Other Resources & Awards for Active Living at Work

• 'Making it Work' Workbook
• Healthy Workplace Awards Program
• Additional Programs
• Useful Links

'Making it Work' Workbook

The Canadian Centre for Health and Active Living at Work (CCHALW) has produced a resource to help organizations set up and sustain active living programs.

Making it Work is a 'how to' workbook for those in the preliminary stages of program planning and development. It is designed to introduce practical ideas to help you and your organization develop new perspectives and create effective approaches to active living.

This workbook is available online at the Canadian Council for Health and Active Living at Work website.

Other workplace health resources and tools available on Health Canada's website include the following booklets that can be downloaded or ordered from Health Canada' s website:

• Health Works Guide
  • Guide
  • Infosheet
• Healthy Settings: Canadian Case Studies
• The Farm Business Health Model
• Workplace Health System
  • Absenteeism
  • Juggling Home and Work
  • Influencing Employee Health
  • Overview Booklet
  • Corporate Health Model Booklet
  • Small Business Health Model

Health Canada's Occupational Health and Safety Agency is another resource that businesses can use to foster healthy workplaces.

Healthy Workplace Awards Program

Established in 1999, Canada's Healthy Workplace Awards program recognizes organizations which promote, encourage, support and offer exemplary health-related programs in the workplace.

The Healthy Workplace Criteria - developed in a partnership between Health Canada, the National Quality Institute and professionals from the health and safety sector - address five key areas:

1. Leadership;
2. Planning;
3. People Focus;
4. Process Management; and
5. Outcomes.

To earn recognition, employers must demonstrate that employee health and well-being are an integral and strategic part of the way they do business.

Healthy Workplace Award Recipients

• DaimlerChrysler Canada & the Canadian Auto Workers
• Delta Hotels
• M&M Meat Shops Ltd. (Head Office)
• Statistics Canada
• Dofasco Inc.
• NCR
• American Express (Canadian Division)
• MDS Nordion
• Telus - Corporate Health Services
• Celestica International Inc.

For more examples of companies who have implemented successful active living at work strategies, check out the Business Case Studies section.

Additional Programs

• Stairway to Health
•  Commuter Challenge(External link)
•  Healthy Workplace Month(External link)

Useful Links

• Alberta Centre for Well-Being
• Canadian Obesity Network
• The Health Communication Unit
• Human Resources and Skills Development Canada Labour Program
• Canada Safety Council
• National Quality Institute
• Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
• Industrial Accident Prevention Association
• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
• Leisure Information Network