Media Release

For Immediate Release

January 31, 2008

Experts on Psychologically Healthy Workplaces to Visit Halifax

Saint Mary’s University researchers, Lori Francis and Kevin Kelloway have found that about half of Nova Scotia’s workforce experiences work and family conflict and 60% report high workloads.

According to a poll by the American Psychological Association, two-thirds of both men and women say work has a significant impact on their stress level, and one in four has missed work because of stress.

Experts Dr. Lois Tetrick from George Mason University and Dr. David Ballard from the American Psychological Association will share their thoughts on this issue with local human resource professionals and psychologists on February 7th - 8th at the World Trade & Convention Centre.

The event is co-sponsored by the Association of Psychologists of Nova Scotia (APNS) and the CN Centre for Occupational Health & Safety. Interested individuals may contact APNS Office 902-422-9183 or apns@apns.ca for registration information.

The CN Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, A Saint Mary’s University Centre of Research Excellence is actively involved in research that explores fundamental aspects of the work experience, ideally to inform best practices in creating safe and healthy workplaces.

The American Psychological Association (APA), in Washington, DC, is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and is the world’s largest association of psychologists. APA’s membership includes more than 148,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. Through its divisions in 54 subfields of psychology and affiliations with 60 state, territorial and Canadian provincial associations, APA works to advance psychology as a science, as a profession and as a means of promoting human welfare.

The Association of Psychologists of Nova Scotia (APNS) is a voluntary professional organization established in 1965 to represent psychology in Nova Scotia. APNS is the only provincial association devoted to representing the needs of psychology professionals in the province. APNS promotes psychology as a profession, as a science, and as a means of promoting human
welfare.

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For More Information:

Paul Fitzgerald
Public Affairs Officer
Saint Mary's University, Public Affairs
(902) 420.5514
E-mail: paul.fitzgerald@smu.ca
www.smu.ca