Course Schedule
Book public Opening Minds courses for one person or a full group, with flexible virtual and in-person options across Canada. Our national schedule offers flexible, accessible training options for workplaces, communities, and individuals.
Choose from MHFA, The Working Mind, and Psychological Health & Safety training delivered by certified facilitators. Need training for a larger team or want to build internal capacity? Explore custom group training or certify an in-house facilitator.
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) teaches participants how to recognize the signs of mental health challenges and respond with confidence and care. The course builds practical skills to support someone in distress or crisis until help is available.Â
The Working Mind (TWM)Â is an evidence-based training program developed to initiate a shift in how you think, act, and feel about mental health through awareness, reducing stigma, and fostering open conversations about mental health in the workplace.
Psychological Health and Safety (PHS) is a proactive, systems-based approach that addresses workplace factors affecting mental health and supports the creation of healthy, safe, and productive environments where everyone can thrive.
Facilitator Certification Training for MHFA, TWM, and PHS prepares individuals to deliver mental health training in communities, workplaces, and organizations, with ongoing access to updated materials, marketing tools, and a supportive community.
Mental Health First Aid Courses
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Mental Health First Aid: Certification
Mental Health First Aid: Certification provides participants with a robust program leading to a nationally recognized Mental Health First Aid certification valid for three years. Through the course, participants increase mental health awareness, build confidence to provide support, reduce stigma, and enhance their own mental well-being. The course is delivered in a two-day, scenario-based format.
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Mental Health First Aid: Essentials
Mental Health First Aid: Essentials is a suite of courses, focused on core knowledge and practical skills. The courses do not lead to Certification. Designed to be accessible and applicable across many settings, Essentials offers a strong foundation in MHFA principles without formal assessment or certification—making it an ideal option for individuals, teams, or communities seeking meaningful, time-efficient training.
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Mental Health First Aid: Standard
Mental Health First Aid: Standard is the foundational program designed for everyone. As a globally recognized training, it empowers everyday people to recognize when someone may be experiencing mental health challenges and equips them with practical skills to provide initial support.
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Mental Health First Aid: Basic
Mental Health First Aid: Basic is an older version of the foundational MHFA program. As a globally recognized training, it empowers everyday people to recognize when someone may be experiencing mental health challenges and equips them with practical skills to provide initial support.
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Mental Health First Aid: Supporting Youth
Mental Health First Aid: Supporting Youth is designed to help adults support young people navigating mental health challenges with confidence and care. Designed with input from educators, caregivers, and mental health experts, it focuses on the unique needs of youth aged 12–24.
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Mental Health First Aid: Supporting Older Adults
Mental Health First Aid: Supporting Older Adults equips participants to promote mental wellness in older adults, prevent mental illness and suicide, and intervene early when concerns arise. Grounded in evidence-based research and best practices, the content was developed with Canadian geriatric psychiatry experts and delivered in partnership with Trillium Health Partners, reflecting a strong commitment to seniors’ mental health.
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Mental Health First Aid: Veteran Community
Mental Health First Aid: Veteran Community equips participants to support veterans with compassion and understanding. Developed in partnership with veterans, it addresses the unique mental health needs of the veteran community and provides practical tools to recognize distress and offer meaningful support. The program also fosters a safe, respectful space for connection through shared experience.
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Mental Health First Aid: Seniors
Mental Health First Aid: Seniors helps participants increase their capacity to support their own mental health and well-being. The course teaches how to promote mental wellness, prevent mental illness and suicide, and intervene early when concerns first arise. Participants gain practical tools to recognize signs of distress, provide meaningful support, and foster a safe, understanding environment that encourages resilience and dignity for seniors.
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Mental Health First Aid: Northern Peoples
Mental Health First Aid: Northern Peoples is a culturally grounded course designed with and for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities in northern and remote regions. Building on the core MHFA framework, it reflects northern realities and strengths, teaching participants to recognize mental health challenges, reduce stigma, and provide support through culturally informed, trust-based conversations.
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Mental Health First Aid: Inuit
Mental Health First Aid: Inuit offers a safe space to explore mental wellness, reduce stigma, and build confidence in having conversations about mental health. Grounded in culture and lived experience, participants will learn how to recognize signs of mental distress, understand the impacts
of intergenerational trauma, and support others. With storytelling, real-life scenarios, and Inuit-led facilitation, this course strengthens community
connection and supports healing.
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Mental Health First Aid: First Nations
Mental Health First Aid: First Nations was developed alongside First Nations communities to reflect their unique cultural values, traditions,
and experiences. It goes beyond the standard curriculum by integrating First Nations worldviews, emphasizing balance, interconnectedness, and holistic wellness. Developed with input from First Nations leaders and mental health experts, it acknowledges historical and ongoing challenges
while focusing on community strengths and resilience.
