We help workplaces move from good intentions to real support.
Evidence-informed, trauma-aware training that helps employees and leaders notice, ask and respond — with confidence
We help where it matters
Communities
Strengthening community programs focused on early support and long-term mental health outcomes.
Workplaces
Building workplace systems focused on practical training and long-term psychological safety.
People
Equipping people with skills focused on early recognition and confident, compassionate actions.
At a glance
Collective Minds Canada helps organizations move from mental health awareness to practical action, building confidence for difficult conversations, suicide prevention, psychologicalsafety and de-escalation.
Workplaces often have policies, good intentions and awareness campaigns, yet people can still feel unsure what to say or do when someone is struggling. Collective Minds Canada exists to close that gap — turning awareness into confidence, conversation and practical action. The company partners with organizations to strengthen workplace mental health through credible learning, realistic scenarios and meaningful dialogue. Training is designed around the audience’s roles, work environment and goals, while keeping dignity, safety, boundaries and appropriate support pathways at the centre.
Our work focuses on reducing friction in how teams hire, collaborate, and make decisions, replacing improvised processes with structures that are clear, repeatable, and practical in day-to-day operations. We help companies move away from reactive fixes and toward systems that continue to function as teams scale, priorities shift, and complexity increases.
Our work focuses on reducing friction in how teams hire, collaborate, and make decisions, replacing improvised processes with structures that are clear, repeatable, and practical in day-to-day operations. We help companies move away from reactive fixes and toward systems that continue to function as teams scale, priorities shift, and complexity increases.
The team leading Collective Minds Canada has spent their careers turning mental health awareness into practical, everyday action.
Founder & Lead Facilitator
Michelle Phillips
Fifteen years across community mental health and suicide prevention taught Michelle the same lesson again and again: people genuinely want to help, but freeze the moment it counts. Collective Minds Canada exists to close that gap.
"People don't freeze because they don't care. They freeze because no one taught them how."
Michelle Phillips is the Founder and Lead Facilitator of Collective Minds Canada, bringing more than 15 years of experience in community mental health, crisis response, suicide prevention, education and workplace mental health.
Her career began on the frontline of the mental health system, supporting individuals experiencing complex mental health, addiction and crisis-related challenges. That experience continues to shape the way Michelle approaches workplace training today: practical, human and grounded in what actually happens when someone is struggling.
Over the past several years, Michelle’s work has increasingly focused on mental health education, suicide prevention and organizational capacity-building. She has facilitated training for employees, supervisors and leaders across many different sectors.
Michelle is a certified facilitator in nationally recognized programs including Mental Health First Aid, LivingWorks ASIST and LivingWorks safeTALK, alongside extensive experience developing customized workplace mental health education.
Her facilitation style combines evidence-informed education with real-world examples, conversation and practical skill development. Rather than simply teaching people about mental health, her focus is helping people understand what they might notice, what they can say, what their role is and what they can actually do next.
That philosophy ultimately led to the creation of Collective Minds Canada — helping organizations move beyond awareness and build practical, sustainable approaches to workplace mental health.
Her career began on the frontline of the mental health system, supporting individuals experiencing complex mental health, addiction and crisis-related challenges. That experience continues to shape the way Michelle approaches workplace training today: practical, human and grounded in what actually happens when someone is struggling.
Over the past several years, Michelle’s work has increasingly focused on mental health education, suicide prevention and organizational capacity-building. She has facilitated training for employees, supervisors and leaders across many different sectors.
Michelle is a certified facilitator in nationally recognized programs including Mental Health First Aid, LivingWorks ASIST and LivingWorks safeTALK, alongside extensive experience developing customized workplace mental health education.
Her facilitation style combines evidence-informed education with real-world examples, conversation and practical skill development. Rather than simply teaching people about mental health, her focus is helping people understand what they might notice, what they can say, what their role is and what they can actually do next.
That philosophy ultimately led to the creation of Collective Minds Canada — helping organizations move beyond awareness and build practical, sustainable approaches to workplace mental health.