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RESOURCES Additional resources Want to learn more about how to develop and implement an effective workplace mental health and safety program? Here are some additional resources to support your journey. 1. ThinkMentalHealth.ca website Fostering and maintaining a psychologically safe and healthy workplace is a strategic initiative for Ontario's health and safety system. To support this initiative, the website ThinkMentalHealth.ca has been developed by Ontario's health and safety system partners to provide informative and actionable mental health resources. The goal is to assist Ontario's employers in creating a psychologically healthy workplace. 2. WSPS classroom and on-site training Mental Health First Aid (Basic) (MHFA) (2 days) – Train your employees to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental disorders and provide appropriate assistance. Workplace Mental Health – Raising Awareness (120 minutes) – Reduce the stigma of workplace mental health and discuss how we can begin to work towards creating physically and mentally safe and healthy workplaces. Workplace Mental Health: How Managers Should Respond (1/2 day) – Improve mental health literacy and provide managers with practical tools and resources to be able to manage mental health issues in the workplace. Workplace Mental Health: What Health and Safety Committees Should Know (1 day) – Help health and safety committee members evolve traditional ways of thinking and find a more holistic approach inclusive of overall health and safety: physical, mental and social. WSPS.CA 26

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