2013 PSAC National Health and Safety Conference - Mental Health at Work

2013 PSAC National Health and Safety Conference

“Mental Health at Work – We Are All Affected”

On April 12 to 14, 2013, 300 delegates – health and safety activists from across the country – participated in the PSAC National Health and Safety Conference in Montréal, Québec.  This year's conference theme was “Mental Health at Work – We Are All Affected.” 
Several dynamic speakers who are experts in the field made presentations at the conference:

• Dr. Michel Vézina, a professor and community health physician, gave a presentation on a preventative approach to mental health problems in the workplace
  
• Andy King, professor at McMaster University, and Esther Désilets, Quebec Federation of Labour, participated in a panel on Union Action on Workplace Stress
  
• A panel on Bullying and Harassment included Lisa Addario, PSAC Legal Officer, Rod Noel, HRSDC Labour Inspector, and Sue Freeman, from the Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS )
  
• Mary-Anne Baynton, a well-known consultant and expert on workplace mental health, spoke about the new CSA National Standard on Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace. 
  
• Stéphane Grenier, a retired Lt. Col. with the Canadian Armed Forces, talked about his own personal struggles and the work that we can do to support people with mental health disabilities in the workplace. 
  

Delegates also attended workshops where they discussed ways to mobilize and defend workers' rights to have a mentally health and safe workplace.  The Workshops were:

Bullying and Harassment

• Handout 1: Is there a difference between bullying and harassment?
• Handout 2: Bullying in the workplace
• Handout 3: Negative conduct and impact continuum
• Handout 4: How it feels to be bullied
• Handout 5: Events that may trigger bullying
• Handout 6: It's true
• Handout 7: Legal recourses
• Handout 8: Harassment and bullying: forms of workplace violence

Mental Health in the Workplace

• All Handouts

Disability Management

• Participant Kit

Links to the conference speakers' websites and related sites.

Michel Vézina

• La grille d'identification de risques psychosociaux au travail
• Groupe de référence et d'intervention en santé mentale au travail (GRISMT)

Andy King

• Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW)
• Action on Workplace Stress

Esther Désilets

• Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec (FTQ)
• Réseau syndical

Rod Noel

• Health and Safety

Sue Freeman

• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety   CCOHS: HMW: Healthy Minds at Work

Mary Ann Baynton

• Mary Ann Baynton & Associates Consulting A Leadership Framework for Advancing Workplace Mental Health Mental Health Works!
  
• CAN/CSA-Z1003-13/BNQ 9700-803/2013 - Psychological health and safety in the workplace - Prevention, promotion, and guidance to staged implementation (free copy)
  
• CAN/CSA-Z1003-F13/BNQ 9700-803/F2013 - Santé et sécurité psychologiques en milieu de travail - Prévention, promotion et lignes directrices pour une mise en oeuvre par étapes (copie gratuite)
  
• Free resources and video
  

Stéphane Grenier

• http://www.speakers.ca/speakers/stephane-grenier/
• http://www.mhic-cism.com/

Date Modified : 2013/05/27