The Case for Enhancing Psychological Health & Safety (PH&S)


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Starts:03/26/2025 12:00 PM

Ends:03/26/2025 1:00 PM

Registration Closes:03/26/2025 10:00 AM

Event Type: Webinar

1 CPD Hour(s)

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ON24

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HRPA Members: Free

Non-Members: $35 + taxes


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This program equips HR professionals, managers, and organizational leaders with the knowledge and skills to advocate for and implement psychological health and safety measures in their workplaces. Participants will learn how to articulate the business, legal, and health imperatives of psychological safety, ensuring due diligence and proactive risk mitigation.

Learning Objectives:

  • Defining psychological health and safety and its importance in organizational well-being. Articulating how investing in psychological safety enhances organizational performance. Demonstrating the financial impact of poor psychological health, including absenteeism, turnover, and lost productivity.
  • Understanding employer obligations under occupational health and safety laws related to psychological well-being.​ Developing a compelling case for leadership buy-in on psychological health and safety initiatives.

Who should attend this program?

HR Professionals

HR Professionals

  • HR Professionals
  • Independent Contributors
  • Leaders 

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Communicating the long-term benefits of psychological safety in a way that resonates with key stakeholders.

Speaker bio(s)
Dr. Joti Samra 

Dr. Joti Samra, R.Psych. is a national thought leader on issues relating to psychological health, wellness, and resilience. She is the CEO & Founder of MyWorkplaceHealth, a full-suite national workplace consulting firm, and the Psychological Health & Safety (PH&S) Clinic, a virtual counselling and resilience/leadership coaching practice.

 Dr. Samra is a highly-regarded expert in psychological health and safety (PH&S). Over the past two decades, she has been involved in numerous national initiatives that have contributed to policy change in Canada, and is a Founding Member of the CSA Technical Committee that developed the National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health & Safety in the Workplace (CAN/CSA-Z1003-13/BNQ9700-803/2013). This Standard is the first of its kind in the world, and has shaped policy development for workplace PH&S at the international ISO level. 

Dr. Samra is the lead Research Scientist who created Guarding Minds at Work: A Workplace Guide to Psychological Health & Safety, in which the psychosocial factor frame adopted by the Standard was developed. She is also the developer of the Psychologically Safe Leader Assessment, an assessment and action planning resource that aligns leaders’ skills with the requirements of the Standard. Dr. Samra is also the developer of comprehensive, 15-hour PH&S Certificates for People Leaders and Employees which align with ISO/ANSI continuing education standards and IACET principles. 

Dr. Samra and her team have extensive expertise in helping organizations implement initiatives related to workplace PH&S including implementation of the CSA Standard; providing leadership development, training & coaching services across a broad range of areas, including emotional intelligence, psychologically safe leadership, and mental health awareness; and, providing a breadth of services to enhance employee psychological health, wellness and resilience.

Dr. Samra has received a number of awards and accolades for her clinical and research work. She is proud to be the recipient of the Canadian Psychological Association’s New Researcher Award and the British Columbia Psychological Association’s Advancement of the Profession of Psychology Award. She is also the former President of the BC Psychological Association and past Chair of the BC Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards Committee.