Omitting indoor air quality from COVID-19 guidance for shelters and long-term care homes is a grave mistake

A worker is seen cleaning surfaces inside a long-term care home. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck Patricia O'Campo, University of Toronto; Jeffrey A. Siegel, University of Toronto; LLana James, Queen's University, Ontario, and Tianyuan (Amy) Li, University of Toronto Forty per cent of COVID-19 deaths in Ontario have taken place in long-term care homes. Chronic and in…

March 1, 2022

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Let’s Make ‘Return to Work Plans’ a Priority

Photo by Alesia Kazantceva on Unsplash We need to make ‘Return to Work Plans’ a priority even in the face of new variants like Omicron and whatever may come next. The excerpts that follow from my new book, Welcome Back! How to Reboot Your Physical and Mental Well-Being for a Post-Pandemic World, touch upon some very…

December 23, 2021

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Reapproaching the Workplace: Interface

In March 2020, we collectively saw offices empty overnight as the impact of the coronavirus continued to rapidly expand globally. The months that followed were Zoom and Teams-centric as we felt the large-scale shift to remote work. With this came a lot of questions surrounding Zoom fatigue, setting up an at-home workspace, over-bonding with your…

April 30, 2021

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Mason Studio develops a case study for more resilient retail services post-COVID-19

As the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted consumer behaviour and retail operations, many small businesses had to adapt to the new reality quickly. Although numerous retail processes can be reinvented in a virtual environment, several shops rely on in-person interaction, physical product demonstration, or the sale and purchase of goods and services to customers in a…

November 30, 2020

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DCS Finds High Commercial Office Cleaning Costs Despite Low Occupancy Rates

A DCS Global (DCS) review of cleaning costs in commercial office facilities suggests that these expenses have not come down significantly despite low occupancy rates. “I have talked to several senior property managers about their cleaning plans and COVID-19 scenarios for 2021,” said Randy Burke, CEO of DCS Global. “Frankly, I am surprised by the current…

October 22, 2020