Stantec office in Ottawa one of six to earn WELL Health-Safety Rating

Stantec has earned the WELL Health-Safety Rating for six of its offices through the International WELL Building Institute . Each office was awarded the WELL Health-Safety Rating following the successful completion of third-party documentation review to confirm the office met the WELL requirements. Five of the newly certified offices are in the…

March 6, 2023

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Canadians equally stressed at work as they are in their personal lives: Mental Health Index

According to LifeWorks’ recent monthly Mental Health Index, 26 per cent of Canadians indicate that work stressors are their primary sources of stress, while 26 per cent of individuals cited personal stressors as the foremost source. The Index found that Canadian workers are experiencing increasing strain as the mental health score declines after…

July 26, 2022

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Canadians struggle with disconnecting after regular work hours: Mental Health Index

LifeWorks released its latest Mental Health Index, which reveals that 28 per cent of Canadians are experiencing challenges disconnecting after regular work hours. According to its findings, this group displayed a mental health score nearly nine points below the national average. Additionally, more than two-in-five Canadians report ending their workday feeling mentally and/or physically exhausted.…

April 26, 2022

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Ronald McDonald House Charities Canada partners with Bosch Home Appliances

Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) Canada and Bosch Home Appliances have announced a new partnership to support families with sick children across Canada. Ronald McDonald House BC Bosch’s four-year commitment to RMHC Canada will provide program funding and the opportunity to outfit RMHC’s 33 program locations across the country with its German engineered…

April 12, 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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Chapi Chapo Design tapped to deliver new social wellness club

Canadian active lifestyle brand Altea Active, in partnership with NYX Capital Corp., is opening Altea’s Ontario flagship social wellness club at 25 Ordnance St. in Toronto this November. The club will be located on the second and third floors of Novus, a new 25- and 38-story rental residential community located at the corner of Strachan…

February 23, 2021

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The Oakville Trafalgar Community Centre

The new Oakville Trafalgar Community Centre (OTCC) is a dynamic 53,000 square foot health and wellness facility designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects. Photo credit: Tom Arban Photography Inspired by the adjacent Chimney Swift colony, the centre offers a 25-metre lap pool, warm water pool with water play feature, universal changerooms, double gymnasium, fitness centre, walking track open to…

October 22, 2020

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Morneau Shepell’s Mental Health Index reveals negative score in Canada

Morneau Shepell released its monthly Mental Health Index report, revealing a consistent negative mental health score in Canada for the third consecutive month. The findings show that while most of the country is entering new phases of reopening, Canadians continue to struggle with uncertainty brought on by the pandemic and need employer support now more than…

July 14, 2020

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New Study Reveals Benefits of Increased Daylight in the Workplace

In collaboration with Canada Lands Company and Oxford Properties, View, a window technology company, announced the results of a study highlighting the impact of dynamic glass and its contribution to human health and wellness. Located in downtown Toronto, employees at Canada Lands Company, and a tenant of Oxford Properties, were surveyed regarding their work-related health and…

May 2, 2019