Lunch & Learn Series

Feb 19, 2025

CMHA-WECB is pleased to host a free, monthly lunch and learn series. Held monthly online, participants will learn about a variety of mental health and well-being topics. Click on the links below to register.
Upon registration, please check your confirmation email for the Zoom link to access the webinar.

February 26 – Habit Tracking & Resolutions

• Understanding resolutions
• The power of “starting now”
• What “habit tracking” is and how to do it
• What SMART goals are and how to make them
• How to turn SMART goals into habits
• Mental reframing
• Understanding the know-do gap and how to fill it

March 26 – Understanding Trauma
A broad introduction to trauma, its impacts on individuals and workplaces, common responses, and practical principles for trauma-informed understanding.

April 29 – Healthy Accountability
An overview of healthy accountability, balancing responsibility and compassion, setting clear expectations, and fostering trust, growth, and fairness. Register here.

May 5 – Digital Connection: Helpful or Harmful?
This Lunch & Learn will review social media vs real connection, boundaries with technology, and intentional connection in a digital world. Register here.

May 26 – From Transactional to Meaningful: Deepening Workplace Relationships
This Lunch & Learn will discuss moving beyond “surface-level check-ins”, psychological safety and trust, and small leadership/employee behaviours that build connection. Register here.

May 28 – Grief & Life Transitions
An overview of grief and life transitions, including illness, job loss, and relationships, with practical strategies for understanding, coping, and resilience. Register here.

June 25 – Men’s Mental Health
An overview of men’s mental health, common challenges, stigma, help-seeking barriers, and practical strategies to support well-being and resilience. Register here.

July 23 – Women’s Mental Health
An overview of women’s mental health, unique stressors, life transitions, stigmas, and practical strategies to support well-being and resilience. Register here.

September 24 – Suicide Awareness Month
An overview of suicide awareness, warning signs, risk factors, protective factors, and how to support others and access help safely. Register here.

October 15 – Psychological Distress in the Workplace
An overview of workplace psychological distress from leadership changes, layoffs, moral injury, and ethical dilemmas, with awareness and supportive response strategies. Register here.

October 29 – Peer Support for Frontline Workers
An overview of the importance of peer support for frontline workers, enhancing connection, resilience, early intervention, and shared understanding in challenging roles. Register here.

November 25 – The Science of Gratitude
An overview of the science of gratitude, exploring the brain, well-being, workplace benefits, and practical ways to cultivate gratitude daily. Register here.

December 17 – Healthy Boundaries Over the Holidays
An overview of healthy boundaries over the holidays, balancing relationships, expectations, self-care, and well-being during busy and emotionally demanding times. Register here.