Free Webinars Offer Tips on Staying Healthy in the Workplace
HAMILTON, ON (October 6, 2010) – This October, the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) is offering two free webinars as part of Canada's Healthy Workplace Month®.
Implementing Healthy Eating Programs in the Workplace will be presented live on Wednesday, October 13, at 1 p.m. EDT. Heather Harvey of the Ontario Public Health Association will discuss how employers, managers and supervisors can implement their own healthy eating programs, as well as the benefits of doing so.
Make the Move: Staying Physically Active at Work will be presented live on Thursday, October 14, at 1 p.m. EDT. Angela Torry from the Alberta Centre for Active Living and Lindsay Wright of Be Fit For Life will team up to discuss the importance of physical activity at work and how it can be achieved, from the perspectives of both the employer and employee.
Canada's Healthy Workplace Month®, running October 4 to 31, encourages workplaces and employees to work together to create healthier workplaces and build a culture of trust and respect in which people are happy and healthy.
For more information and to sign up for either of these informative webinars, or for tips to achieve a healthy workplace, please visit www.ccohs.ca/products/webinars.
For even more resources to continue or kick start your healthy workplace initiatives, visit the Healthy Workplace Month website at www.healthyworkplacemonth.ca.
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For further information, please contact:
Eleanor Westwood, Manager - Communications
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
(905) 572-2981, ext. 4408,
E-mail: eleanorw@ccohs.ca
www.ccohs.ca
Wendy Stewart, Communications Officer
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
(905) 572-2981, ext. 4443,
E-mail: wendy.stewart@ccohs.ca
www.ccohs.ca
About CCOHS
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), a Canadian federal government agency based in Hamilton, Ontario is Canada's national resource for the advancement of workplace health and safety. CCOHS promotes the total well-being - physical, psychosocial and mental health - of working Canadians by providing information, training, education, management systems and solutions that support health and safety programs and the prevention of injury and illness. CCOHS partners and collaborates with agencies and organizations from Canada and around the world to improve the quality and quantity of resources and programs, as well as expand the breadth of usage of occupational health information to many different segments of society.
