Healthy and Productive Work
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The Canadian workforce is changing. We are seeing important demographic trends in this country that will require innovative interventions, to enable a healthy and productive workforce now and in the decades to come.
- Women and men have different work and health needs due to differences in biology and social circumstances.
- More and more workers are balancing family caregiving responsibilities with paid work.
- Our workforce is aging. We are working longer and retiring later and there is a growing prevalence of people with chronic conditions in the workforce.
- An increasing number of workers are living and working with physical and mental health conditions.
- People with disabilities are underemployed compared to the rest of the population – a loss of a significant pool of talent.
The Healthy and Productive Work Initiative will respond to these challenges and opportunities. The initiative supports the development, implementation, evaluation and scaling up of evidence-based interventions (e.g. accomodations, tools and policies) taking into consideration sex, gender, age, and physical and mental health, to ultimately foster healthy, meaningful and productive work for all workers.
The Initiative brings together researchers and stakeholders to develop innovative and new approaches that support the health and productivity of Canada's diverse and changing workforce. The various stakeholders, which include workers, policy-makers, industry, employers, regulators, workplace safety and insurance boards, unions, and professional associations, face challenges and opportunities as they adapt to the unique needs and characteristics of the 21st century workforce.
Healthy and Productive Work is a joint initiative of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
Events
Workshops and webinars
Notice
Participation in a webinar is not required in order to submit an application to the Healthy and Productive Work funding opportunity.
Catalyst grant webinar
“Work Stress and Wellbeing Hackathon” Catalyst Grant
Hackathon (English) - 20160923 1550-1
- Q&A from: Catalyst grant webinar “Work Stress and Wellbeing Hackathon” Catalyst Grant
- Find out more on the Catalyst Grant: Work Stress and Wellbeing Hackathon.
The goal of the Catalyst Grant: Work Stress and Wellbeing Hackathon is to develop innovative, evidence-informed, gender-responsive and culturally-appropriate e-Mental health solutions that foster the labour force participation of women, men and gender-diverse people at risk of or struggling with workplace stress or mental health injuries. At the end of the granting period, teams of collaborators will ideally have produced workplace e-Mental health solutions that meet the above criteria in addition to being bilingual and having an integrated API (Application Programming Interface), allowing these solutions to feed into future e-Mental health ecosystems and workplace mental health research opportunities.
If you have any questions, contact us at HPW-SPT@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
News
| News | Date |
|---|---|
| Pre-announcement: Healthy and Productive Work Initiative | 2015 |
| CIHR Institute of Aging (IA) Summer Program in Aging – June 1 to 5, 2015 | 2015 |
Publications
- Partner-Backgrounder: Healthy and Productive Work, a joint CIHR and SSHRC Initiative
- Report from the Employer Panel for Caregivers: When Work and Caregiving Collide: How Employers Can Support Their Employees Who Are Caregivers
- Work and Health Initiative Scientific Meeting – September 2013
Report
Enabling Healthy and Productive Work Roundtable - The Conference Board of Canada, January 15, 2015
Funding
| Funding Opportunity | Competition | Funding Decision |
|---|---|---|
| Other: Healthy and Productive Work – Partnership Grants | 201711PWP | View |
| Catalyst Grant: Work Stress and Wellbeing Hackathon | 201610WSW | View |
| Healthy and Productive Work Initiative, call for proposals | 201511HPW | View |
| Joint Programming Initiative - More Years, Better Lives: Extended Working Life and its Interaction with Health, Wellbeing and beyond, call for proposals | 201506EWL | View |
Contact Information
Telephone: 613-954-1968
Toll Free: 1-888-603-4178
Fax: 613-954-1800
HPW-SPT@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
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