Supporting Employees with Mental Health Disabilities at Work: Skills training for employers and unions

Location: UBC Robson Square, HSBC Hall

Date: Friday, November 17, 2023

Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm PT

The Supreme Court of Canada has recognized that being able to work is essential to one’s “sense of identity, self-worth and emotional well-being”. Yet many of the 20 percent of Canadian adults who experience mental illness each year must absent themselves from work, taking a significant personal toll on the workers as well as financial and productivity burdens on employers…