Burnout in the Nonprofit Sector Is Often a Governance Problem

Canada's nonprofit sector is facing a quiet mental health crisis. A 2024 YMCA survey shows that 71 per cent of nonprofit leaders report experiencing burnout, along with 58 per cent of non-executive employees.

The human and economic costs of workplace mental health failures are well established: burnout, anxiety and chronic stress drive turnover, disability claims and lost productivity across the economy.

What deserves closer scrutiny -- particularly in a city like Ottawa -- is why these pressures are so acute in civil society organizations.

Please select this link to read the complete blog post from Massimo Bergamini's LinkedIn.