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Healthy Workplace Resources - Links
Links to other Healthy Workplace related websites.
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Alcohol Policy Network
Stimulates informed discussion about various aspects of alcohol policy and profiles efforts and successes across Ontario.
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Algoma Health Unit
Serves the area of Algoma including Sault Ste. Marie, Echo Bay, St. Joseph Island, Goulais River etc. offering workplace health services.
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Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada
Provides resources for worker compensation issues in Canada.
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Asthma Society of Canada
Offers information about asthma and how to live an active life with asthma.
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Barrier-Free Employers: Practical Guide for Employment Accommodation for People with Disabilities
Offers facts and practical advice on employment accommodation, and explains the steps to facilitate the inclusion of employees with disabilities into your work force.
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BC Council for Families
Offers information on issues to strengthen and support families.
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Benefits Canada
Provides valuable tool for anyone interested in benefits, pension investment and healthcare.
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Boston Center for Work and Family
Committed to enhancing the quality of life of today's workforce by providing leadership for the integration of work and life.
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Brant County Health Unit
Serves the Brant County including Brantford and surrounding communities offering workplace health services and information.
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Canada Safety Council
Reliable resource for safety information, education and awareness in all aspects of Canadian life - in traffic, at home, at work and at leisure.
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Canada's Healthy Workplace Month (CHWM)
Provides Canadian organizations with great ideas and tools to participate in the annual Healthy Workplace Month in October and throughout the year.
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Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety
Provides information, advice and training on how to prevent illness and injury in the workplace.
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Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
Offers referral to community services in caller's area; Action News official newsletter; online searchable database and directories; Lifestyle Interview on Substance Abuse of LISA Software (offers a quick check of alcohol, drug and tobacco use), which produces a summary for professionals and a verdict and advice for the interviewee.
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Canadian Diabetes Association
Provides information about diabetes and offers helpful links to other diabetes information.
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Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute
Offers research and communication of information about physically active lifestyles to the public and private sectors.
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Canadian Health Network: Healthy Eating Health Centre
Offers resources for adopting a more healthy diet.
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Canadian Health Network: Mental Health Centre
Provides information and resources on mental health issues.
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Canadian Health Network: People with Disabilities
Offers resources about people living with a disability.
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Canadian Health Network: Tobacco Health Centre
Provides information and resources on smoking.
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Canadian Health Network: Workplace Health Centre
Contains resources about balancing family and work, job safety, preventing work-related injuries, workplace health promotion, and wellness programs.
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Canadian Hearing Society
Offers information on employment counselling services; interpreter services; hearing and workplace noise assessments; brochures and booklets on hearing loss, etc.
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Canadian Homecare Association
Offers information on initiatives, programs, research and innovations; fact sheets; newsletter with membership; and referrals to local support groups.
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Canadian Hypertension Society
Provides research on hypertension in Canada and offers suggestions for effective approaches to the management of this disease.
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Canadian Lung Association
Offers a Quit Smoking Guide to help people quit, and Do You Want To Quit? Information booklets online. Online educational materials and information on support groups; links to websites on teens and smoking, statistics and research; brochures on smoking; asthma and workplace air quality. Provincial Lung Associations offer specific cessation programs.
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Canadian Lung Association's National Influenza Immunization Campaign
Flu at Work Kit' with details on workplace vaccination programs, vaccination reminders, and posters.
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Canadian Massage Therapists Alliance (CMTA)
Provides information and resources designed to promote the art, science, and philosophy of massage therapy for the betterment of health care in Canada. Membership is available, including referrals to provincial associations and research initiatives.
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Canadian MedicAlert Foundation
MedicAlert offers various options to encourage employers to
include MedicAlert as part of an overall corporate Health and Wellness program or Health Benefit Package for employees. This website outlines options such as full or partial employer subsidies, employer group savings on membership fees and/or products. Face-to-face presentations, health exhibits, relevant articles for newsletters, and enrolment clinics are also offered.
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Canadian National Institute for the Blind
Provides information about eye safety programs for the workplace in particular regions.
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Canadian Occupational Safety Magazine
Offers a wide array of articles to help the work of health and safety professionals.
