Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) employees who came forward as part of an external study investigating mental health at the spy agency described a sometimes isolating and bleak environment “laden with stigma.”
One participant told researchers the “service has a fear of mental illness.”
Those comments are included in a first-of-its-kind research project commissioned by CSIS and published earlier this month in the Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. Researchers spoke to employees who were willing to come forward, with their identities protected, to talk about the unique working environment at the spy agency.
