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Workplace mental health programs aren't delivering the expected outcomes, experts say

Workplace mental health programs aren't delivering the expected outcomes, experts say

Experts say many workplace initiatives aren't achieving the expected outcomes when it comes to employee mental health.
B.C. Premier David Eby vows to seek out new export opportunities in wake of Trump tariff plan

B.C. Premier David Eby vows to seek out new export opportunities in wake of Trump tariff plan

Canada should put up a united front to take on the U.S. trade dispute, Eby says
The benefits disconnect: Why most Canadians don't fully use the perks meant to enhance job satisfaction

The benefits disconnect: Why most Canadians don't fully use the perks meant to enhance job satisfaction

Only half of professionals feel their benefits are clearly communicated, leaving a significant gap in awareness about everything from financial perks to health and wellness options.
I am a single dad and yes, I can remember the soccer snacks

I am a single dad and yes, I can remember the soccer snacks

Adam Rodin feels a bit 'other-ed' by the women in his neighbourhood — they don’t even trust him to bring the soccer snacks when it's his week.
It’s too easy to be seduced by toxic productivity at work and in life

It’s too easy to be seduced by toxic productivity at work and in life

Our culture sends messages glorifying toxic productivity with phrases like ‘hustle culture’, but toxic productivity also has an emotional foundation
I quit my smartphone for two weeks to see if I’d have a better life

I quit my smartphone for two weeks to see if I’d have a better life

Using a flip phone helped me gain some perspective on smartphone and social media addiction, but giving up my iPhone was hard in surprising ways.
How is it that hospital waiting rooms feel so clinical and yet strangely intimate?

How is it that hospital waiting rooms feel so clinical and yet strangely intimate?

Surrounded by silence, it comes to me that there are no windows to the outside, no soothing classical music playing to distract us. There is nothing at all to do here but think.
‘Hybrid work is a complex beast’: New leaders shouldn’t manage hybrid teams, expert says

‘Hybrid work is a complex beast’: New leaders shouldn’t manage hybrid teams, expert says

Hybrid work arrangements mean leaders need an array of tech and social skills to be successful
From dim sum to escape rooms, this is what the office holiday party looks like now

From dim sum to escape rooms, this is what the office holiday party looks like now

Gone are the boozy late nighters, and in their place are themed team-building experiences, scaled-down team dinners at restaurants and cocktail parties.
I'm thankful now that my Grade 8 teacher made me memorize 400 lines of poetry

I'm thankful now that my Grade 8 teacher made me memorize 400 lines of poetry

Tamara Levine discovered a love for poetry might only come when someone requires you to memorize it.