Presentation and Interactive Workshop at the 2007 Western Cities Conference. Calgary. September 25, 2007. The session will focus on how learning is rooted in an organization’s culture – the values, beliefs and behaviours that define everyday working relationships. Participants will gain insights from leading organizations, as well as from each others’ experiences, about how a […]
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What workers want: It’s time to raise the bar
Op-ed article by Graham Lowe on 21st century job quality, published in the on-line edition of the Globe and Mail newspaper (www.globeandmail.com).
21st Century Job Quality: Achieving What Canadians Want
This new study, published by Canadian Policy Research Networks, is urging employers and governments to focus on job quality as a means to recruit and retain the workers needed for Canada’s future prosperity. In 21st Century Job Quality: Achieving What Canadians Want, author Graham Lowe finds that the economic prosperity of the new century hasn’t […]
Control Over Time and Work–Life Balance:
This report was prepared for the Federal Labour Standards Review Committee. It examines the research and relevant Canadian empirical evidence on work schedules, work time and work–life balance. It assesses trends and current practices in Canadian workplaces, particularly in sectors under federal jurisdiction. The paper also reviews empirical evidence on problems regarding work–life balance, increasing […]
Leading the Way to Health and Performance
Keynote address and interactive half-day workshop at the 4th Annual Workplace Wellness Conference, Kingston, Ontario. For registration information: (613) 549-1232 / workplacewellness@healthunit.on.ca
Healthy Cultures
Executive Breakfast Presentation at the 4th Annual Workplace Wellness Conference, Kingston, Ontario. For registration information: (613) 549-1232 / workplacewellness@healthunit.on.ca
Linking Culture and Performance
Linking Culture and Performance: How Healthy and Inspiring Work Environments are a Strategic Advantage. This session will provide a practical understanding of how to build a healthy workplace culture that inspires employees to contribute their best. Culture matters more than ever in today’s ultra-competitive labour market and global knowledge-based economy. Increasingly, organizational success depends on […]
Healthy Culture: The New Strategic Advantage
Presentation at the Pathways to Business Health Symposium, Vancouver. Sponsored by TRG Group Benefits and Pensions. For further information: (604) 714-4400 / rveltri@trggroup.com
Evidence for action: how and why healthy work environments are good for business
Keynote presentation at the Canadian Life Insurance Medical Officers’ Association annual conference. May 13-16, 2007. Toronto.
21st Century Job Quality Trends – webinar 1
Canadian Policy Research Network’s (CPRN)new research project, 21st Century Job Quality Trends is well underway. As part of the study, CPRN is conducting a series of “webinars” hosted by Graham Lowe (the lead researcher) at the beginning, middle and end of the project. These are virtual roundtables – linking participants from government, labour, the non-profit […]