Mary Ann Baynton works with employers, organizations, unions or associations who wish to improve, address or resolve workplace issues related to individual or organizational mental health issues. She is the author of Resolving Workplace Issues and co-author with Dr. Martin Shain of Preventing Workplace Meltdown: An Employer’s Guide to Maintaining a Psychologically Safe Workplace.
As the former Director of Mental Health Works, an initiative of the Canadian Mental Health Association of Ontario, Mary Ann helped to create a national, bilingual, multiple-award winning workplace training program.
She currently serves as a member of the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s Workforce Advisory Committee and as the Program Director for the Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace which is a long-term public service commitment by Great-West Life.
As part of these roles Mary Ann has contributed to the creation of the Leadership Framework for Advancing Workplace Mental Health, Working Through It, Managing Mental Health Matters and On The Agenda which can all be found at www.workplacestrategiesformentalhealth.com.
Mary Ann’s consulting services include:
- individual return to work planning
- conflict resolution
- management training
- writing
- public speaking
- creating strategies that assess and address organizational mental health risk factors
She has presented keynote addresses, presentations and workshops at hundreds of conferences and events across Canada for audiences that include government bureaucrats, politicians, unions, senior executives, human resources, occupational health, small business, healthcare workers, emergency responders, hydro workers, lawyers, physicians, accountants, educators, engineers, information technology workers, researchers and others.
Mary Ann strives to reduce workplace stress, distress or conflict in order to improve working lives.
Susan Jakobson is an associate of Mary Ann Baynton & Associates. As a nursing leader, human resource professional, and the former Director of Health, Safety & Wellness at the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board, Susan has helped developed healthy workplace programs as well as mental health and diversity strategies and programs. She specializes in organizational assessment and planning to improve workplace mental health, human resources consulting, and workplace mental health strategies for the public sector, especially in the field of healthcare.
Susan is proud to volunteer support to the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s Workforce Advisory Committee and serve as a Director on the Ontario Healthy Workplace Coalition.
Susan is the also the owner of her own consulting business, Jakobson Consulting & Analytics, which offers investigation and health analytic services.
Gill Gadsdon is the office manager at Mary Ann Baynton & Associates. Her previous 35 year career included her role as Supervisor of Information Systems. Her expertise includes the efficient operation of information systems, including phone, voicemail, communications, databases, statistical information, network services and information management.
Gill is now responsible for organizing and managing all aspects of Mary Ann Baynton & Associates, which contributes significantly to the workplace mental health of Mary Ann and her associates! Gill’s commitment, dedication and generosity extends beyond her work to the broader community where she volunteers on the board of Alexander Place Long Term Care and the local food bank.
Donna Mortimer Donna’s job involves making sense out of the numbers related to this business. She makes sure that people get paid and that the books are correctly and promptly updated. She keeps Canada Revenue Agency and others content.
Donna is a graduate of Ryerson Polytechnic Institute with over 15 years experience as a small business owner providing bookkeeping services to various companies in the following industries: a personnel agency, transport company, electrical reseller, landscaper, massage therapist, school of holistic medicine and of course to Mary Ann Baynton & Associates Consulting.