MONTRÉAL, Oct. 27, 2014 /CNW
Telbec/ - Bell has received Excellence Canada's 2014 Gold Award for
Mental Health at Work for its leadership in promoting mental health
across corporate Canada, a key
action pillar of the Bell Let's Talk initiative.
"Bell is tremendously honoured to be recognized by Excellence
Canada for our ongoing work with health care, business and
government leaders to develop best practices in workplace mental
health and adopt them in our own workplaces," said Mary Deacon, Chair of Bell Let's Talk. "We
congratulate Bell Let's Talk partner the Mental Health Commission
of Canada, which also received the
Gold Award for Mental Health at Work for its success in supporting
workplace mental health."
The Canada Awards for Excellence program recognizes outstanding
achievements by organizations across a range of categories focused
on quality, innovation, health and wellness. Bell will be presented
with the award on October 30 as part
of Excellence Canada's annual awards ceremony in Toronto. For more information, please visit
www.excellence.ca.
Among recent achievements, Bell has adopted the National
Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace and
worked closely with Queen's University and management solutions
provider Morneau Shepell to develop
Canada's first workplace health
certificate training program. The accredited program builds on
mandatory mental health training already in place for all Bell
managers, and is available to all Canadian businesses and
organizations.
According to the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC), mental health issues have a
growing impact on the workplace. On any given day, more than
500,000 Canadians will be absent from work due to mental health
issues, and more than 70 per cent of workplace disability costs are
attributable to mental illness.
The Bell Let's Talk mental health initiative is based on 4
action pillars: Anti-stigma, care and access, research, and
workplace mental health. Bell has implemented programs to help
foster a mentally healthy work environment, building awareness
about the stigma of mental illness and equipping team leaders with
the right tools and resources to support employees.
About Bell Let's Talk
The Bell Let's Talk initiative
promotes Canadian mental health with national awareness and
anti-stigma campaigns – like Clara's Big Ride for Bell Let's Talk
and the annual Bell Let's Talk Day – and significant Bell funding
of community care and access, research, and workplace initiatives.
Since its launch in 2010, Bell Let's Talk has committed more than
$67.5 million to Canadian mental
health programs. To learn more, please visit Bell.ca/LetsTalk.
About Bell
Bell is Canada's largest communications company,
providing consumers and business customers with leading TV,
Internet, wireless, home phone and business communications
solutions under the Bell Canada and Bell Aliant brands. Bell Media
is Canada's premier multimedia
company with leading assets in television, radio, out of home, and
digital media including CTV, Canada's #1 television network, and the
country's most-watched specialty channels..Bell is wholly
owned by Montréal's BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE). For more
information, please visit Bell.ca or BCE.ca.
Media inquiries:
Jacqueline Michelis
Bell Media Relations
(613) 785-1427
jacqueline.michelis@bell.ca
@Bell_News
SOURCE Bell Canada