eQUITY Link
eQUITY link is a resource and training site designed to build the language skills of healthcare service providers working in diverse healthcare systems. The purpose is to answer the question “Where do I start and how do I do it?” asked by healthcare managers who want to improve their French-language service delivery.
Advocacy and Communications Toolkit
This toolkit was developed for hospital pharmacists. It highlights key components of a successful advocacy campaign, how to get your message across effectively, media relations tips, and practical case studies specific to hospital pharmacists.
Advocacy Toolkit
This toolkit seeks to support healthcare staff members to participate in social justice advocacy and provides a brief overview of six practical steps for taking action.
VMDAS Hub for Engagement and Wellness
A place to gather, connect, collaborate and care for the Vancouver Medical, Dental and Allied Staff Association (VMDAS) members. They are encouraged to use the space for informal meetings with other VMDAS members. The Vancouver Physician Staff Association (VPSA) hosts events in the space including its monthly Physician Appreciation Lunch. Members are encouraged to contact VPSA with ideas for additional events and workshops that could be hosted in the hub. It is open 24/7.
Well-being Champion Program
This program aims to foster local communities of well-being by supporting chapter members, practices, and organizations in addressing burnout and the conditions that create it. The Champions, who are trained ACP members passionate about ensuring the health and well-being of their colleagues, strive to reach this goal through a variety of approaches tailored to the needs of the chapter and its members.
Confronting the Invincibility Myth in Health care
This study involved semistructured interviews with 22 faculty physicians working in Canada. It focused on their experiences of wellness and burnout, their perceptions of wellness initiatives, and how their experiences and perceptions influence their uptake of the rapidly proliferating strategies aimed at nurturing their resilience. Participants denounced the “Invincibility Myth” in which physicians are expected to be “superhuman” and “sacrifice everything” for medicine.
Workplace Violence Prevention In Health Care
This guide to the law for hospitals, long-term care homes and home care aims to help employers, supervisors and workers understand their obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) and O. Reg. 67/93 – Health Care and Residential Facilities Regulation, including workplace violence prevention.
Charter on Physician Well-Being
Guiding principles and key commitments offered as a framework for key groups to address physician well-being from medical training through an entire career. It is intended to inspire collaborative efforts among individuals, organizations, health systems, and the profession of medicine to honor the collective commitment of physicians to patients and to each other.
Wellness-Centered Leadership
This resource summarizes the mindset, behaviors, and outcomes of the elements of the Wellness-Centered Leadership (WCL) model. It also discusses their application for physician leaders.
After a Suicide: A Toolkit for Physician
In the event of a suicide within a physician residency or fellowship program, it is critical to have a plan of action already in place. This toolkit gives a foundation for doing so.
Indigenous Health - Tools and Resources
A compilation of tools and resources on Indigenous health, including foundational reading, guidance documents and online courses.
Addressing Mental Health In The Workplace
Learn about the National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace (the Standard).
Have ‘THAT’ Talk
A series developed to raise awareness about the importance of mental health in all areas of life. The section "For Workplaces" includes animation videos on the 13 factors in the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace.
Creating A Safe Space
Best practice guidelines, tools and resources to assist policy makers, accreditation bodies, regulators and healthcare leaders assess what healthcare workers need in terms of support, and to create peer support programs.
Mental Health In The Workplace
Educational resources to learn how to encourage and drive conversations around mental health in the workplace as well as promote long-term mental health in the workplace beyond October (Mental Health Awareness month).
The Heart of Safety: Declaration of Principles
10 CEOs from across the United States wrote and signed the Heart of Safety to create more awareness about critical safety and well-being issues in healthcare, influence policies to protect health workers, and ensure care team members have the resources, equipment, and technologies they deserve to feel safe at work.
National Plan For Health Workforce Well-Being
This peer reviewed publication intends to drive collective action to strengthen health workforce well-being and restore the health of the nation. It calls on multiple actors – including health care and public health leaders, government, payers, industry, educators, and leaders in other sectors – to help drive policy and systems change.
“What Matters To You?” Conversation Guide For Improving Joy In Work
With burnout and staff turnover in health care continuing to rise at alarming rates, leaders are seeking ways to improve joy in work. This resource can help leaders understand what's meaningful to staff and the factors that contribute to burnout by asking, “What matters to you?”
Physician Wellness Hub
This webpage/toolkit provides reliable wellness tools and resources to empower physicians, medical learners, leaders and educators to create change in the culture of medicine.
It Starts At The Top
A series of live panels hosted by Mental Health Research Canada featuring insights by CEOs and leaders on workplace mental health.
Disconnecting From Work Policy
Employers that employ 25 or more employees in Ontario on January 1 of any year are required to have a written policy on disconnecting from work (i.e., not engaging in work-related communications, including emails, telephone calls, video calls or sending or reviewing other messages, to be free from the performance of work).
Caregivers In The Workplace-Tools For Employers
A suite of tools and resources that provide key tips and strategies that can be built into existing workplace initiatives, providing benefits to leaders and employees.
Workplace Harassment And Violence Risk Assessment Tool
A sample workplace harassment and risk assessment form created by the federal government.
Violence, Aggression & Responsive Behaviours Toolkit
Validated, consensus-based resources for workplace violence prevention in hospitals, long-term care, home and community care and emergency medical services.
Prevention And Management of Violence And Aggression In Health Services
A guidebook for employers on how to prevent and manage occupational violence and aggression towards health workers.
Issue Brief: Addressing Workplace Violence In Leading Health Systems
This brief outlines the impact of workplace violence on health workers and the entire health system, and offers a maturity model that leaders can use to advance efforts to address it.
Preventing Violence, Harassment And Bullying Against Health Workers
This guideline provides recommendations for health service organizations and academic institutions so they can recognize, prevent and manage violence, harassment and bullying in the workplace.
Ontario Health’s Equity, Inclusion, Diversity And Anti-Racism Framework
A tool to build an organizational culture focused on equity, inclusion, diversity and anti-racism, and to contribute to better outcomes for patients, families and providers within the health system.
Making The Case For Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion
A toolkit for developing an imperative for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) that goes beyond costs, resources, and return on investment (ROI).
Principles and Strategies For Anti-Racism Interventions In Healthcare Settings
A conceptual model (see Figure 2) that depicts the process, principles, and strategies for consideration when implementing anti-racism interventions in healthcare settings.