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SUMMARY:Life Balance –Making Space for Mental Health
LOCATION:The Hamilton Spectator Auditorium\, 44 Frid Street\, Hamilton\, Ontario\, Canada\, L8P 4M4
DESCRIPTION:
	Hosted by the Human Resources Committee\, this interactive even
	t will cover mental health issues in the workplace. Panelists: Sarah Hilto
	n\, Stressed Out Solutions It took Sarah Hilton a moment to recognize her 
	passion and her goal for the future; to stop silence\, stigma and suicide 
	by speaking out and training workplaces on Mental Health and how to unders
	tand and support mental illness in the workplace. It took Sarah Hilton a l
	ifetime of living with her father\, diagnosed with Depression\, to realize
	 that unless families paid more attention to their children\, parents and 
	friends\, people will suffer from silence and stigma. It took Sarah Hilton
	 20 years of working in the Mental Health field to come to the conclusion 
	that unless society takes a look at preventing mental illness and promotin
	g mental health she would still be working with the most severe of mental 
	illnesses\, chronic and critical. Rebecca Kwiatkowski\, ArcelorMittal Dofa
	sco Rebecca Kwiatkowski\, Reg.N.\, BScN.\, OHN.\, MSc\, is Manager of Inte
	grated Health at ArcelorMittal Dofasco\, Canada’s largest flat rolled st
	eel producer with 5\,400 employees in Hamilton\, Ontario. At ArcelorMittal
	 Dofasco\, Rebecca leads the development\, ongoing management\, auditing a
	nd reporting of key wellness performance indicators for the company. She l
	eads a cross functional team that ensures the organization has the capabil
	ity to respond to occupational health and emergency care situations\, mana
	ges disability and claims administration processes for occupational and no
	n-occupational injuries and illness\, manages the Employee and Family Assi
	stance Program and develops the individual and collective capability of Ar
	celorMittal Dofasco leaders as they relate to wellness. Under her leadersh
	ip\, the company was named an Canada Awards for Excellence Gold Level winn
	er in Healthy Workplace Category as well as the Foundation Level Award for
	 for the Mental Healthy Workplace category. Prior to joining ArcelorMittal
	 Dofasco\, Rebecca held the positions of Occupational Health Nurse (J.M. S
	chnieder’s)\, Nurse Case Manager and Critical Incident Stress Manager (M
	edcan Health Management)\,  and Consultant (Aon Consulting). A long-time 
	OOHNA member\, Rebecca has had articles published in the OOHNA Journal and
	 has presented OOHNA webinars and conference sessions. Laura Pratt\, Great
	-West Assurance Company Laura Pratt\, B.A.\, C.I.M.\, H.I.A.A.\, I.C.A.  
	National Practice Leader\, Organizational Health Laura has worked with Gre
	at-West Life in the disability and wellness field for 29 years. Her role i
	nvolves working with Great-West Life’s largest customers\, ensuring the 
	optimization of the wellness and disability services provided by GWL. In a
	ddition to various industry designations\, she holds a degree in English f
	rom Dalhousie University\, a Certificate in Human Resources from Fanshawe 
	College\, and completed the Canadian Institute of Management (CIM) designa
	tion through studies at the University of Western Ontario (Western Univers
	ity). Alex Thomson\, Executive Director\, Lynwood Charlton Centre Alex Tho
	mson is the current Executive Director of Lynwood Charlton Centre\, a Hami
	lton based children’s mental health center\, and holds both a Bachelor
	’s and a Masters degree. Alex has worked in the children’s mental heal
	th field for nearly 40 years\, and he has been the Executive Director of t
	he Centre for the past 32 years\, contributing greatly to a forward thinki
	ng visionary organization. He is the past chair of both the Board of Child
	ren’s Mental Health Ontario and the Hamilton Children’s Service Sector
	 committee. He continues to be actively engaged in Hamilton based planning
	 committees focusing on children’s mental health services. Lynwood Charl
	ton Centre has been recently designated as the Lead Agency for the Ministr
	y for Children & Youth Services’ provincial transformation process\, Mov
	ing on Mental Health.
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