Healthy Activity Ideas
Canada’s Healthy Workplace Month inspires organizations to prioritize well-being year-round. With creative ideas, practical resources, and engaging activities, we help workplaces of all sizes build healthier, more positive environments.
Healthy Activity Ideas
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Work Life Balance- Wheel of Life
The Wheel of Life is a powerful tool to help you assess work-life balance and boost personal satisfaction. In one hour, get a snapshot of your life and an action plan to create the changes you want.
The free ParticipACTION app is your go-to source for motivation to sit less and move more. Just ten minutes of heart-pumping activity can help you unwind, sleep, focus, and—most importantly—feel happier
The Personal Wellness Assessment (PWA) is a 10-minute survey that provides participants with personalized health reports and a Corporate Trend Report summarizing overall wellness insights for your organization.
Take Your Break offers simple, low-cost activities to help employees unwind and recharge. Delivered weekly, each activity—calming, energizing, or relaxing—explains how it supports workplace mental health.
Wellness Wall
Share healthy eating tips, exercise ideas, and wellness events on a central or department wellness wall, and encourage employees to contribute.Â
Encourage peer recognition by creating name cut-outs on a board with dry-erase markers, so employees can highlight each other’s positive contributions.Â
Set meeting-free zones to block non-urgent interruptions, helping the team get more done early in the week and reduce end-of-week stress.Â
Boost accountability and goal completion by having team members post non-work wellness goals—like exercise, healthy eating, or reading—on a shared whiteboard.
Try the 21-day Gratitude Challenge to build the habit of gratitude, appreciate life’s little things, and practice daily journaling
Boost healthy habits with surprise contests like stair challenges, healthy lunch competitions, or desk exercises. Keep it fun by changing the focus regularly—planks, limbo, snacks, and more!
Set meeting-free zones to block non-urgent interruptions, helping the team get more done early in the week and reduce end-of-week stress.Â
Going green at work—through recycling, eco-friendly materials, and waste reduction—benefits both the environment and your company. This article shares simple steps to create a healthier, more sustainable workplace.
Shift work can disrupt the body’s natural sleep-wake cycle, making it hard to know what and when to eat. Support your shift workers by helping them stay healthy, alert, and energized on the job.Â
How accessible are healthy foods at your workplace? What is your nutrition policy? Take a look at your workplace food environment—how does your organization measure up?
Help employees understand their eating habits—what and how often they eat—and guide them toward gradual, healthier changes.
Boost financial literacy! Help employees understand their finances and plan effectively for their future needs.
Foster a culture of dignity and respect by educating employees on bullying, harassment, and discrimination. Implement a workplace anti-violence policy and program.
Avoid wellness initiatives that miss the mark. Use tools like Survey Monkey or Google Forms to gather employee feedback and gain insights that make meaningful wellness changes easier to implement.
Train managers and colleagues to recognize mental health issues, intervene early, and support recovery—helping boost productivity and reduce absenteeism.