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Back to SearchOTTAWA, Ontario, December 8 — Once again, CHEO has been recognized as a 2021 Canada’s Healthy Workplace Month® Great Employers. Presented by Excellence Canada, CHEO is among 11 Canadian organizations being celebrated for their planning and actions to foster physically and psychologically safe and healthy workplaces, striving to continually improve across four main areas of focus, namely: Physical health, social health, mental health and community.
“Our team – staff, medical staff, learners and volunteers alike – have faced and continue to face ongoing pressures throughout this relentless pandemic. We made wellness a priority early on and it’s wonderful to see those efforts recognized now,” said Alex Munter, President and CEO, CHEO. “Wellness remains a priority and there’s still more we want to do. All of our wellness initiatives are the result of clinicians and administrative staff across the organization who have stepped up to make a tangible difference for their colleagues. Today’s award is theirs and I am so proud of them all.”
CHEO has a multitude of wellness initiatives in place to support staff, medical staff and learners. These include our Employee Assistance Program, resources provided by our Occupational Health and Wellness department a new Peer Emotional Empowerment Program of Support (PEEPS), Fit and Well group, meditation sessions, a quiet lounge, spiritual support, a recognition program, lunch and learn, mindfulness program and a wellness committee, to name a few. CHEO’s fit and well group also organized a full agenda of activity to highlight Canada's Healthy Workplace Month this past October.
CHEO recently celebrated its sixth time on Forbes list of Canada’s Best Employers and a 10th consecutive year as one of the National Capital Region Top Employers, an annual competition organized by MediaCorp Canada Inc. CHEO has also been named one of Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures and recognized by Canada’s Healthy Workplace Month, among many other accolades for our medical and research professionals. The 2020 Faces Magazine recognized Alex Munter as a favourite CEO of the year.
CHEO is always looking for great people – in fact, come work for the best! CHEO is currently recruiting nurses, psychologists and researchers.
Find out what it takes to be a Canada’s Healthy Workplace Month® Great Employer online.
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Media contact
Paddy Moore, CHEO
c. 613-769-5553 | pmoore@cheo.on.ca
About CHEO
Dedicated to the best life for every child and youth, CHEO is a global leader in pediatric health care and research. Based in Ottawa, CHEO includes a hospital, children’s treatment centre, school and research institute, with satellite services located throughout Eastern Ontario. CHEO provides excellence in complex pediatric care, research and education. We are committed to partnering with families and the community to provide exceptional care — where, when and how it’s needed. CHEO is a founding member of Kids Health Alliance, a network of partners working to create a high quality, standardized and coordinated approach to pediatric health care that is centred around children, youth and their families. Every year, CHEO helps more than 500,000 children and youth from Eastern Ontario, western Quebec, Nunavut and Northern Ontario.
About Excellence Canada
Excellence Canada is an independent, not-for-profit corporation that is committed to advancing organizational excellence across Canada. As a national authority on Excellence, Innovation and Wellness®, Healthy Workplace®, and Mental Health at Work® awards, Excellence Canada provides excellence frameworks, standards, and independent verification and certification to organizations of all sizes and in all sectors. It is also the custodian and adjudicator of the Canada Awards for Excellence program.
“Canada’s Healthy Workplace Month” and “Healthy Workplace” are Registered Trademarks of Excellence Canada.