021 | PDF 10/01/2024
Click here to view the full report and infographic - Release: Workplace Mental Health Data Hub July 2024
From Mental Health Research Canada in collaboration with Canada Life and Workplace Strategies for Mental Health. The hub provides access to comprehensive statistics on industry, region, organization size, and other insights across Canada, grounded in the Guarding Minds framework for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace. - Article: One in five employees feel unsafe. How can we change this? HR Reporter 08/22/2023
- Article: Are workplace mental-health programs evolving beyond the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace? 02/10/2023
- Article: Workplace Strategies for Mental Health marks 15 years advancing psychological health and safety, Benefits Canada May 2022
- Article: How Workplace Strategies helped one organization improve its mental health | PDF 05/20/2020
- Article: Employees in any position can contribute to psychological health and safety | PDF 05/04/2020
Research and papers
- Research: Trauma in the workplace study shows 1 in 5 Canadians surveyed say they’ve been exposed to trauma at work 11/22/2023
Click here to view the full report and infographic - Research: Teamwork in the workplace study shows key differences between older and younger employees 10/24/2023
Click here to view the full report and infographic - Research: Study shows bullying, harassment and discrimination still present in the workplace. 06/27/2023
Click here to view the full report | PDF
Click here to view Infographic: Examining Psychological Factors and Hazards in the Workplace - Research: Self-compassion necessary for managing anxious thoughts at work 10/05/2022
Click here to view the report | PDF - Research: Survey shows the average manager is no more emotionally intelligent than 10 years ago 06/16/2022
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Click here to view the Infographic: Emotional intelligence of employed Canadians | PDF - Paper: Guarding Minds at Work Redevelopment and Validation Project | PDF 06/2022
- Paper: Development and utility of the Guarding Minds at Work Employee Survey | PDF 06/2022
- Research: Survey shows leaders rate themselves higher than employees in supporting mental health | PDF 05/02/2022
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Click here to view Infographic: summary of PSLA non-manager survey findings, 2022| PDF - Research: More than a third of all Canadians reporting burnout. Healthcare workers top the list of all industries surveyed, with nurses double the Canadian average| PDF 01/17/2022
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Click here to view Infographic: summary of Dec 2021 survey findings | PDF
Click here to view Infographic: burnout summary Dec 2021 survey | PDF - Research: The Psychologically Safe Leader survey 11/2021
2021 leader survey results | PDF
In-depth survey results - The Evolution of Workplace Mental Health in Canada: Toward a standard for psychological health and safety 09/2017
Evolution of workplace mental health in Canada E-book | PDF