Featured Courses
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Mental Health First Aid: Certification
Mental Health First Aid: Certification provides participants with a robust program leading to a nationally recognized Mental Health First Aid certification valid for three years. Through the course, participants increase mental health awareness, build confidence to provide support, reduce stigma, and enhance their own mental well-being. The course is delivered in a two-day, scenario-based format.
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Mental Health First Aid: Essentials
Mental Health First Aid: Essentials is a suite of courses, focused on core knowledge and practical skills. The courses do not lead to Certification. Designed to be accessible and applicable across many settings, Essentials offers a strong foundation in MHFA principles without formal assessment or certification—making it an ideal option for individuals, teams, or communities seeking meaningful, time-efficient training.
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The Working Mind
The Working Mind (TWM)Â is an evidence-based program that promotes mental health awareness, reduces stigma, and builds workplace resilience. Participants learn to recognize mental health changes, have open conversations, and develop coping and stress-management skills, creating supportive and psychologically safe workplaces. This course is available in manager and employee versions.
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Psychological Health and Safety: Integrating Psychological Health and Safety
Psychological Health and Safety: Integrating Psychological Health and Safety teaches participants how to embed psychological health and safety into workplace systems. They explore the Opening Minds PHS Integration Framework, understand key elements affecting PHS, and gain tools to guide organizations while preparing to measure integration and make actionable system-improvement recommendations.
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The Working Mind First Responders
The Working Mind: First Responders helps first responder teams build resilience and a supportive culture. Participants learn to recognize mental health changes, use stigma-free language, and have open conversations, while gaining practical tools to manage stress, communicate effectively, and lead with empathy. This course is also available in leadership versions.
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Mental Health First Aid: Adults who Interact with Youth
Mental Health First Aid: Adults Who Interact with Youth is designed for adults who regularly engage with young people aged 12–24, including parents, guardians, school staff, coaches, and youth workers. The course provides practical tools to recognize signs of mental health challenges, respond appropriately, and offer meaningful support. Participants learn to foster understanding, build trust, and promote resilience, helping young people navigate the pressures and challenges they face today.
The Working Mind Courses
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The Working Mind
The Working Mind (TWM)Â is an evidence-based program that promotes mental health awareness, reduces stigma, and builds workplace resilience. Participants learn to recognize mental health changes, have open conversations, and develop coping and stress-management skills, creating supportive and psychologically safe workplaces. This course is available in manager and employee versions.
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The Working Mind: Trades
The Working Mind: Trades helps workers and supervisors in construction, electrical, transportation, and utilities manage mental health on the job. Developed with IHSA, the course addresses stigma, teaches practical tools to recognize changes, manage stress, and support teammates, fostering open conversations and stronger teams. This course is available in manager and employee versions
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The Working Mind: Oral Healthcare Professionals
The Working Mind: Oral Healthcare Professionals is a specialized version of The Working Mind mental health training, designed for those working in dental care settings. Running a dental practice and providing patient care come with unique daily stressors: managerial responsibilities, financial pressures, patient acquisition, and patient expectations.
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The Working Mind: Long-Term Care
The Working Mind: Long-Term Care supports long-term care staff in managing stress and building resilience. Developed with the Canadian Association for Long Term Care, this course helps staff recognize mental health changes, reduce stigma, and foster supportive workplace culture. This course is available in manager and employee versions.
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The Working Mind: Legal
The Working Mind: Legal is designed for legal professionals and leaders to address the unique pressures of the legal sector. Participants learn to recognize mental health challenges, reduce stigma, foster psychologically safe teams, and build resilience through practical tools for communication and stress management. This course is available in manager and employee versions.
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The Working Mind: Sports
The Working Mind: Sports helps athletes, coaches, and teams manage the unique pressures of competitive environments. Participants learn to recognize mental health changes, communicate openly, and build resilience, strengthening performance, teamwork, and well-being. This course is available in manager and employee versions.
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The Working Mind: Healthcare
The Working Mind: Healthcare is designed for healthcare professionals and leaders to address the high-pressure realities of their work. Participants learn to recognize mental health changes, reduce stigma, and strengthen team communication, fostering a culture where mental health is supported and protected. This course is available in manager and employee versions.
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The Working Mind First Responders
The Working Mind: First Responders helps first responder teams build resilience and a supportive culture. Participants learn to recognize mental health changes, use stigma-free language, and have open conversations, while gaining practical tools to manage stress, communicate effectively, and lead with empathy. This course is also available in leadership versions.
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The Working Mind USA
A customized version of The Working Mind for American participants.
