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Through its partnership with UFred,
Saskatchewan employers will have access to
resources to help establish systems and pro-grams
that protect the psychological health
and wellness of their employees. Among
these resources include online psychological
health and safety certificate programs at the
basic, advanced and manager level.
“Our focus at WorkSafe is to prevent inju-ries
from happening in the workplace,” said
Mooney. “One of the ways that we do this is
by connecting employers with resources that
will help to build a culture of safety – both
physical and psychological.”
In addition to the resources in psycho-logical
health and safety, the partnership
between UFred and WCB will also provide
course modules focused on enhancing work-place
resiliency to cope with and manage
common stressors.
The resource-rich content of the resiliency
course provides practical approaches for em-ployees
to lead a psychologically safe work
environment and identify how to respond
and manage situations where an employee
is struggling.
“When we think about resiliency, we often
think about the usual factors such as sleep,
diet and exercise,” said Mooney. “The UFred
resiliency course addresses these factors and
provides other practical self-help tools re-lated
to cognitive behavioural therapy, emo-tional
intelligence and positive psychology.”
For UFred, working with the Saskatchewan
employers will help to expand the universi-ty’s
body of research around psychological
health and safety in the workplace.
“Since the launch of the National Standard
for Psychological Health and Safety in the
Workplace in 2013, UFred has been actively
engaged in developing educational programs
that help Canadian employers protect the
psychological safety of their workers,” said
Dr. Sheri McKillop, vice president of academ-ics
at the University of Fredericton. “We are
thrilled to partner with the Saskatchewan
WCB in both research and program offerings,
and look forward to the positive impacts that
the resources created through this partner-ship
will have.”
In addition to its new partnership with
UFred, WorkSafe hosted a sold out one-day
learning event in Saskatoon on Dec. 5, 2018.
Bringing together mental health expertise
from across the country, the speaker line-up
includes Mary Deacon, chair of Bell Let’s
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“The response to our learning event shows
the need with employers to offer resources of
this nature,” said Mooney. “This event, paired
with the resources being made available by
the University of Fredericton, will serve as
a foundation for employers in the province
to become educated on the importance of
a positive workplace environment for em-ployees
and provide the tools to establish
and promote a psychologically healthy and
safe workplace.”
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