Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

The interrelationship between the community, the workplace and the employee is known to influence employee health and well-being, as well as the health and performance of the organization. CSR activities are often seen as voluntary, going above and beyond what is legislated or required. This driver includes how the organization’s CSR activities address workplace aspects such as occupational health and safety, human rights, community development, environmental protection and emergency response.

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Mental Health and Workplace Culture

A workplace culture that supports mental health

Culture is created, reinforced and sustained by ongoing patterns of relationships and communications that are known to have an important influence on psychological health and safety. This driver involves an organizational culture that reflects values that support mental health, such as trust, fairness, respect, diversity, inclusion and teamwork.

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Healthy Lifestyles

Support for healthy lifestyles

This involves helping employees develop and maintain healthy lifestyle practices, drop unhealthy/risky habits and make optimal use of the health care system.

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Physical Environment

Attention to occupational health and safety in the physical environment

OH&S has been legislated in Canada for more than 100 years, aiming to reduce the risk of fatalities and workplace disabilities. This driver involves fully and continually addressing matters of occupational health and safety, including the possible impacts of new technologies, production changes, increasing demands on time, and cost containment measures.

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Friend of Canada's Healthy Workplace Month 2026

Unsinkable is a national Canadian storytelling charity founded by four-time Olympian and author Silken Laumann, built on the belief that sharing our stories can help us better understand ourselves and one another. We create thoughtful, supported experiences that help people explore, make meaning of, and share their lived experiences with agency and care. More than 500 storytellers have entrusted us with stories spanning identity and belonging, family and love, grief and loss, transition and reinvention, struggle, humanity and joy, creating a growing living library of the human experience, reaching millions across the country. Through storytelling initiatives, live experiences and partnerships, we bring those stories into communities to build connection, empathy and belonging.

Unsinkable creates spaces where people can share lived experiences, build connection, and deepen understanding around mental health.

Unsinkable @ Work (U@W) brings these conversations into workplaces and institutions, helping organizations foster healthier conversations around mental health, well-being, and resilience.

Through lived experience, expert insights, and interactive storytelling, U@W offers practical, engaging ways for employees and leaders to feel more heard, understood, and supported—while contributing to a broader national conversation about workplace mental health.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Mental Health and Workplace Culture

Healthy Lifestyles

Physical Environment

Friend of Canada's Healthy Workplace Month 2026

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