Véronique Hamel

Mental Health Workplace-based Peer Support Program. A healthy and respectful workplace. It's everyone's responsibility.

Peer Supporter Biography

Véronique Hamel

3223 Ste-Émilie Street
Jonquière, Québec G7S 5L1
Veronique.hamel@servicecanada.gc.ca
418-771-1297

Group and Level:: PM-02

Branch:: ESDC

Work Environment:: Providing Services to Clients within Department

Language:: French

Preferred method of Communication:: Email, Phone, Lync

Peer Supporter Identifies As:

Woman

Areas of Life Experience In Dealing With:

Conflicts at home or with other employees
Depression / Mental health difficulties
Family issues
Gender-related issues
Racial issues
Sexual orientation issues
Stress / burnout
Substance abuse
Suicide / Loss of a loved one
Other: domestic violence and other, crime, death

Brief Description of Life Experience:

In another life, I was a dispatcher for emergency calls for the Sûreté du Québec, which was similar to working for 911. Drama, crises, people in difficulty, suicide and crime were a part of my daily life. It was from working there that I realized that nothing is trivial and that everything can be knocked off balance. Everyone filters things differently, regardless of what they experience and regardless of their inner strength…we are all fragile…including me!