Workplace Strategies for Mental Health

Can we help you find something? Find out more

Many of us would agree that our workdays are already full enough with deadlines, pressures and demands. Who really wants to take time to talk to researchers?

Thanks for the evidence!

Since it was established in 2007, the Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace (the Centre) has been focused on supporting research and reviewing best and promising practices.

Centre Overview

Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace

This website is an initiative of the Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace

About the Centre Centre Initiatives Media Centre

Advancing Workplace Mental Health

2017 marks the 10th anniversary of the Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace. To celebrate, we are looking at advancements we’ve seen in workplace mental health over the past decade and highlighting some of those that have helped make a difference along the way.

Organizational Framework

Consider organizational approaches, strategies, policies, procedures, and interactions that impact the psychological health or safety of employees.
Find out how

Assess your Workplace

Assess and address psychological health and safety in your workplace.
Learn more

Promote Mental Health at Work

Take time to participate in activities focused on improving mental health at work.
Sign up

Management Training

Help leaders learn how to effectively recognize and manage mental health related issues in the workplace.
Get started

Facilitate discussions related to a psychologically safe workplace.

Engage Staff in Solutions

Facilitate discussions related to a psychologically safe workplace.
View resources

Mental Health Awareness

Watch videos designed to speak directly to people struggling with mental health issues.
View now

Latest News

10th Anniversary of the Centre

Videos and articles that showcase how workplace mental health has been advanced over the past decade.
CMHA congratulates the Centre on our 10th Anniversary

Thank you to the Canadian Mental Health Association for creating a video celebrating the Centre’s 10^th anniversary and our collaboration together!
Updated federal policy on substance dependence now available for Canadian employers

The Canadian Human Rights Commission released Impaired at work: a guide to accommodating substance dependence. The purpose of the guide is to help Canadian employers understand, first and foremost, that substance dependence is a form of disability protected by the Canadian Human Rights Act. This means that when an employee is dependent on drugs or alcohol, an employer has an obligation to accommodate and support their recovery.

Mental Illness Awareness Week 2017

Sunday, October 1, 2017
Nationwide, Ontario
World Mental Health Day 2017

Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Worldwide,

View All Events

View Archived News

Choose the free resources that
you want to sign up for:

News from the Centre - Email newsletters and email bulletins as news happens learn more

Take Your Break - Weekly emails with break activity ideas for individuals and teams at work learn more

Working Through It - Weekly emails with articles or videos that provide individuals with practical strategies for coping at work, off work and when returning to work learn more

60 Osborne St. N, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 1V3

ENTER EMAIL ADDRESS *Required

I have read and accepted the terms of the privacy policy.

You can unsubscribe from these emails at anytime.

This website is one of the initiatives of the Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace.

For support related to accessibility of digital content, please call 416.383.0010 ext. 233.

Improve psychological health and safety in your workplace. Support employee success when mental health is a factor.