Psychological Health and Safety Courses
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Psychological Health and Safety: Assessor Training
Psychological Health and Safety: Assessor Training trains participants to evaluate and improve workplace psychological health and safety using the Opening Minds framework. Participants gain the knowledge and skills to help organizations integrate PHS into their systems, promote psychologically healthy work environments, and apply evidence-based assessment tools, preparing them to make a meaningful impact on organizational PHS practices.
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Psychological Health and Safety: Integrating Psychological Health and Safety
Psychological Health and Safety: Integrating Psychological Health and Safety teaches participants how to embed psychological health and safety into workplace systems. They explore the Opening Minds PHS Integration Framework, understand key elements affecting PHS, and gain tools to guide organizations while preparing to measure integration and make actionable system-improvement recommendations.
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Psychological Health and Safety: Introduction to Psychological Health and Safety
Introduction to Psychological Health and Safety is a half-day, facilitator-led course that provides a comprehensive overview of PHS and its role in creating psychologically healthy workplaces. Participants learn the foundations of PHS, explore the key elements that protect workers and reduce risk, and understand its value beyond general mental well-being initiatives.
Facilitator Training Courses
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Mental Health First Aid: Facilitator Certification Training
Mental Health First Aid: Facilitator Certification Training is a 6-day competency-based training designed to prepare selected candidates to meet the certification requirements for delivering the MHFA Certification and MHFA Essentials courses in both virtual and in-person settings. Candidates first attend a demonstration of the full MHFA Certification course, followed by completion of self-paced online components and facilitator-led classroom sessions, providing optimal practice and engagement.
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The Working Mind: Facilitator Certification Training
The Working Mind: Facilitator Certification Training is a 5-day competency-based training designed to prepare selected candidates to meet the certification requirements for delivering The Working Mind course and sector-specific versions of TWM in both virtual and in-person settings. Candidates first attend a demonstration of the full TWM course, followed by completion of self-paced online components and facilitator-led classroom sessions, providing optimal practice and engagement.
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Mental Health First Aid First Nations: Facilitator Certification Training
Mental Health First Aid First Nations: Facilitator Certification Training is a 5-day in-person culturally informed training to prepare selected candidates to meet the certification requirements for delivering MHFA First Nations in community settings. Candidates first attend a demonstration of the full course, followed by community involvement and facilitator-led classroom sessions, providing optimal practice and engagement.
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The Working Mind First Responders: Facilitator Certification Training
The Working Mind First Responders: Facilitator Certification Training is a 5-day competency-based training designed to prepare selected candidates to meet the certification requirements for delivering The Working Mind First Responder and First Responder Family courses in both virtual and in-person settings. Candidates first attend a demonstration of the full First Responder course, followed by completion of self-paced online components and facilitator-led classroom sessions, providing optimal practice and engagement.
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Mental Health First Aid Certification & Essentials: Crossover
The Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Crossover Training is your opportunity to gain the skills and knowledge needed to teach others how to recognize when someone may be facing mental health challenges and how to provide initial support.
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The Working Mind First Responder: Crossover
The Working Mind First Responder: Crossover is a 1-day opportunity designed for current Opening Minds certified facilitators with a background in first responder services (see criteria).
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The Working Mind: Crossover
The Working Mind: Crossover is a 1-day opportunity designed for current Opening Minds certified facilitators. This crossover will enable you to expand your training portfolio, allowing you to deliver TWM in both virtual and in-person settings.
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Psychological Health and Safety: Facilitator Certification Training
Psychological Health and Safety: Facilitator Certification Training is a 5-day competency-based training designed to prepare selected candidates to meet the certification requirements for delivering Introduction to PHS in the Workplace and Integrating PHS courses in both virtual and in-person settings. Candidates first attend a demonstration of both full courses, followed by completion of self-paced online components and facilitator-led classroom sessions, providing optimal practice and engagement.
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Mental Health First Aid Northern Peoples: Facilitator Certification Training
Mental Health First Aid Northern Peoples: Facilitator Certification Training is a 5-day in-person culturally informed training to prepare selected candidates to meet the certification requirements for delivering MHFA Northern Peoples in community settings. Candidates first attend a demonstration of the full course, followed by community involvement and facilitator-led classroom sessions providing optimal practice and engagement.
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Mental Health First Aid Inuit: Facilitator Certification Training
Mental Health First Aid Inuit: Facilitator Certification Training is a 5-day in-person culturally informed training to prepare selected candidates to meet the certification requirements for delivering MHFA Inuit in community settings. Candidates first attend a demonstration of the full course, followed by community involvement and facilitator-led classroom sessions providing optimal practice and engagement.