Maintaining Mental Fitness
Webinar Series
Pandemic to Endemic:
Employee Reintegration into the Workplace
Starting Sept. 20, 2022
The Mental Fitness Webinar Too Important to Miss
Maintaining Mental Fitness is an educational webinar series designed to support mental fitness for organizations and individuals. Season 3 is focused on the transition from a pandemic to an endemic workplace environment.
Registration is free and open to all individuals and organizations, public and private, seeking practical ways to maintain mental health and wellbeing during a time when traditional workplace norms are being redefined.
Timely Discussions About Relevant Workplace Mental Health Issues
Social and political events have shaped and redefined many workplace cultures during the COVID-19 pandemic. As people experience the collision of differing perspectives, behaviours and states of mental health that have emerged over the past two years, organizations are challenged to adjust to new realities.
Season 3 of Maintaining Mental Fitness will feature timely discussions examining the key strategies and behaviours that leaders and employees can practice to maintain mental fitness during the transition from a pandemic to an endemic work environment. Webinars are presented and moderated by mental health subject matter experts from across Canada.
Weekly Webinars with Expert Knowledge, Micro-Skill Tips and Q & A Sessions Start in September
- Season 3 starts on September 20, 2022!
- The webinars will be hosted on a weekly basis, with a one week break between sessions, ending with a wrap-up webinar on December 6, 2022.
- Each episode will feature discussions on mental fitness topics and provide an overview of a key micro-skill to support workplace mental health.
- Panelists include Jesse Adams of Howatt HR Consulting.
- Sessions will conclude with a Q & A for participants to ask questions.
The Mental Fitness Webinar Too Important to Miss
Maintaining Mental Fitness is an educational webinar series designed to support mental fitness for organizations and individuals. Season 3 is focused on the transition from a pandemic to an endemic workplace environment.
Registration is free and open to all individuals and organizations, public and private, seeking practical ways to maintain mental health and wellbeing during a time when traditional workplace norms are being redefined.
Timely Discussions About Relevant Workplace Mental Health Issues
Social and political events have shaped and redefined many workplace cultures during the COVID-19 pandemic. As people experience the collision of differing perspectives, behaviours and states of mental health that have emerged over the past two years, organizations are challenged to adjust to new realities.
Season 3 of Maintaining Mental Fitness will feature timely discussions examining the key strategies and behaviours that leaders and employees can practice to maintain mental fitness during the transition from a pandemic to an endemic work environment. Webinars are presented and moderated by mental health subject matter experts from across Canada.
Weekly Webinars with Expert Knowledge, Micro-Skill Tips and Q & A Sessions Start in September
- Season 3 starts on September 20, 2022!
- The webinars will be hosted on a weekly basis, with a one week break between sessions, ending with a wrap-up webinar on December 6, 2022.
- Each episode will feature discussions on mental fitness topics and provide an overview of a key micro-skill to support workplace mental health.
- Panelists include Jesse Adams of Howatt HR Consulting.
- Sessions will conclude with a Q & A for participants to ask questions.
This interactive web-based program is for information and education purposes only and should not be considered therapy or any form of treatment. We are not able to respond to specific questions or comments about personal situations, appropriate diagnosis or treatment, or otherwise provide any clinical opinions. If you think you need immediate assistance, call your local emergency number or the mental health crisis hotline.
What Maintaining Mental Fitness Fans Are Saying
Maintaining Mental Fitness Season 3 Webinar Series
Episodes 1 to 3:
Pandemic to endemic: Reintegration into the workplace
Select a tab for more information on the video discussions in Episodes 1 to 3.
Creating space for discomfort
Guest Speaker: Jesse Adams, COO of Howatt HR.
Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Time: 10:00am – 10:30am
How will the workplace culture be shaped after returning to work and its impact on mental health?
The new world of work is not what we left in March 2020. Social and political events have shaped and redefined many workplace cultures.
The session will explore the need to create space for various perspectives and potentially uncomfortable conversations as we navigate and support the changes that have occurred in our employees lives and the impact it has had on mental health.
Episode 1 Resources
Incorporating DEI in your renewed culture
Guest Speaker: Nicole Stibb, Diversity, equity and inclusion expert.
Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Time: 10:00am – 10:30am TBD
How can we help the reintegration of organizations during an endemic? What are their challenges and how can organizations navigate that?
This discussion focuses on the reintegration of employees during the endemic and rapid changes brought about by social justice movements.
We will explore the role that companies play in society, how organizational values may have shifted and the importance of strong DEI practices, particularly during remote or hybrid environments have required organizations to shift priorities to take steps to ensure that all staff feel included and experience a sense of belonging.
Episode 2 Resources
Learning from Discomfort
Guest Speaker: Jesse Adams, COO of Howatt HR.
Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2022
Time: 10:00am – 10:30am TBD
The pandemic has created strong social learning in our day to day working lives. Social learning, or learning from what others do, has shifted us from traditional rule-based approaches to an exploration and observation of other behaviours and perspectives.
As we bring people back to work and experience the collision of differing perspectives, behaviours and states of mental health, leaders will need to embrace this idea of learning through discomfort. This session will explore skills you can learn and apply to help you and your employees listen to understand, be curious, navigate different perspectives and move focus on moving towards a common purpose.
