Mental Health in the Workplace: The Essentials

EMC is a unique Canadian not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping manufacturers grow and become more competitive. Our education, training and development programs build excellence at all levels and every stage of a career.

EMC est un organisme canadien sans but lucratif unique en son genre, qui se consacre à aider les fabricants à croître et à devenir plus concurrentiels. Nos programmes d’éducation, de formation et de perfectionnement favorisent l’excellence à tous les niveaux et à chaque étape d’une carrière.

Learner has completed all requirements for Mental Health in the Workplace: The Essentials workshop. Learner has attended and engaged in a 4-hour facilitated workshop.

Course Content

• Definition of what Psychological Health and Safety means in the context of the workplace
• Mental health as a continuum
• Barriers to mental wellness in the workplace
  • Stigma
  • Lack of access to support
• Recognizing signs of mental distress
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Others such as substance use, ADD etc.
• Appropriate response to mental distress
  • CARE: Conversation – Acknowledge – Resources – EFAP (employee and family assistance program)
• Obligations, Boundaries and engaging further supports
• A proactive approach to mental health

Learning Outcomes

• Gain an understanding of the multi-faceted implications of psychological health in the workplace
• Understand the importance of strengthening interpersonal communication and emotional intelligence skills
• Empower participants to understand their role in fostering a psychologically safe and healthy work environment
• Discuss practical skills to improve harder-to-quantify elements in the workplace, e.g. organizational culture
• Identify specific areas of need for improvement and solutions
• Develop skills in building employee and team engagement

Minimum requirements - Actively participated in a facilitated workshop

Estimated effort time 4 hours

October 28th 2025