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Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF)
This organization acts as a resource and facilitator in the pursuit of equity, fairness, and social justice. The website offers local referrals; information; and a report on employment issues called Unequal Access.
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Canadian Sleep Society (CSS)
Offers online access to a list of sleep facilities across Canada; sleep brochures and other related tools; as well as online access to sleep experts by province.
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Canadian Society of Intestinal Research
Provides information on IBS, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, as well as other gastrointestinal tract disorders; pamphlets; support groups; and newsletters.
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Canadian Standards Association
Assist organizations and people to understand standards through education and information products and services.
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Canadian Workplace Research Network
Provides research on workplace change and supports the diffusion of workplace-centred research that will aid in the adoption of efficient and equitable workplace practices.
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Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Provides health promotion and prevention services and information.
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Centre for Families, Work and Well-being
Information is available on work/life issues across the human and family life cycle, policy analysis and best practices.
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City of Ottawa: Workplace Health Promotion Program
Provides workplace health information to organizations of the City of Ottawa.
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CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal
Allows physicians and medical students to interact with each other and with CMA, and to find the tools and resources they need to enhance their professional and personal lives.
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Coalition for Active Living
Committed to making sure that the environments where we live, learn, work and play support regular physical activity.
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Costs of Work-Life Conflict
This report uses survey data which was collected by Duxbury
and Higgins between 1991 and 1998 to examine the prevalence of work life conflict within Canada and the costs of such conflict to employees, their employers and to the health care system.
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Creating Healthier Work Environments
Provides Conference Board of Canada Publications, Research and other resources in the area of Health, Health Care, and Wellness.
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Depression & Anxiety Information Resource & Education Centre
Provides information on depression and anxiety, offers resources for these topics and research studies.
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Eastern Ontario Health Unit
Offers workplace health information to Eastern Ontario including Cornwall, Alexandra, Casselman, Rockland, Winchester, etc.
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Employee Assistance Professionals Association
Hosts an annual conference, publishes a journal for the employee assistance profession, and offers training and other resources to enhance the professionalism of its members and the industry.
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Farm Business Health Model
A guide to health programming for farm businesses.
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Farm Business Health Model Guide
A guide to developing and implementing the workplace health system for farm businesses.
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Government of Canada Public Service-wide Employee Survey
Provides a general overview of the popular business literature published over the last fiver years on the subject of workplace well-being.
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Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
Provides workplace health services, courses and information to the Halliburton, Kawartha and Pine Ridge District.
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Halton Regional Health Department
Serves Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville offering workplace health services and programs to local organizations.
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Health Canada
Offers information about a variety of health related issues.
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Health Canada – Publications & Resources
Offers a variety of downloadable information guides, health models, and case studies.
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Health Care Information Resources: McMaster University Health Sciences Library
Offers resources and web links to information on staying healthy, nutrition, aging disease, and sexual health.
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Healthfinder
Provides a database for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the internet.
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Healthworks Infosheet
Gives reasons for implementing healthful practices within an organization.
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Healthy Canadian
Provides health related news and information, as well as locate service providers, health associations, consumer health products, and links to the pharmaceutical industry.
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Healthy Measures
Introduces new ways for both consumers and health professionals to teach women to measure their health, and promotes new, healthier measures or steps that women can take to better their health without focussing on weight loss. Based on a three-pronged approach of being active, eating well, and being yourself.
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Healthy Settings: Canadian Case Studies
Case studies of organizations concerned with health and wellness in the workplace.
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Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Provides information on heart disease, stroke and nutrition, offers advice on heart healthy menus for company cafeterias, information on stress, smoking cessation and nutrition.
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Institute for Health Promotion Research
Provides research on health promotion and population health and its impact in the community, the workplace, schools, the clinical setting, and international settings.
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Institute for Work and Health
Provides research and promotes new ways to prevent workplace disability, improve treatment, and optimize recovery and safe return to work.
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Integrative Health Institute
Focuses on wellness, health promotion, and the healing process. Provides expert advice about the benefits of integrating conventional and alternative health care options for addressing the body, mind, and spirit, as well as the environment and relationships with others.
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Internet Mental Health
Explores an online encyclopaedia on mental health.
