Our mental health partners
As a nation-wide, voluntary organization, the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) promotes the mental health of all and supports the resilience and recovery of people experiencing mental illness. The CMHA accomplishes this mission through advocacy, education, research and service.
Partner in mental health leadership, Desjardins Financial Security:
- finances core initiatives of the CMHA's National Office with both financial and in-kind support
- is title sponsor of CMHA's National Mental Health Week
- supports CMHA's Public Education area
- is partner in a new series of stress at work seminars
See the press release for more information on our partnership.
The Psychology Foundation of Canada (PFC) is a national registered charity dedicated to supporting parents and strengthening families through a number of initiatives, including creating educational resources, developing training programs for professionals, and delivering community-based parent education.
The Psychology Foundation of Canada and Desjardins Financial Security have joined forces to promote stress-management strategies for children and adults, through:
- Events and awareness campaigns, including Managing to Manage Workplace Stress: Make Your Workplace Great! and The Struggle to Juggle: Top Stress Management Strategies for You and Your Family (based on the PFC's Kids Have Stress Too!® program)
- The production of two booklets: Managing to Manage Workplace Stress and The Struggle to Juggle: Stress Management Strategies for You and Your Family.
The Ontario Psychological Association (OPA) is the professional organization for psychologists residing in the province. This voluntary association was established in 1947. It is committed to advancing psychology as an independent profession of the highest ethical standards.
Desjardins Financial Security is working with the Ontario Psychological Association to present the Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards, which recognize and honour organizations and companies that have committed to creating psychologically healthy environments and implemented practices to support their employees' well-being.
