Links & Resources

1. Human Resources and Skills Development Canada - The Voices of Canadians Seeking Work-Life Balance
   Learn about work-life balance and view a compilation of the comments of Canadian workers regarding how they feel about the stress they are facing in their daily lives as they seek to balance work and family. 
2. Public Health Agency of Canada - Business Case Template
   This template has been provided to help people prepare documentation for their own organization. It is for reference only and will have to be expanded and adapted to suit the needs of each organization.
   Detailed data related to current benefit costs, age of workforce, absenteeism, injury costs, etc. can be collected from your own organization. This type of information is needed to demonstrate the financial incentive for your organization to invest in active lifestyle strategies.
3. The Health Communication Unit
   The Health Communication Unit at the Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto, is one of 22 members of the Ontario Health Promotion Resource System funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. The Health Communication Unit was developed to provide training and support in health communication and includes health promotion planning, evaluation, and policy change.
4. Canada’s Healthy Workplace Month
   Join others in this annual celebration during the month of October.  There are hundreds of activities you can take part in during these four weeks.
5. Canadian Council on Integrated Healthcare (CCIH)
   The Canadian Council on Integrated Healthcare (CCIH) is a national, multi-stakeholder health education group with a mission to help Canadians understand emerging healthcare changes. This paper on workplace health arose from several fundamental questions: Given the presence and impact of the workplace in most Canadians’ lives, where does workplace health fit into the wider Canadian healthcare landscape? Should workplace health become more or less of a priority for Canada, and why?
6. Health Canada Study - Predictors of Work-Life Conflict
   Work-life balance is important to individual employees, the organizations that they work for, the families that support and rely on them, and the society in which they live. The proportion of the Canadian workforce reporting high levels of work-life conflict increased substantively between 1991 and 2001.