Drug testing in Canadian workplaces: A delicate balance between safety, privacy and proportionality

For many years, I was the educational consultant to the Canadian Mental Health Association in Toronto, Ontario. In that capacity, I promoted mental health and awareness around mental illness. One of my proudest accomplishments was in developing several mental illness awareness workshops for frontline workers, agencies and caregivers that brought understanding and support strategies to […]

When leaders consider their team’s well-being, factors such as mental health, physical fitness, nutrition, and adequate sleep are typically top of mind. Financial wellness doesn’t usually come up, but it should — because it can have a major impact on all facets of a worker’s life. The National Payroll Institute’s (NPI) Annual Survey of Working […]

A flubbed line during a high-profile presentation, a typo on an email to key stakeholders or a boss’s request for a Monday morning meeting with a subject line of “TBD” can all cause stress, fear and worst-case-scenario thinking, also known as catastrophizing. Dr. Tsasha Awong, an instructor at the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing […]