Speak Out - for more physical activity opportunities at work and in your community

In Your Workplace

• Commitment to Workplace Wellness
  Enthusiastic support of senior management as well as employee commitment is crucial in the success of a wellness program. This link includes a business case presentation for staff and management outlining the benefits of an ongoing wellness program.
• Workbook for Influencing Physical Activity Policy
  This workbook is for anyone venturing to create a physical activity policy within their community or workplace. It is suitable for all levels of experience or comfort with policy development.
• Policies That Make it Easier to Be Physically Active in the Workplace
  This link focuses on policies that help employees be physically active.
• The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit - Policy: The Key to a Healthy Workplace Manual
  This handbook will assist you in the development and implementation of policies on several health-related issues. Further sources of information have been provided. Where possible, examples of existing or model policies have been included.

In Your Community

• How Does Your Workplace Connect With the Community
  This link focuses on how workplaces can interact with the community to encourage physical activity.
• Walkable Communities
  The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is working with community partners to build healthier communities through active transportation. For ideas and suggestions about what this could look like in your community go to icanwalk.ca and walkON. For example you could do a smart commute to work.
• A Case for Active Transportation
  This fact sheet describes how we can all work together through individual, workplace and municipal actions to make your community more physically active. Your municipality and workplace plays an important role in shaping the environment in which you live and in determining the planning and policies that affect your life.
• A Case for Better Air
  This fact sheet describes how we can all work together through individual, workplace and municipal actions that can make a difference in the air we breathe. Your municipality and workplace plays an important role in shaping the environment in which you live and in determining the planning and policies that affect your life.
• A Case for Healthy Communities
  This fact sheet describes how we can all work together through individual, workplace and municipal actions to make your community a healthier place to live. Your municipality and workplace plays an important role in shaping the environment in which you live and in determining the planning and policies that affect your life.