Workplace Mental Health in Canada’s Nonprofit Sector: It’s Time for a Check Up

CharityVillage Connects

One year after we first covered the issue of workplace mental health on CharityVillage Connects, we are back with a wellness checkup on the sector. How are nonprofits faring today, what’s changed since last year, and, perhaps most importantly, what practical steps can sector leaders implement right now to better support the mental health and well-being of their staff and volunteers? Tune in to this special episode to find out.

Meet Our Guests in Order of Appearance

• Paula Allen, Global Leader, Research and Total Wellbeing and a Senior Vice-President, TELUS Health (formerly LifeWorks)
• Caroline Kealey, Founder, Results Map®
• Steve Lurie, Executive Director (Retired), Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Toronto Branch
• Rensia Melles, Founder, Integral Workplace Health
• Dr. Luke Schneider, Clinical Research Associate, PSPNET
  
  

About your Host

Mary Barroll, president of CharityVillage, is an online business executive and lawyer with a background in media, technology and IP law. A former CBC journalist and independent TV producer, in 2013 she was appointed General Counsel & VP of Media Affairs at CharityVillage.com, Canada’s largest job portal for charities and not-for-profits in Canada, and then President in 2021. Mary is also President of sister company, TalentEgg.ca, Canada’s No.1, award-winning job board and online career resource that connects top employers with top students and grads.

About CharityVillage
CharityVillage is a career resource to over 170,000 charitable and nonprofit organizations across Canada.

CharityVillage Resources from this Episode

• CharityVillage Connects: Workplace Mental Health in the Age of COVID (January 2022)
• Mental Health and Psychological Safety at Work Master Certificate Program (online course)
• Effectively Onboarding New Staff and Volunteers (online course)

Additional Resources from this Episode

We've gathered the resources from this episode into one helpful list:

• TELUS Health's (formerly LifeWorks) Mental Health Index
• Canadians with disabilities more likely to report their organization does not value diversity and inclusion [TELUS Health’s (formerly Lifeworks) Mental Health Index] (December 2022)
• WTF is going on? (Caroline Kealey)
• Tolerance for Uncertainty: A COVID-19 Workbook
• Managers Have Major Impact On Mental Health: How To Lead For Wellbeing (Forbes)
• Combatting the Great Resignation with Workplace Well-being (YMCA WorkWell)
• Not Myself Today (Canadian Mental Health Association)
• Mental Health Works (CMHA Ontario)
• National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace (Mental Health Commission of Canada)
• Guarding Minds at Work (CanadaLife)
• PSPNET (for frontline public safety personnel)
• Wellness Together Canada (Mental health tips and free telephone-based counseling, funded by the Government of Canada)
• Online Therapy Unit (Internet-delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy program providing free services to all Saskatchewan residents)
• Uncomfortable (but Necessary) Conversations About Burnout (Gallup)

Learn more and listen to the full interviews with the guests here.