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Keynote presentation at the Roundtable Project on Safe and Timely Return to Function/Return to Work. September 8, 2003. Toronto.

This study analyzed correlates of workers’ perceptions of the extent to which their work environment is healthy, and how these perceptions influence job satisfaction, employee commitment, workplace morale, absenteeism and intent to quit. The study supports a comprehensive model of workplace health that targets working conditions, work relationships and workplace organization for health promotion interventions.

This article lays out the ingredients of a healthy organization, how this is a step beyond ‘workplace healthy promotion’, and the change strategies required to get there.

Panel presentation at the 19th Annual Labour Arbitration and Policy Conference, Calgary, Alberta. June 12, 2003.

Presentation to the ‘Facts for Future — Finland 2015’, Finnish delegation study visit to Canada. Montreal.

The European Union’s goal of becoming the world’s most competitive knowledge-based economy by 2010 will depend, in part, on achieving its ambitious goals for improving the overall quality of jobs.

City of Saskatoon, day-long Management Forum, Western Development Museum, Saskatoon., Sask. April 3, 2003.

This paper examines two health issues of crucial importance to practitioners and policy makers: the work environment and organizational factors that positively influence workers’ health and well-being, and the relationship between healthy workplaces and productivity. Research in diverse disciplines agrees on the importance of supporting employees to be effective in their jobs in ways that […]

Plenary presentation by Graham Lowe at the Alberta Chambers of Commerce conference on “The Alberta Workforce: Explore the Opportunities.” Edmonton, Alberta. March 26, 2003.

Now is the time to rethink retirement, so that workforce renewal is orderly, planned and responsive to the needs of people and organizations.