Episode 3 – Micro Skill Resources
Maintaining Mental Fitness Season 2 Webinar Series Library
Check out the Maintaining Mental Fitness Webinar Series Library to view the latest episode and access past episodes.
Maintaining Mental Fitness Season 1 Webinar Series
All Webinar Episodes in Season 1 were presented by Dr. Bill Howatt and Jesse Adams.
- Episode 1: March 24, 2020 – Tactics for Maintaining Mental Fitness During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Episode 2: March 31, 2020 – Gratitude
- Episode 3: April 7, 2020 – Creating Social Connection
- Episode 4: April 14, 2020 – Understanding Stress
- Episode 5: April 21, 2020 – Insulating for Anxiety
- Episode 6: April 28, 2020 – Social Contagion
- Episode 7: May 5, 2020 – Coping with Grief and Loss
- Episode 8: May 12, 2020 – Supporting Others
- Episode 9: May 13, 2020 – Work 2.0 Reboot
- Episode 10: May 19, 2020 – Feeling Overwhelmed with the New Norm
- Episode 11: May 26, 2020 – Suicide Ideation
- Episode 12: June 2, 2020 – Insulating for Irritability
- Episode 13: June 9, 2020 – Engaging in Our Environment
- Episode 14: June 16, 2020 – Mindful Hydration
- Episode 15: June 23, 2020 – Anchoring Your Why
- Episode 16: June 30, 2020 – Prioritizing Sleep
- Episode 17: July 7, 2020 – Fueling Up with Nutrition
- Episode 18: July 14, 2020 – Progressive Relaxation
- Episode 19: July 21, 2020 – Journaling
- Episode 20: July 28, 2020- Flipping the Switch
- Episode 1: March 24, 2020 – Tactics for Maintaining Mental Fitness During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Episode 2: March 31, 2020 – Gratitude
- Episode 3: April 7, 2020 – Creating Social Connection
- Episode 4: April 14, 2020 – Understanding Stress
- Episode 5: April 21, 2020 – Insulating for Anxiety
- Episode 6: April 28, 2020 – Social Contagion
- Episode 7: May 5, 2020 – Coping with Grief and Loss
- Episode 8: May 12, 2020 – Supporting Others
- Episode 9: May 13, 2020 – Work 2.0 Reboot
- Episode 10: May 19, 2020 – Feeling Overwhelmed with the New Norm
- Episode 11: May 26, 2020 – Suicide Ideation
- Episode 12: June 2, 2020 – Insulating for Irritability
- Episode 13: June 9, 2020 – Engaging in Our Environment
- Episode 14: June 16, 2020 – Mindful Hydration
- Episode 15: June 23, 2020 – Anchoring Your Why
- Episode 16: June 30, 2020 – Prioritizing Sleep
- Episode 17: July 7, 2020 – Fueling Up with Nutrition
- Episode 18: July 14, 2020 – Progressive Relaxation
- Episode 19: July 21, 2020 – Journaling
- Episode 20: July 28, 2020- Flipping the Switch
Meet Your Series Hosts
The series is hosted by the Alberta Municipal Health and Safety Association (AMHSA) in partnership with Alberta Municipalities, the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE) and Howatt HR Consulting.
The Alberta Municipal Health and Safety Association (AMHSA) is an educational non-profit organization that promotes the knowledge of health, safety and environment in the workplace. Every town, village, municipal district, county, city and specialized municipality in Alberta is a member of AMHSA – inclusive of all municipal first responders. The organization supports more than 60,000 workers across 336 municipal entities.
The Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE) is the leading professional association for health, safety and environmental practitioners in Canada. CSSE shapes the safety profession in Canada by working collaboratively with its members and partners. CSSE has 37 chapters in five regions across the country. Chapters are entirely volunteer-based, compromised of passionate health and safety leaders from coast-to-coast-to coast.
Alberta Municipalities represents the 275 municipalities where over 85% of Albertans live, including summer villages, villages, cities, towns and specialized municipalities. The organization works with elected and administrative leaders to advocate for solutions to municipal issues and provides services that help build resilient and thriving communities.
Howatt HR Consulting helps clients achieve operational excellence through aligning strategic planning with people and operational goals using qualitative and quantitative approaches to employee care and operational excellence.
The Alberta Municipal Health and Safety Association (AMHSA) is an educational non-profit organization that promotes the knowledge of health, safety and environment in the workplace. Every town, village, municipal district, county, city and specialized municipality in Alberta is a member of AMHSA – inclusive of all municipal first responders. The organization supports more than 60,000 workers across 336 municipal entities.
The Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE) is the leading professional association for health, safety and environmental practitioners in Canada. CSSE shapes the safety profession in Canada by working collaboratively with its members and partners. CSSE has 37 chapters in five regions across the country. Chapters are entirely volunteer-based, compromised of passionate health and safety leaders from coast-to-coast-to coast.
Alberta Municipalities represents the 275 municipalities where over 85% of Albertans live, including summer villages, villages, cities, towns and specialized municipalities. The organization works with elected and administrative leaders to advocate for solutions to municipal issues and provides services that help build resilient and thriving communities.
Howatt HR Consulting helps clients achieve operational excellence through aligning strategic planning with people and operational goals using qualitative and quantitative approaches to employee care and operational excellence.
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