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  • Mental Health Works 
    Extensive information, including Q&As for managers and employees, information on training and workshops, speakers, current news and research in the field, and events.

  • Leadership Framework for Advancing Workplace Mental Health
    From the Mental Health Commission of Canada.  Includes videos of corporate, small business, government and union leaders talking about workplace mental health – the business case, corporate social responsibility, risk management, recruitment and retention.

  • Business Roundtable on Mental Health and the Economy
    Provides “Code of Best Practices for Employers”, toolkit for managers, reference material and tools.

  • Visions Journal's Workplaces Issue
    The Workplaces issue of Visions, BC’s Mental Health and Addictions Journal includes articles by Jennifer Lynch, QC, Chief Commissioner of the CHRC on the legal aspects; by Ali Dastmalchian, Dean of the University of Victoria School of Business on the business case; and several other articles on the topic.

  • Lancaster House
    Legal information on specific case law, publications, e-newsletters, and conferences

  • The Canadian Human Rights Commission's Policy on Mental Illness and Accommodations
    On the CHRC website, you can find cases related to discrimination in employment and links to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the section on human rights in employment. 

  • Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace
    This public resource includes videos, action plans, worksheets, forms, publications and strategies

  • Working Through It
    Videos and text handouts by and for individuals who experience mental health-related concerns in the workplace.  Includes handouts, checklists and forms

  • Guarding Minds at Work
    Tools to assess and address psychosocial risk in the workplace.  Includes survey, scorecards, audit forms, evidence-based recommendations and evaluation methods

  • Mind Matters Mental Health E-News  
    Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division’s monthly e-newsletter contains the latest research on mental health, including workplace mental health, disability management and return-to-work practices, as well as events around the province. Available by free online subscription.

  • Heretohelp.bc.ca 
    Information in many languages on mental health, specific mental health conditions and illnesses, treatments, resources in BC, various demographic-specific information, etc. Provided by BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions, a group of seven non-profit agencies including the Canadian Mental Health Association's BC Division.

  • Mental Health Works Presentation and Workshops
    Workplace presentations and workshops available across Canada. Certified Trainers in BC deliver in-house training anywhere in BC, Yukon, and Alberta, and colleagues deliver anywhere in Canada – including workshops en français. We would be delighted to deliver management skills workshops for managers and union representatives, specialist training for HR professionals, and  “Awareness” and “Workplace Influence” sessions for employees at all levels. BC HRMA members – these courses may be eligible for CHRP recertification credits.