{"id":103200,"date":"2025-08-28T11:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/103200\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:56:09","slug":"uwindsor-and-greenshield-partner-to-advance-mental-health-and-wellness-windsoritedotca-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/103200\/","title":{"rendered":"UWindsor And GreenShield Partner To Advance Mental Health And Wellness | windsoriteDOTca News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/windsorite.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed.jpg?x92001\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-440913\" class=\"size-large wp-image-440913\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756382169_783_unnamed-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-440913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UWindsor handout photo<\/p>\n<p>The University of Windsor and GreenShield are joining forces to expand access to mental health care and improve health equity.<\/p>\n<p>This collaboration brings together expertise from both organizations to address mental health needs in the region \u2013 particularly for underserved populations \u2013 leveraging GreenShield\u2019s digital-first approach to expand access to care. The University of Windsor\u2019s expertise and GreenShield\u2019s capabilities as Canada\u2019s first fully integrated payer-provider, combining health and benefits with coverage and care in one place, aims to improve health outcomes by:<\/p>\n<p>Article Continues Below Local Sponsor Message<\/p>\n<p>Co-developing digital mental health training modules to help employers implement the CSA Standard for Psychological Safety in the Workplace, with a focus on underserved workers;Launching a new community-informed model to expand access to primary care for equity-seeking groups without consistent provider relationships; andSupporting research opportunities for faculty and students to explore equity-informed and culturally appropriate approaches to care.<br \/>As part of this collaboration, the Windsor Hall building at 167 Ferry Street \u2013 home to the School of Social Work and the Centre for Executive and Professional Education \u2013 will now be recognized as GreenShield Hall, \u00a0a testament to GreenShield\u2019s proud legacy in Windsor-Essex of giving back to the community that shaped the organization since its founding in the city in 1957.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis collaboration reflects our shared commitment to building healthy communities not only on the University of Windsor\u2019s campus, but also in the region,\u201d said Robert Gordon, University of Windsor President and Vice-Chancellor. \u201cBy combining our strengths in research and education with GreenShield\u2019s longstanding dedication to improving health equity, we are confident that we can have a significant, lasting impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The project will be guided by an advisory board with representation from both the University and GreenShield. The University of Windsor will be represented by Dora Cavallo-Medved, Director of the WE-SPARK Health Institute and Associate Dean, Faculty and Student Engagement in the Faculty of Science, and Judy Bornais, Associate Vice-President, External. A practicing nurse and experienced educator, Bornais brings a background in clinical care, health education, and external relations.<\/p>\n<p>GreenShield\u2019s representatives on the advisory board will include Nadim Kara, Executive Vice President, Head of People &amp; Culture, GreenShield and Dr. Andrew Bond, Senior Vice President &amp; Chief Medical Officer, GreenShield.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Content Continues Below Local Sponsor Message<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UWindsor handout photo The University of Windsor and GreenShield are joining forces to expand access to mental health&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,48,84,393,394],"class_list":{"0":"post-103200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}