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Saskatchewan - Mental Health Training is now available free of charge for all Saskatchewan youth aged 14 to 21! As part of the Career Safety Education program, youth in Saskatchewan have access to WorkSafe Saskatchewan’s Mental Health: Health and Wellness Strategies, an online course dedicated to providing skills to cope with stress. “Including this training component reinforces for youth the importance of understanding mental health and makes a connection for them between safety in the workplace and mental wellness,” says Saskatchewan Safety Council Community Relations Coordinator, Merissa Scarlett. The content empowers youth to improve their own mental well-being by building resilience (mental fitness). It focusses on recognizing symptoms, identifying stressors and choosing appropriate reactions. Career Safety Education is the result of a strategic alliance of organizations brought together by the Saskatchewan Safety Council to provide every Saskatchewan youth between 14 and 21 with free career focused safety education. Why does Career Safety Education matter? This short video, The Cade Sprackman Story, provides some insight: https://youtu.be/aDP-Ca7-LWI Currently, Career Safety Education includes training in worker rights and responsibilities through the Young Worker Readiness Course (WorkSafe), training in basic chemical safety through WHMIS 2015 (Saskatchewan Safety Council), mental health strategies through Mental Health: Health and Wellness Strategies and one standardized industry designed safety orientation: Agriculture: Online Agriculture Training System – Saskatchewan Safety Council; Heavy Construction, Earthmoving and Roadbuilding: Roadbuilders Safety Training System – Heavy Construction Safety Association of Saskatchewan; Construction and Trades: Saskatchewan Construction Orientation Training – Saskatchewan Construction Safety Association; Healthcare: Workplace Assessment and Violence Education – Saskatchewan Association of Safe Workplaces in Health; Energy, Oil and Gas: Electronic General Safety Orientation – Energy Safety Canada