Upcoming Webinar - Workplace Psychological Health & Safety: The Shift from Change the Worker to Change the System

October 14, 2026
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. (Alberta Time)
Virtual

Join us on October 14, 2026, for a webinar presented by Centre for Healthy Communities Practice Affiliate Megan Hunter, who will explore workplace psychological health and safety. 

During the webinar you will:

• Learn what distinguishes psychosocial safety from psychological safety and employee wellbeing
• Get to know the three elements of the system of work: the job, how work is organized, and the practices and policies that govern it
• Increase your awareness of how psychosocial conditions at work shape health outcomes
• Gain insight into how the regulatory landscape in Canada and internationally is moving toward system-level controls
• Consider what this shift means for public health measurement, intervention, and occupational health equity

Reminder: Centre for Healthy Communities 2026 Innovation Forum

Advancing Financial Wellbeing in Canada: Working Across Sectors for Greater Impact

November 26, 2026
9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. (Alberta Time)
Virtual (Zoom)

An engaged event to share insights and experiences, generate ideas for action, and network.

The affordability crisis across Alberta and Canada, including escalating costs of living, continues to negatively impact health, wellbeing, and quality of life. Many sectors are taking action on this critical issue. This Innovation Forum will focus on intersectoral opportunities for collective action and downstream and upstream interventions to support financial wellbeing across populations and settings.

At this interactive virtual event, engage with people from across Canada working in different areas of financial wellbeing. Practitioners, decision-makers, policy professionals, industry professionals, students, and researchers are all welcome.  

Registration is capped to support engagement across participants, so please register early to secure your spot.

This event is being hosted by the Centre for Healthy Communities, School of Public Health with funding support from Canadian Cancer Society, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and KIAS | Kule Institute for Advanced Study.

Please share this invitation widely within your networks.

New Publication - Mistreatment Matters: Risks of Unmitigated Employee Mistreatment from the Public

Dr. Candace Nykiforuk's (CHC Scientific Director and Principal Investigator PLACE Research Lab) PhD student Evan Worman, has recently published a Commentary on how employee mistreatment by the public deserves more attention as a health and safety concern. This Commentary describes risks, factors influencing challenging interactions, and opportunities to fill gaps in research. Front-line workers are at greater risk of mistreatment due to pervasive attitudes about control and service expectations (“the customer is always right”) and layers of social norms that may influence interactions. 

Both employees and organizations are impacted by bad behaviour from the public through the potential for psychological injury and poor business outcomes. If left unaddressed, a baseline of uncivil behaviour will worsen and worker well-being will remain at risk.

Questions? Contact us here.