Too Stressed to Innovate? Take a Breath

By Isabelle St-Jean, RSW, ACC Given the number of e-mails, texts, meetings and “to do’s” that fill a typical day, is it really surprising to...

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Taking Care of Business & Our Mental Health

Mental health issues affect all Canadian workplaces, and the cost of doing nothing – both in personal and economic terms – is substantial. 7 million...

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Healthy Workplaces: Psychological Health Resources

By Dan Bilsker With the January release of the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the  Workplace, a new chapter has opened in the development of...

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Bill 14 Update – Trends and Interim Practice Directive from WorkSafeBC

By Marino Sveinson It has been six months since Bill 14 came into effect on July 1, 2012 along with WorkSafeBC’s corresponding compensation policy on...

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Seven Signs You Are Stressed!

By Pam Paquet Stress knows no boundaries. It does not care that spring is ending and summer is approaching quickly.  It does not recognize that...

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Mental Health Disorders at Work: Prevent Harassment and Discrimination

By Stephen Hammond In January, 2006, employers got a shock when the abusive workplace actions of a sergeant lead to the employer having to...

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Improving Mental Health in the Workplace: 10 Tips For Psychological Health and Safety

By Merv Gilbert, PhD, R. Psych. Psychological disorders are often referred to as ‘invisible’ as there is no physical evidence of the condition as there...

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Workplace Psychological Health and Safety: New Tools and a National Standard

By Merv Gilbert & Dan Bilsker The psychological health and safety of employees will soon get the same attention as physical health and safety. On...

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