Opportunity Knocks - Mental Health First Aid

Join us as St. John Ambulance provides our next Opportunity Knocks session on Mental Health First Aid.

Did you know?
 

• A mentally healthy workforce is good for business – it can enhance performance and lower costs associated with disability, absenteeism and presenteeism
• 44% of workers say they have or have had mental health issues or mental illness. If we include families and caregivers, mental health problems and illnesses impact almost everyone in some way. 
• 500,000 Canadians will miss work this week due to mental health issues or illness. 
• At least $50 billion is the annual economic cost of mental illness in Canada. 
• While 82% of senior executives stated that their company promotes a mentally healthy work environment, only 30% of employees believe this is the case.