February Workplace Wellness Program Ideas
Many organizations provide free and credible resources to help you plan workplace wellness activities. We have highlighted some of them here, including our own, to help you develop and deliver a cost-effective program for your employees.
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Black History Month
Promote awareness within your workplace with these resources from the Government of Canada or attend one of the many events held across the country.
Heart Month
Get in touch with the Heart and Stroke Foundation in your area to find speakers and resources to run your own Heart Month campaign. They also provide many resources about living a healthier lifestyle. Consider asking employees to share their own personal stories of maintaining heart health or recovery from heart-related illness.
World Cancer Day
February 4
Download a free World Cancer Day toolkit and other materials for ideas related to social media, fundraising and building awareness.
International Epilepsy Day
February 10
On the second Monday of February, people join together in more than 120 countries to raise awareness and highlight the problems faced by people with epilepsy, their families and carers. Encourage staff to learn about International Epilepsy Day. This International Epilepsy Day resource kit will also give you ideas for other ways to be more aware of epilepsy.
Pink Shirt Day
February 26
Workplace behaviours can be experienced as harmful by co-workers and employees, even if it’s unintentional. Encourage staff to show they are against bullying by wearing pink-shirts on this day. The Pink Shirt Day website has free content you can use to become more aware of bullying and its impact on psychological health.
Rare disease day
February 28
Rare Disease Day is the globally coordinated movement on rare diseases, working towards equity in social opportunity, healthcare, and access to diagnosis and therapies for people living with a rare disease. Use these Rare disease day resources to get involved.
Featured workshop materials
Learning to recharge
This workshop introduces different approaches to wellness breaks at work. These ideas can help energize, calm the mind and relax the body. Engaging your team in all of the activities allows each individual to choose the ones that best support them on any given day.
Featured work-life balance tip
Get your calm on
You can increase the feeling of calm before, during or after the storm. Some people feel calm with breathing exercises, being out in nature or engaging in art. What matters is finding what works best for you. “See the effort in focusing the mind as an exercise, not an exertion.” – Chaitanya Charan. Choose from among many different calming break activities.
Featured team building activity
Journal gratefullness
This activity helps the mind focus on what is positive to balance out the need to deal with the negative.
