Mental health awareness
The Healthy Workplace Committee has put together the following collection of mental health awareness resources:
Video
President Steven Murphy speak on mental health and wellness.
Become Mindsight-certified
As part of the university's commitment to a healthy workplace, faculty and staff are encouraged to become Mindsight-certified. This online educational tool, created at the university, supports a better understanding of mental health.
University mental health and wellness news links
- University researcher’s initiative helping turn the tide against bullying
- Region of Durham presents Healthy Workplace Award to the University of Ontario Institute of Technology
- Taking the first step: The benefits of walking meetings
- New mental-health curriculum prepares nurses to break down barriers for patients
- Two university researchers exploring the nature of empathic concern
- University staff, faculty learn about mental health first aid in the workplace
Researchers working on mental health-related research and projects
- Wendy Stanyon, PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Jennifer Laffier, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education
- Matthew Shane, PhD, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, and Nathan Arbuckle, PhD, Post-doctoral Fellow in Dr. Shane’s laboratory