Healthy Workplace Month

Healthy Workplace Month (October) encourages workplaces and communities to create and implement healthy workplace strategies.

The BCRPA recognizes the important role that work environments play in the physical activity levels of British Columbians. Healthy workplaces benefit organizations and individuals alike and result in improved productivity, fewer insurance and worker compensation claims, reduced absenteeism, and improved staff attitudes towards the organization.

The following are resources you can use throughout Healthy Workplace Month and beyond.

Register for Healthy Workplace Month

Help us profile your event and activities by registering them on the BCRPA website. Register online here.

BCRPA Healthy Workplace Month Resources

Get your employees moving!

Walk BC encourages individual and group walking to increase overall health in communities through a range of programs that promote walking including Workplace Walking. 

•     Start a Workplace walking program
•     Find walks near you! Use Walk BC’s interactive map
•     Develop a workplace walking or physical activity program:
              Step-by-Step: A Workplace Walking Resource
              Step-by-Step: Resources

Support Active Transportation in your workplace.

Support your employees’ health by promoting active transportation. Click here for more information about the Built Environment and Active Transportation initiative (BEAT)

Create awareness about the benefits of physical activity.

Communications tools to help you promote Healthy Workplace Month and healthy living within your workplace or community

Promote healthy eating and healthy food choices in your workplace.

The Stay Active, Eat Healthy initiative provides tools and resources for the sale of healthy food and beverages in public buildings

Find a fitness leader to engage your workplace.

Are you a community looking to run a lunch-hour fitness class in your office or in need of a personal trainer to come to the workplace to assist with your health and wellness programs? The BCRPA’s Fitness Registration Program has a directory of Fitness Leaders who are willing to come into your community or workplace to offer fitness classes, one-on-one training or a training or a variety of other exercise-related activities for you, your staff and your community members. To connect with a BCRPA Fitness Leader, send an email to reception@bcrpa.bc.ca indicating the type of Fitness Leader you are interested in and a list of the Fitness Leaders in your area will be provided.

BCRPA Active Workplace Workbook

The BCRPA has developed an Active Workplace Workbook, to assist registered Active Communities and workplaces in the public, private and not-for-profit sector with developing a workplace wellness program.

   The workbook covers:
        Benefits of an active workplace - facts & figures
        Comprehensive healthy workplace planning
        Getting started - an 8-step formula
        Recommended practices
 

Other resources

ActNow BC – Creating a Healthy Work Environment

Active Living at Work – Public Health Agency of Canada

BC Healthy Living Alliance (BCHLA) Tobacco-Free Workplace Initiative

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety: Healthy Workplaces

Creating a Healthy Workplace – ActNow BC and the BC Ministry of Health

Healthier Worksite Initiative – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Healthy Workplace Month

National Quality Institute - Workplace Walks

Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition - Be a Bike-Friendly Workplace

For more information about Healthy Workplace Month, please contact the BC Recreation and Parks Association at  parksandrec@bcrpa.bc.ca.