The average Canadian works 33.3 hours per week. So it’s no surprise that working conditions affect health. But what makes a workplace healthy? Workplace safety, a thriving wage, access to decent benefits, mental health supports, as well as anti-racism and anti-discrimination policies all contribute to a healthy workplace. As workplaces continue to evolve, and conditions change, employee health should remain a priority.
In a new research project, Wellesley Institute is applying the thriving at work framework to better understand PSW and ECE work environments. We want to learn how these jobs can support workers’ health and well-being, and what helps these workers thrive in the workplace.
Good child care advances health equity. While the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care initiative introduced in 2021 has improved…
A previous paper by Wellesley Institute on the healthcare experiences of people with long COVID in the Greater Toronto raised…
The hotel and accommodations sector is one of the hardest-hit industries by the COVID-19 pandemic. Hotels have continued to provide…
The Wellesley Institute is a non-profit and non-partisan institute that works on research and policy to improve health and health…
Wellesley Institute improves health through research to aid policy development, meaning we focus on the social factors which can either…
This framework is grounded in an evidence review of academic and grey literature on what constitutes a healthy job. To…
Our previous New Normal Election Analysis pieces examined seniors’ care and income inequality. Below, we look at provincial party commitments…
The COVID-19 virus is clever. Most people who spread COVID-19 do not know that they have it. They have no…
Across the province, personal support workers (PSWs) have been walking out on their jobs because of unsafe working conditions created…
Access to prescription medication often depends on where and how you work, rather than your need. Using the data from…
Wellesley Institute draws on the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care’s Health Equity Impact Assessment (HEIA) tool to identify the…
