At ApplyBoard, we pride ourselves on cultivating a workplace culture built around openness and diversity. We want our staff to feel welcome, motivated, and happy so they can produce their best work. However, part of maintaining a healthy workplace is recognizing something that impacts each and every one of us, every single day: mental health.
Mental health awareness has increased dramatically in Canada over the last decade and with good reason.聽,听1 in 5 Canadians聽will experience a mental illness in a given year. In fact, by age 40, about聽50%聽of Canadians will have had a mental illness. As important as it is to know these stats, it鈥檚 incumbent on all of us to address mental health in tangible ways.
Not Myself Today 鈥� A Mental Health Awareness Toolkit
The truth is, awareness is not enough. To truly deal with issues surrounding mental health, we need to聽take action. This is why 星空影视has adopted the CMHA鈥檚聽聽program. First introduced in 2013,听Not Myself Today聽has reached approximately 500,000 employees across 450+ organizations to date.
We chose聽Not Myself Today聽because it gave us a clearly defined action plan to address mental health in our workplace and allowed our staff to have direct involvement in the process. To that end, an awesome group of leadership and staff members has been elected as ambassadors to help聽educate our team聽on what good mental health looks like. Further, this group will teach us how to nurture it in our everyday lives.
Over the next year, our goal is to:
- Build awareness around mental health and illness
- Reduce the stigma around mental health
- Provide staff with the words and tools to talk about mental health in the workplace with compassion and empathy
- Foster a safe and supportive environment for everyone
础辫辫濒测叠辞补谤诲鈥檚听Not Myself Today聽program is set to聽kick off in September聽with our first staff information session. We鈥檙e very excited to get things started! Stay tuned to the聽Life at 星空影视Blog聽for future updates on our first company-wide mental health initiative.
If you鈥檙e struggling with your mental health, visit your local CMHA branch (their website has a great聽), talk to a healthcare professional, or call one of the following National Crisis Hotlines:
1-800-668-6868
1-833-456-4566 or text 45645
1鈥�855鈥�242-3310
1-833-456-4566
1-877-746-1963
1-866-633-4220