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Job Stress Network
Provides information about and related to work stress in general, including job strain.
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JobQuality.ca
Provides comprehensive, public and user-friendly information on the quality of work in the Canadian labour market.
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Key Principles of Program Evaluation
Highlights key principles and types of program evaluation techniques that can be used at different stages of workplace health programs. PDF file available.
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Kids Have Stress Too!
Provides information on how to effectively manage children's stress.
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Kids Health
Providing health information about children from before birth to adolescence.
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Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox, Addington Health Unit
Provides workplace health services to organizations in the Kingston, Frontenca, Lennox, and Addington areas.
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Lambton Health Unit
Provides workplace health services to organizations in the Lambton County including Forest and Point Edward.
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Leeds, Greenville and Lanark District Health Unit
Offers workplace health information to organizations in the Leeds, Greenville and Lanark District.
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Leisure Information Network
Offers information on leisure information including being home to the National Recreation Database.
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Making Your Workplace Smokefree
A decision makers guide to eliminating smoking in the workplace. Offers practical and proven strategies for implementing successful policies in a variety of work settings.
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Male Health Centres
This website is facilitated by a group of physicians interested in providing patients with information and treatment for erectile
dysfunction and prostate disease. It is designed to assist the patient in deciding upon appropriate treatment for the disorder.
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Mental Health Works
Helps organizations recognize the important role they can play in supporting the mental health of their employees and how they can respond appropriately when employees experience mental health problems.
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Middlesex-London Health Unit
Offers workplace health information to organizations in Middlesex-London region.
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Motherisk (c/o Hospital for Sick Children)
Newsletters; pamphlets; books; and information available regarding the safety or risk of drugs, chemicals, and disease during pregnancy and lactation.
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Muskoka-Parry Sound Health Unit
Provides workplace health information to organizations in the Muskoka-Parry Sound area including Bracebridge, Huntsville, Burks Falls etc.
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National Eating Disorder Information Centre
Offers listings of treatment services and resources from across the country, written information on eating disorders assistance with the development of information materials.
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National Institute of Disability Management and Research
Committed to reducing the human, social and economic cost of disability to workers, employers and society through education, training and research.
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National Quality Institute
NQI is Canada's leading authority on the development and sustainability of excellence through quality and healthy workplace environments.
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Northwestern Health Unit
Provides workplace health information to organizations in the Northwestern District including Kenora, Dryden, Sioux Lookout, etc.
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Osteoporosis Society of Canada
This website provides easy-to-understand information about
the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of osteoporosis. It
offers referrals; peer counselling phone line; workplace seminars; literature; and contact information for provincial chapters.
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Oxford County Board of Health
Offers workplace wellness information to organizations in the Oxford County including Woodstock.
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Parkinson Society of Canada
Website offers referrals to regional offices; workplace seminars; local support groups; exercise classes; fundraising events; newsletters; educational conferences; professional
speakers; resource materials; and peer support programs.
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Perth District Health Unit
Provides workplace health services to organizations in the Perth District including Stratford and Listowel.
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Peterborough County-City Health Unit
Offers workplace health services to organizations of the City of Peterborough and County.
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Population and Public Health Branch
Provides information regarding policies, programs, and systems relating to prevention, health promotion, disease surveillance, community action, and disease control. Contains a compilation of information contained on the sites of the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control (LCDC) and sites of the former Health Promotion and Programs Branch (HPPB) in one cohesive branch site.
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Porcupine Health Unit
Provides workplace health services to the entire Cochrane District and Hornepayne in Algoma District including Cochrane, Hearst, Kapuskasing, and Moosonee.
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Program Evaluation Manual
Increases understanding of the evaluation process and methods, enhances evaluation activity in workplace health promotion programs, and improves marketing, planning, and operation of workplace health promotion. PDF file available.
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Program Training and Consultation Centre
Provides training and consultation services to enhance the capacity of Ontario communities to implement effective community-based tobacco use reduction strategies.
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Regional Municipality of Durham Health Department
Offers workplace health services to organizations of the Durham Region including Oshawa, Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Uxbridge etc.
