Dismantling the Barriers to Positive Mental Health for Youth - Feed Your Brain Webinar Series

On June 16, 2021, Workplace Safety North hosted a webinar, “Dismantling the Barriers to Positive Mental Health for Youth,” as part of the Feed Your Brain lunch and learn webinar series.

Certified Psychological Health and Safety Advisor, Angele Poitras, led a one-hour session about youth mental health with guest speaker, Eric Windeler, founder and executive director of Jack.org and Jessica Landry, jack.org youth speaker from Thunder Bay. Jack.org is a national non-profit that provides a peer-to-peer network to help improve youth mental health through training, events, and community group.

In this session, participants learned engagement strategies to support youth mental health. If you hire young workers, already have them in your workplace, or have employees with youth at home, this session is a must.

Topics discussed:
- Impact of pandemic on youth mental health
- Importance of mental health and wellness strategies
- How parents and employers can engage youth to improve mental health outcomes
- Brief video: Emilia, 21, shares her personal mental health journey
- Resource information

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#Workplace_Safety_North #workplace_safety #health_and_safety #North_Bay #Ontario #Canada #mental_health #young_workers #youth_mental_health

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