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Meetings

The Council on Workplace Health and Wellness offers its members an extensive networking opportunity through three meetings per year. Meetings are held on a confidential off-the-record basis and give members an opportunity to share best practices, exchange information and to learn from leading experts.

Past Meetings

October 20-21, 2011
Hosted by The City of Calgary
Calgary, AB
Meeting Theme: Beyond Health Risk Assessments: Promoting Organizational and Individual Accountability for Wellness

May 11-12, 2011
Hosted by Bell Canada
Montréal, QC
Meeting Theme: Workplace Health Management: a Strategic Function in Organizations

February 2-3, 2011
Toronto, ON
Meeting Theme: Chronic Illness Prevention and Management

September 16-17, 2010
Winnipeg, MB
Hosted by The Wellness Institute at Seven Oaks General Hospital
Meeting Theme: Attracting, Retaining, and Engaging the Mature Workforce: Implications for Organizational Health Management

April 22-23, 2010
Toronto, ON
Meeting Theme: Workload, Workplace Stress, and Employee Wellbeing

October 15-16, 2009
Vancouver, BC
Hosted by Telus Communications
Meeting Theme: The Bottom Line on Work-Life Quality

June 11-12, 2009
Toronto, ON
Hosted by Direct Energy Marketing Limited
Meeting Theme: Getting Buy-In to Employee Health: Lessons from Social Marketing

March 3-4, 2009
Ottawa, ON
Meeting Theme: Mental Health and Addictions
Presenter and Workshop Facilitator: Dr. Gabor Maté

Other Meeting Themes

  • The Safe, the Healthy and the Engaged: An Integrated Approach to Healthy Workplaces
  • Building an Effective Business Case for Health and Wellness
  • Creating the Psychologically Safe Work Environment
  • Creating Wellness Strategies for a Diverse Workforce
  • Pandemic Preparedness
  • Accommodations and the Changing Workforce
  • Holistic Health – An Integrated Approach to Wellness
  • Ergonomics – Programs, Implementation, and Design
  • Occupational Health and Safety – New Directions
  • Mental Health – Workplace Implications
  • Organizational Readiness and Response to Emergencies and Workplace Violence

Featured Report

In Their Own Words: Building Competitive Advantage Through Health and Safety
Compendium by Bjorn Rutten, January 2009
The Conference Board of Canada, 44 pages

Testimonial

“Being a member of this council is an integral part of my role as a leader in the corporate health and wellness field. Every meeting and conference call roundtable allows me to contribute, debate and validate current corporate health strategies. After each meeting, I walk away with a renewed energy which helps create a new focus on health strategies for my workplace.”

—Mrs. Janet Crowe, Director, Wellness and Work Life Solutions, TELUS Communications