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How one company is embedding mental health into its workplace culture
How one company is embedding mental health into its workplace culture
Oct 18th, 2022…it openly and think about rescheduling the meeting for a better time.” When COVID hit, the Freybe team started using the buttons as their background during Teams and Zoom meetings…
Joint statement from members of the child and youth mental health sector and its stakeholders
Joint statement from members of the child and youth mental health sector and its stakeholders
Oct 11th, 2022…very good[2]. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for Kids Help Phone’s services more than doubled. By the end of 2020, Kids Help Phone served young people 4.6…
Joint Statement from Members of the Child and Youth Mental Health Sector and its Stakeholders
Joint Statement from Members of the Child and Youth Mental Health Sector and its Stakeholders
Oct 11th, 2022…very good[2]. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for Kids Help Phone’s services more than doubled. By the end of 2020, Kids Help Phone served young people 4.6…
The Burnout Crisis: A Call to Invest in ECE and Child and Youth Workers
The Burnout Crisis: A Call to Invest in ECE and Child and Youth Workers
Sep 14th, 2022… COVID-19 has taken an enormous mental health toll on Canadians, including ECE and youth workers. Burnout among frontline workers has a lasting impact on the quality of care for…
Campus Peer Support Pilot Project: students helping students with their mental health
Campus Peer Support Pilot Project: students helping students with their mental health
Aug 29th, 2022Post-secondary students are among those hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic. They have faced social isolation, job insecurity, financial hardship and challenges with virtual learning. These problems have had a…
Not Myself Today: Transforming mental health in the workplace
Not Myself Today: Transforming mental health in the workplace
Aug 16th, 2022By Martha Li High levels of employee burnout. Increased sick leaves. Surging benefits claims. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Canadian employers have been grappling with the mental health effects…
Our empathy bucket needs refilling
Our empathy bucket needs refilling
May 17th, 2022…under-resourced and strained long before COVID-19 overwhelmed our healthcare system. Now consider this collision of worlds and its effects: population-wide empathy fatigue meets a healthcare system strained by a pandemic,…
Only 13% of Canadians are feeling empathetic, down markedly from two years ago
Only 13% of Canadians are feeling empathetic, down markedly from two years ago
May 2nd, 2022…years, research suggests that Canadians may also be experiencing “empathy fatigue.” The latest survey conducted by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) and UBC researchers, Assessing the Impacts of COVID-19…
A holding pattern for mental health
A holding pattern for mental health
Apr 7th, 2022…government’s fiscal year runs from April 1 to March 31. The government’s second COVID-19 pandemic budget, this budget is far more restrained in spending and limited in policy scope than…