Health Work & Wellness™ Conference 2008 Moving Forward… Giving Back October 15th – 18th, 2008 Calgary TELUS Convention Centre For more information: http://conferences.healthworkandwellness.com/ Conference Theme: Successful organizations have a few things in common – healthy work cultures, healthy communication, healthy people strategies … and a healthy organizational footprint — from the design of their offices, […]
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Inclusive wellness
To achieve a national healthy workplace agenda, health promotion efforts and resources must be directed to employers of all sizes.
Inclusive wellness
To achieve a national healthy workplace agenda, health promotion efforts and resources must be directed to employers of all sizes.
Creating Healthy Organizations: Insights from the Front-lines
Presentation at the Second International Workshop on Work and Intervention Practices. Laval University, August 27th-29th, Quebec City. In this presentation, I will examine strategies and tactics for implementing changes that build healthy organizations. I draw on my consulting experiences with many organizations that are trying to create healthier work environments. Improvements in working conditions, worker […]
Getting a grip on stress
Work stress often gets labelled a 21st century epidemic. However, increased employer attention on creating healthier work environments may be helping to get stress under control.There’s only one way to know whether the stress landscape is changing: track national trends using best available data, which come from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS). The CCHS […]
Healthy workers = productive workers
Graham Lowe co-presented with Linda Duxbury a session at the Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute's annual conference, Forum 2008, Toronto, May 13, 2008. Session description: Learn about evidence-based strategies for improving employee health and wellness, reducing costs, and strengthening organizational performance. This session will use the latest health and productivity research to provide decision-makers with […]
How to Create High Quality Jobs and Work Environments
Workshop facilitated by Graham Lowe at the annual IAPA Conference, Toronto, April 22, 2008. For conference information: www.iapa.ca/conference Workshop Description: This interactive workshop will guide participants through a step-by-step process for improving the quality of jobs and work environments in their organization. OHS professionals will learn about a comprehensive, evidence-based perspective on job quality and […]
Job Quality and Organizational Performance
Presentation by Graham Lowe at the annual IAPA Conference, Toronto, April 22, 2008. For conference information: www.iapa.ca/conference Session Description: Job quality is a bridge between what matters to individual workers and what drives organizational performance. Based on Dr. Lowe’s research, presented in 21st Century Job Quality: Achieving What Canadians Want (www.cprn.org), the quality of an […]
HR's role in reshaping work – retirement transitions
Graham Lowe facilitated a "roundtable" session for the BC Human Resource Management Association that focused on HR's role in reshaping work – retirement transitions to best meet the needs of employers, workers and society. Participants learned about leading practices and shared their own experiences. Discussion topics included: how to tap older workers' talents, flexible employment […]
The role of healthcare work environments in shaping a safety culture
Graham Lowe's feature article in the current issue of Healthcare Quarterly examines the role of healthcare work-environment factors in creating a culture of safety. In the first study of its kind undertaken in Canada, Lowe uses survey evidence from allied health professional and technical workers in Alberta to assess the links between working conditions and […]