The Front Page – A Mindful Practice

As we look towards a more holistic concept of wellness, the role of conscious living in maintaining health is becoming increasingly more important.

Mindful exercises can have incredible benefits for both physical and mental health. … READ MORE

23 1/2 hours: What is the single best thing we can do for our health?

 

A Doctor-Professor answers the old question “What is the single best thing we can do for our health?” in a completely new way. Dr. Mike Evans is founder of the Health Design Lab … READ MORE

Workplace Wellness Implementation Guide

Source: Heart and Stroke New Brunswick

Description: The Workplace Wellness Implementation guide provides a 7 step approach to building a workplace wellness program. More detailed information on each of these steps can be found in

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Wellness at Heart Toolkit

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Source: Heart and Stroke New Brunswick

Description: In 2007, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of New Brunswick undertook the initiative to develop a Workplace Wellness Toolkit in partnership with the College of Psychologists of New

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Canadian Healthy Workplace Criteria

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Source: National Quality Institute

Description: Developed in 1998 by the NQI in partnership with Health Canada and a team of key health professionals, the Canadian Healthy Workplace® Criteria addresses a broad-based approach to health and

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Alberta Centre for Active Living Tools & Resources

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Source: Alberta Centre for Active Living

Description: “A Better Place to Work”
Improve your workplace by bringing physical activity into the workday. This user-friendly website helps employers, employees, workplace wellness coordinators and human resources advisors

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Putting Health on the Agenda: A model policy for healthy meetings and events

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Source: The Council of Atlantic Premiers

Description: Guidelines for Healthy Meetings and Events
The workplace offers an ideal setting to promote healthy living.The Healthy Meetings and Events policy will make it easier for employees to

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Kawartha Trans Canada Trail Outdoor Classroom

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Source: Trans Canada Trail Ontario

Description: With increasing pressures to pack more and more into the curriculum, teachers sometimes find it hard to justify taking students out of the classroom. Reluctantly, the outdoors is abandoned.

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Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card

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Source: Active Healthy Kids Canada

Description: Report Card Settings and Indicators: How do the pieces of the puzzle fit together?
In an attempt to clarify the relationships among the many influences and outcomes of physical

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Community Based Awareness – Marketing Action Plan

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Source: Physical Activity Strategy

Description: Providing access to information and making it available and understandable to your target market is critical. You can heighten awareness of programs by developing a marketing campaign which uses positive

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