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Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk
Offers a variety of free and low cost services to workplaces in Norfolk and Haldimand Counties including Dunnville, Caledonia and Simcoe.
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Regional Municipality of Waterloo
Provides services to the residents of the region of Waterloo including Waterloo and Kitchener.
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Regional Niagara Public Health Department
Offers workplace health services and information to organizations of the Niagara Region including Welland, St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, Fonthill, Thorold, etc.
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Sex Information and Education Council of Canada
Access to information on sexually transmitted diseases, sexuality and contraception; access to the Common Questions About Sexual Health Education document, Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, and other articles and information sources through the website, including a research library.
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Simcoe County District Health Unit
Offers workplace health services and information to organizations of Simcoe County including Essa, Innisfil, Severn, etc.
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Small Business Health Model Booklet
An online guide to the workplace health system in small businesses.
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Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
This website offers information and articles related to pregnancy and birth, contraception and sexual health, and menopause, symptoms, and related health issues. A large focus is also on the International Women's Health Program.
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St. John Ambulance
Offers information on courses in emergency first aid, standard first aid, CPR; safety and health promotion training.
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Statistics Canada
Produces statistics that help Canadians better understand their country—its population, resources, economy, society and culture.
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Stepping into Health and Success in your Farm Business
A guide to help improve the health and safety conditions of those who live and/or work on Canadian farms.
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Stepping Up Your Physical Activity: Walking to Improve Your Health
Offers suggestions and encouragement on developing a successful walking program as a primary means of physical activity.
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Substance Abuse in the Workplace
Explores issues such as how substance abuse problems may affect the workplace, possible costs to a business, and how a business can address such issues.
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Sudbury District Health Unit
Provides workplace health services to organizations of Sudbury, the District of Sudbury and the Manitoulin districts.
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Summer Active
Features fun and interesting SummerActive stories and events from various Provinces/Territories, and Communities across Canada in order to promote healthy eating, active living, and living smoke free to help improve and maintain health.
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Thunder Bay District Health Unit
Offers workplace health information to organization of the Thunder Bay District including Thunder Bay, Marathon, Schrieber etc.
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Vanier Institute of the Family
Provides information on families in Canada and the challenges families face in their diverse structures.
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Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit
Offers workplace health services to the organizations of Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph district.
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Windsor-Essex County Health Unit
Provides workplace health services to organizations of Windsor-Essex County including Windsor, Leamington, and Essex.
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Work & Family Connection
Offers valuable information about the connections between work and life.
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Workers Health & Safety Centre, Ontario
Provides information for workers regarding health and safety issues, including training and publications.
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Work-Life Balance in Canadian Workplaces
Includes information about policies and programs regarding work-life balance in Canadian Workplaces. Includes: Voices of Canadians: Seeking Work-Life Balance and Collective Agreements and Older Workers in Canada
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WorkNet: Alcohol and Other Drugs in the Workplace
Provides information, research, publications, and events surrounding alcohol and drug policy issues.
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Workplace Health Bureau: Tools and Techniques for Evaluating Progress
Provides a step-by-step guide to reviewing and evaluating Workplace Health System programs that have been put into place. PDF file available.
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Workplace Health Information: Absenteeism
Examines the impact of absenteeism on employees, the productivity of Canadian business, and the GDP. PDF file.
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Workplace Health Information: Influencing Employee Health
Focuses on improving employee health at the individual, organizational, and population levels.
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Workplace Health Information: Juggling Home and Work
Investigates the difficulties faced by employees in balancing home and work life. PDF file.
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Workplace Health System in Corporate Business
A guide to developing and implementing the workplace health system in medium and large businesses.
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Workplace Health System in Small Business
A guide to developing and implementing the Workplace Health System in Small Business.
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Workplace Health System: Corporate Health Model Booklet
Online guide to the Corporate Health Model.
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Workplace Health System: Discovering the Needs
Online guide to workplace health promotion.
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Workplace Health Unit - Brock Unversity Wellness Institute
Offers assessment tools and systems for collecting and interpreting individual and organizational level data.
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World Federation for Mental Health
Promotes mental health through public education campaigns and membership.
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Young Worker Awareness Program
Offers health and safety awareness information to young workers to protect themselves on the job.
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