“Mental Health in the Workplace: How did we forget the obvious?” Bilingual presentation Oct. 3

In today’s modern workplace, mental health problems have become the leading cause of disability claims, accounting for 70% of workplace disability management costs in Canada. Lieutenant-Colonel (Retired) Stéphane Grenier knows the toll mental health problems can take on individuals and workplaces firsthand. Traditionally, mental health difficulties in the workplaces have been principally viewed through two lenses – the performance lens and the clinical one. Clinicians treat symptoms and leaders manage behaviours. 

In recognition of Mental Illness Awareness Week, CMHA Ottawa presents:

 “Mental Health in the Workplace: How did we forget the obvious?”

By Stéphane Grenier

In today’s modern workplace, mental health problems have become the leading cause of disability claims, accounting for 70% of workplace disability management costs in Canada. Lieutenant-Colonel (Retired) Stéphane Grenier knows the toll mental health problems can take on individuals and workplaces firsthand. Traditionally, mental health difficulties in the workplaces have been principally viewed through two lenses – the performance lens and the clinical one. Clinicians treat symptoms and leaders manage behaviours.

Anchored in over 15 years of experience in improving the way large public and private sector organisations support their employees, Grenier offers his audiences practical advice designed to support workplaces in developing corporate a culture of open, non-stigmatizing approaches to mental health and well-being.

Blending lived accounts, case studies, and arguments that the status quo is no longer acceptable in the field of workplace mental health, Grenier makes us ask ourselves, how did we miss the obvious? How did we miss our people?

What:             “Mental Health in the Workplace: How did we forget the obvious?”

Bilingual presentation by Stéphane Grenier, including a light breakfast.

When:             Mon. Oct: 3, 8:00-8:30 am, breakfast and registration. Presentation 8:30-10:00.
Where:           R.A. Centre, Clark Room, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, ON K1H 7X7

Cost:               $10.00. Please register here: http://bit.ly/2ct68f3

To apply for a subsidy, please call CMHA reception at 613-737-7791

Stéphane Grenier is a Veteran of the Canadian Military who retired as a Lieutenant Colonel following 29 years of service and numerous overseas missions including Cambodia, Haiti, Lebanon, and Kuwait. Most notably, he spent 10 months in Rwanda in 1994/95 and six months in Kandahar, Afghanistan in 2007.

Faced with undiagnosed PTSD upon his return from Rwanda, he took a personal interest in the way the Canadian Forces was dealing with mental health issues, a mission he has now decided to broaden to the entire Canadian workforce through his work in developing non-clinical mental health interventions as a complement to traditional clinical care. Read more at http://mhic-cism.com/public-speaking/   Watch videos at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jQEpd-Nqo4