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Workplace Solutions

Evidence Based, Industry Trusted Solutions designed to advance Mental Health in the workplace

At Opening Minds, we offer a comprehensive suite of training and assessment tools that empower organizations to create lasting change in workplace mental health. Our three key programs—Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), The Working Mind (TWM), and Psychological Health and Safety (PHS)—are designed to address the unique needs of your workforce at every stage of their mental health journey. Whether you're just beginning to build awareness or looking to scale mature mental health initiatives, we provide flexible, customized solutions that meet your organization where it is. With these tools, you can drive transformative change, advancing mental health at a pace and scale that works for your team.

MHFA course

Reactive Training

Provides the skills needed to recognize mental health distress and deliver immediate aid until professional help arrives.

Key Benefits

  • Help recognize signs and symptoms of mental health decline
  • Develop the skills and confidence to support

Designed for

  • All Employees

Specialized adaptations available

$225.00

CAD Per Person

Proactive Training

Evidence-based training developed to initiate a shift in how you think, act, and feel about mental health. Provides practical knowledge and skills to reduce stigma in the workplace.

Key Benefits

  • Stigma Reduction
  • Mental Health Literacy
  • Communication Strategies
  • Organizational Resiliency

Designed for

  • All Employees
  • Manager specific courses offered
Specialized adaptations available
$225.00

CAD Per Person

Systemic Change

An innovative tailored program offering three training streams and a foundational assessment, providing workplaces with crucial skills, insights and evidence-based recommendations to advance their mental health journey and goals.

Key Benefits

  • Organizational assessments with in-house and external delivery options

Designed for

  • Introduction to PHS: All Employees
  • Managing for Success: People Leaders
  • Integrating PHS: Human Resources, Leadership, Wellness Teams, Organizational Health and Safety, People and Culture
$79.00

CAD Per Person

Contact us to learn more and start building your custom package to meet the needs of your workplace

Trusted by these leading organizations

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“Employees often let us know how much they appreciate that we offer this type of training.”

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“The results were very telling – the reduction in stigma, the reduction in concern about having a conversation, and the increase in interest and knowledge around self-care.”

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“It’s rare to see a training program that has such positive feedback.”

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“MHFA training and certification is quickly becoming an integral part of our industry’s health and safety rigor.”

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“We are excited to support schools in ensuring students have access to mental health resources.”

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“Since the completion of the training, we are now seeing our units being more proactive in initiating discussions and understanding what community resources are available to further support our co-workers.”

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“All of the feedback that we’ve gotten from those trained in MHFA was excellent. They’re always saying that it’s the best training they’ve ever received.”

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“I have to tell you, The Working Mind training was one of the best sessions I’ve attended in my 3+ years at WestJet.”

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“Leadership was extremely receptive and supportive of the training from the get-go.”

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“[It was helpful to be able] to concentrate on the subject and be reminded of constructive approaches to mental health.”

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“The level of staff interest and the impact the training has had on shifting our workplace culture is truly remarkable.”

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“I found that the workshop helped me to see my own illness in a different light.”

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“Received immediate buy-in from staff, faculty and students across campus when it came time to deliver the training.”

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“I have already started to implement the strategies and methods into my daily routine.”

Getting Started

Working together we develop a plan that is fit for your workplace.

Customized

We work with you to develop a plan that reflects your goals, and where you are on your journey.

Scalable

We develop training roll-out plans to meet the needs of your organizational size and structure.

Flexible

Made for you: individual or group sessions, virtual or in-person, fully supported or in-house.

Supported

From planning to implementation, full support is available at each step of the way.

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We’re seeing on a cultural-organizational level, the way that people are interacting, having conversations. [...] I really see these kinds of changes as the basic building blocks for a good working environment. It’s all about the relationships you have with people...

Iordanka Petzanova, R.Psych, M.Ed, Mental Health Specialist and registered psychologist

Connect with us to learn how you can advance mental health in your organization

The Opening Minds Customer Journey Process

Step 1

We work with you to develop a plan that reflects your goals, and where you are on your journey.

Step 2

We develop training roll-out plans to meet the needs of your organizational size and structure.

Step 3

Made for you: individual or group sessions, virtual or in-person, fully supported or in-house.

Step 4

From planning to implementation, full support is available at each step of the way.

Frequently Asked Questions

Mental Health First Aid and The Working Mind curriculum is available in the English and French language.

Psychological Health and Safety training is available in English only at this moment. French version will be available at the end of 2024.

Private group sessions require 8 people. Maximum number of participants in each group is 15. We encourage groups under 8 people to use our publicly scheduled courses with independent facilitators. Some facilitators have a direct booking option, while others prefer that participants contact them directly to reserve a seat.

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Anyone can register to a publicly scheduled course

Those looking to book a course as an individual or a group under 8 participants should check our publicly scheduled course. For group training request please contact our client development team.

Yes. As part of its Psychological Health and Safety Training and Assessment Program Opening a combination of training and assessment that bridges the guidance from the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety with the evolving needs of workplaces. With the help of this program we are able to make sure that mental health awareness programs are integrated through our assessment process, and identify if TWM and MHFA are present.

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In the news

5 March 2024
The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) will see the development of an innovative new program that will support Canadian employers who want to foster the psychological health and safety of their workers.

Recent Case Studies

26 June 2024
In 2023, 7.5% of SHN’s workforce underwent TWM training – a testament to the program’s growing impact. The team at SHN has witnessed a surge in interest, with the session’s waitlist expanding as employees and physicians have encouraged their peers to take the training.

Resources

31 October 2023
The MHFA Guide for Managers is a useful tool that provides tips, considerations and insights to help managers provide mental health first aid to their employees.
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