Key Resources

Looking for key resources on workplace health? This section describes some of the major web-based sources for workplace health and wellness information.

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
Promotes a safe and healthy working environment by providing information and advice to all parties about occupational health and safety. Offers Inquiries Service to Canadians on specific health and safety issues in the workplace. Provides access to a wide range of publications, databases and information products.
Source: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)

Canadian Policy Research Networks
Creates knowledge and leads public debate on social and economic issues important to the well-being of Canadians. Conducts research on family, work, and health, as well as projects on the non-profit sector, the social union, and policy research. Work-related research looks at labour market, workplace change and learning and work.
Source: Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN)

Centre for Families, Work and Well-Being
Promotes individual and family well-being, responsive and productive work environments, and strong, sustainable communities through strategic research, policy analysis, best practices development, and education. Web site includes an events calendar and on-line publications.
Source: Centre for Families, Work and Well-Being (CFWW)

European Network for Workplace Health Promotion
Provides a European perspective on workplace health promotion. Offers access to a newsletter, discussion forum, and workplace health promotion programming information and tools.
Source: European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP)

Global Business and Economic Roundtable on Addiction and Mental Health
Provides information, analysis and ideas concerning the linkage between business, the economy, mental health and work. Provides executives, managers, and supervisors information and advice on reducing the business and economic dollar costs of mental illness and addictions among employees and management.
Source: Global Business and Economic Roundtable on Addiction and Mental Health

Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace
The Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace is proud to provide you with a diversity of ideas and strategies from a variety of sources. This information comes from researchers as well as from promising practices that have come to our attention. While the views and opinions expressed on this site are not necessarily the views and opinions of Great-West Life, they are presented to help you turn knowledge into action by providing quick and easy access to resources that may help to enhance mental health in your workplace.
Source: Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace

Health Canada, Environmental and Workplace Health, Workplace Health
Includes research findings outlining the ways in which the work environment impacts the health of workers and the productivity of Canadian organizations. Also includes resources designed to assist organizations in implementing workplace health strategies.
Source: Health Canada

Information and resources
Provides access to resources supporting workplace health promotion. Covers issues such as effectiveness of workplace health promotion, conditions necessary for successful initiatives, stakeholder analysis, and a comprehensive planning framework. Includes a virtual community for health promotion intermediaries.
Source: The Health Communication Unit (THCU)

Institute for Work and Health
Researches and promotes ways to prevent workplace disability, improved treatment, optimal recovery and safe return-to-work. Focused on research and the transfer of research results into practice in health care, clinical settings, and the workplace.
Source: Institute for Work and Health (IWH)

JobQuality.ca
Offers information and data on the quality of work and working conditions in Canada. Describes indicators of job quality and explains why they’re important to employers, employees and policy makers. Includes tables and charts, statistics, surveys and news.
Source: Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN)

Mental health works
Provides employers and employees with information about mental health issues in the workplace. Covers topics such as early identification, prevention, accommodation, legal rights and responsibilities. Includes news, fact sheets, resource lists, and information on publications and services.
Source: Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario Division

National Quality Institute
Assists organizations to improve excellence, increase productivity and build healthy workplaces through the use of quality principles, practices and certification. Web site offers healthy workplace criteria and guidelines, courses, resources, training and recognition.
Source: National Quality Institute (NQI)

Work-life balance in Canadian workplaces
Offers information, resources and tools to help organizations design and implement supportive programs and policies facilitating work-life balance. Includes case studies, programs, policies, evaluation tools, and best practices.
Source: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)