Posts Tagged ‘Mental Health’
Gearing up for a hectic fall
The APTS is set for a busy fall. With the fourth wave, professionals and technicians will once again come under excessive pressure, and our health and social services system will be forced to do a major juggling act just to maintain non-COVID-related care and services. As well, our union will be holding special general assemblies to present you with the governmentâs global offer that we received at the beginning of the summer.
Read MoreMay the force be with us
In my closing remarks to the 175 union delegates representing your local units at the General Council zoom meeting, I spoke off the cuff about my daughter who has dyspraxia. Given all the uncertainties of COVID-19, she’s had to come back home.
Read MoreCan you protect yourself from work-related stress?
âTake care of yourselfâ â weâve heard that a lot over the past months. Easy enough to say, but not so easy to do. In this particularly stressful period for people working in health care and social services, we asked Manon Truchon, professor of psychology at Laval University, to talk to us about the field she specializes in: stress in the workplace.
Read MoreIn the wake of cannabis becoming legal
Most of the addictions workers we informally consulted in the days after cannabis was legalized said they didnât expect their work to significantly change after October 17.
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