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CASE STUDY

Research Project

This project has been made possible due to the contribution of funders the MHCC,

Lundbeck Canada, Great West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace and has been funded in part by the Government of Canada’s Social Development Partnership Program – Disability Component.

THANK YOU TO THE FUNDERS OF MHCC’S CASE STUDY

AGS Rehab Solutions Inc.

Alberta Health Services Bell Canada

Belmont Health & Wealth

Bernardi Human Resource Law LLP

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Canadian Mental Health Association (Toronto) Canadian Security Intelligence Services Cape Breton District Health Authority Capital District Health Authority (Nova Scotia) Carleton University

County of Frontenac Douglas Institute

Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc.

Garden City Family Health Team Great-West Life/London Life/Canada Life Habitat for Humanity Nova Scotia

Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit Health Association Nova Scotia

Immigrant Settlement & Integration Services Lakeridge Health

Manitoba Health, Healthy Living and Seniors

Manulife Financial Mount Sinai Hospital

Nova Scotia Government & General Employees Union Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences Pickering Public Library

Province of Nova Scotia

Provincial Health Services Authority Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region Region of Peel

Regional Municipality of York Rogers Communications

Royal Canadian Mounted Police – Division C School District #22 (Vernon)

The Alberta New Home Warranty Program The Royal Ottawa Healthcare Group The Scarborough Hospital Toronto East General Hospital Unifor

University Health Network ViaRail

PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS IN THE MHCC CASE STUDY

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Contact :

Nitika Rewari, Program Manager,

Case Study Project, Workplace Mental Health, Mental Health Commission of Canada [email protected]

Mental Health Commission of Canada

Calgary Office

110 Quarry Park Blvd SE, Suite 320 Calgary, Alberta T2C 3G3 Tel: 403-255-5808 Fax: 403-385-4044

Ottawa Office

100 Sparks Street, Suite 600 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5B7 Tel: 613-683-3755 Fax: 613-798-2989

To get more information on the project and follow the results, please visit:

mentalhealthcommission.ca/English/standardcasestudy

The views represented herein solely represent the views of the Mental Health Commission of Canada.

Production of this document is made possible through a financial contribution from Health Canada.

STANDAR D

NATIONA L

MHCC is committed to finding out how

Canadian employers are using the Standard .

1 Build a strong business case for implementation

2 Breakdown barriers to implementation and identify gaps and challenges

3 Determine promising practices

4 Inform future revisions to the Standard

5 Create blueprint for future organizations that wish to implement the Standard

6 Identify tools/resources to help with implementation

$ 51

BILLION

Attributed to Mental Illness

70%

Disability Costs

IN ANY

GIVEN YEAR

CANADIANS DON’T FEEL WELL ENOUGH

EACH WEEK APPROXIMATELY 500,000

Canadian economy spends more than 51 BILLION a year in lost productivity due to workplace mental illness.

CANADIAN BUSINESSES ARE REALIZING

that 30% of disability CLAIMS are due to

mental health problems.

one in five Canadians will experience a mental health problem or illness.

THE STANDARD

The National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace (the Standard) was launched in 2013. Championed by Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) and developed by CSA Group and the Bureau de normalisation du Québec, the Standard is a voluntary set of guidelines, tools and resources focused on promoting employees’ psychological health and preventing psychological harm at work.

FACTS WE JUST CAN’T IGNORE

EXPECTED

PROJECT OUTCOMES

OVERVIEW

CASE STUDY

TO GO TO WORK due to mental illness.

WHAT?

Following more than

30 organizations across Canada as they adopt the Standard, this three-year national research study is expected to identify promising practices, challenges, barriers, costs and impact associated with implementation.

RESEARCH

YEAR NATIONAL

STUDY _JANUARY

2014 TO

2017

HOW?

A research team has been selected to evaluate and document how organizations are implementing the Standard and its impact. Additionally, an expert panel will be providing practical implementation advice to organizations through their journey.

WHEN?

The Case Study Research Project

was launched on January 16, 2014,

and will end in January 2017.