56 episodes
Beyond the Checkbox Dr. Ryan Todd
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- Health & Fitness
Beyond the Checkbox is a workplace podcast hosted by Dr. Ryan Todd, a clinical psychiatrist, award-winning filmmaker, and founder/CEO of mental health tech startup, headversity. The goal of the show is to help listeners future-proof their organizations through stories of innovation and progressive leadership that champion mental health at work, where they’ve gone above and beyond checking the box. This is accomplished through Dr. Todd diving into hard-hitting topics of mental wellbeing in the workplace with some of the world’s top business leaders, executives, and technologists that are leading exemplary initiatives.
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Episode 56 | Improving Mental Health with Active Learning | Ft. Dr. Louis Deslauriers
Dr. Ryan Todd sits down with Dr. Louis Deslauriers, Director of Science Teaching and Learning, Senior Preceptor in Physics at Harvard University. Louis has published several landmark studies in the areas of active learning and knowledge retention, and how this can be improved with deliberate practice. His findings are not only changing the ways of teaching in science education, but education in general. This episode covers some of Louis' findings through his studies, and how these methods are...
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Episode 55 | Fighting the bear in my head - life after surviving a grizzly attack | Ft. Jeremy Evans
Tune in for my unforgettable conversation with Jeremy Evans, one of the few people on the planet who can say they survived an encounter with a grizzly bear. I'm still awestruck by our conversation.Jeremy is passionately trying to raise funds for PTSD research and treatment at the University of Calgary. You can support this noble cause by donating at grizzlydude.ca and https://crowdfunding.ucalgary.ca/o/university-of-calgary/i/ucrowdfund/s/grizzly-dude.
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Episode 54 | Organizational Behavior | Ft. Kyle Brykman
Ryan Todd explores the intricate world of workplace dynamics with Brad Blaisdell, VP of Workplace Solutions and Compliance at Respect Group along with special guest, Kyle Brykman, a researcher at the University of Windsor and an expert in organizational behavior.
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Episode 53 | World Mental Health Day: Making Mental Health Universal | Ft. Zeke Smith
Special addition World Mental Health Day episode featuring Zeke Smith, Director of Leadership & Workforce Development at Apache Industrial Services.
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Episode 52 | Suicide Awareness | Ft. Vince Hafeli
A new episode of Beyond the Checkbox is dropping tomorrow! In this episode we are listening to the powerful story of Vince Hafeli. Like many others, several difficult personal tragedies lead him to a mental health crisis where stigma left him afraid to ask for help. Discover how he rose above an extremely difficult period in his life to eventually become the president of Ajax Paving, a large construction company. He now shares his story in Ted Talks and across many other stages and platforms.
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Episode 51 | Navigating Mental Health Distress Calls | Ft. Art Wlodyka
Art Wlodyka is a detective who works in one of the busiest policing units in Canada. His day-to-day consists of being the first person on the scene to get people who have severe and persistent mental illness proper care. Tune in as he breaks down the wild situations he finds himself in and the strains and stressors he experiences every day.