Centre for Organizational Health

The Centre for Organizational Health (COH), an affiliate of Homewood Health Centre, is devoted to the exploration, analysis, and communication of mental illness and mental disabilities as related to the Canadian workplace, economy, and society.

The Centre's ultimate mission is to define management practices that support sustainable, high-level resilience and performance of individuals and corporations, and to evaluate the barriers which impede performance at this level.

In essence, COH is raising awareness of how mental health and mental disability are all-important business and economic issues, and is fighting the stigma that is associated with mental and emotional disorders by demonstrating that organizations that emphasize their employee's mental and emotional well-being accentuate their own economic prospects, and realize a new kind of competitive advantage.

The relationship between the Centre and a Canadian mental health facility is the first of its kind.

The Centre for Organizational Health sponsors the Stephen E. Lett Lecture Series. This lecture series is a forum for ideas and discussion about the quest for a greater understanding of the links between social change, economic distress, and human health. The Lett Lectures bring leaders in the academic, clinical, and business fields to Homewood.  These Lectures are open to the community. For information on upcoming presentations or to be added to our email notification list, select presentations from the menu on the left.

The COH also sponsors the Homewood Letter. The Homewood Letter is published as a commentary on health and business issues, exploring issues dealing with human well-being from an economic, social, and business perspective.