Your Mental Health and Covid

Employees may be experiencing a high degree of uncertainty, worry, anxiety and stress about the health and safety of their loved ones, and how COVID-19 (coronavirus) may disrupt their work and personal lives. It is important for all of us to acknowledge these impacts and to engage in an open dialogue about them, including on ways to maintain and support our mental health.

Seek Help – Wellness Resources

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Access confidential, short-term or crisis counselling 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The EAP offers services by phone, in person and through e-counselling.

1-800-268-7708 - DD/TTY by calling 1-800-567-5803

TC Take Care: Mental Health and Wellness

TC’s Mental Health and Wellness webpage provides its employees with a variety of online resources and tools available to them to aid in fostering civility and creating a healthier workplace.

Canada School of Public Service (CSPS)

CSPS offers a variety of courses such as “Health and Wellness Strategies” learn how to leverage the power of the body's response to stress by practicing specific lifestyle habits, you can elevate your health and performance while effectively managing high levels of stress.

Government of Canada

The Government of Canada’s website includes many useful links such as “Mental Health and COVID-19 for public Servant: Protect your Mental Health” to provide tips and tricks to incorporate into your day to help with your wellness.

Specialized Organizational Services

Health Canada delivers a range of Specialized Organizational Services that includes counselling supports beyond core EAP services to federal organizations, such as:

• Supporting employees engaged in incident response and working in other high-stress environments
• Supporting responses to critical workplace incidents
• Providing grief and loss support related to challenging situations or events in the workplace
• The service is available to public service managers and their teams
• Bilingual service offered on-site and off-site
• The service operates on a cost-recovery basis



Health Canada has a full page dedicated to Mental Health and Wellness with many informational resources as well.

Canadian Mental Health Association

The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)is the most established, most extensive community mental health organization in Canada. Through a presence in more than 330 communities across every province and one territory, CMHA provides advocacy, programs and resources that help to prevent mental health problems and illnesses, support recovery and resilience, and enable all Canadians to flourish and thrive.

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