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Health Work and Wellness Conference in Canada

Did You Know?

The Better Workplace Conference (formerly known as the Health Work & Wellness™ Conference) may be eligible for CHRP credits?


List of Exhibitors

2011 MARKETPLACE

Once again you’ll be able to enjoy the Exhibit Marketplace at Conference 2011. For exhibitor information, click here. Browse the 2011 Exhibit Marketplace and learn about the following companies (updated as of August 26):

12 Weeks Inc.

Contact: Charles Curtis
Phone: 604.921.2348
Fax: 604.921.2346
Email: charles@12weekstowellness.com
Website: www.12weekstowellness.com

12 Weeks provides healthy solutions for ongoing lifestyle, productivity, work life, wellness, stress and weight loss challenges. 12 Weeks delivers valuable tools and coaching, creating positive and lasting behavior change. We focus on shifting unproductive attitudes and beliefs that stand in the way of creating lasting change.

Banyan Work Health Solutions

Contact: Louie Di Diodato, CEO
Phone: (416) 907-8195
Fax: (416) 588-9235
Email: ldidiodato@banyanconsultants.com
Website: www.banyanconsultants.com

Banyan Work Health Solutions provides health management solutions for employers and insurers. Our team of experts understand how mental health plays a key role in the majority of disabilities. Our services return employees to a healthy lifestyle, icluding work, while improving the financial health of our employer or insurer clients.

Bayshore Home Health

Contact: Keena Naik
Phone: 905-822-8075 Ext. 336
Email: knaik@bayshore.ca
Website: www.bayshore.ca

Bayshore Home Health is a national, 100% Canadian owned and operated health care provider, serving Canadians coast to coast through over 50 branch offices and 27 community care clinics. Our offering of home and community care services include care management, nursing, personal support, home support, companionship physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech language therapy services. Bayshore Home Health is dedicated to promoting work-life balance by providing elder care solutions to the 1 in 5 Canadian employees who are caregivers for their aging parents or family members.

BEN-X

Contact: Gordon Polk
Phone: 905.631.9788
Email: gpolk@ben-x.ca
Website: www.ben-x.ca

BEN-X® is a third party administrator of health benefit claims using pay direct cards and software solutions to reduce costs and improve claims processing efficiencies. We support self-insured ASO and stand alone HSA accounts. “Reduce your costs, not your coverage.”

Solutions Includes:

  • Healthy Snacking Baskets
  • Workplace Meal Delivery Service
  • Monthly Lunch and Learns
  • Weekly Nutritional Newsletters
  • Group Fitness Workshops

Benefits include;

  • Increased Employee Health, Productivity, Morale, Corporate Image
  • Reduced Healthcare Costs, Absenteeism, Turnover, Injuries

Canadian HR Reporter

Contact: Travis Chan
Phone: (416)298-5090
Fax: (416)298-5031
Email: travis.chan@thomsonreuters.com
Website: www.hrreporter.com

Canadian HR Reporter, the national journal of human resource management, provides independent, timely, relevant and trusted news, information, case studies and features to HR and business professionals across the country. More than 33,000 readers look forward to CHRR’s widely respected in-depth coverage and provocative editorial commentary every two weeks.

Canadian Medical Association

Contact: Josee Thibodeau
Phone: 514.738.6770 ext. 248
Fax: 514.738.4827
Email: josee.thibodeau@cma.ca
Website: www.wellnesscompanion.com

MD Physician Services (formerly Practice Solutions), a subsidiary of the Canadian Medical Association, is a full-service practice management and web services provider in the development and promotion of online medical services for physicians, employers and consumers. We provide Canadians with online health and wellness resources and help organizations understand their health trends.

CCOHS

Contact: Elaine Canning
Phone: 905.572.2981 ext. 4411
Fax: 905.572.2206
Email: elainec@ccohs.ca
Website: www.ccohs.ca

CCOHS is Canada’s national resource for the advancement of workplace health and safety. CCOHS promotes the total well-being – physical, psychosocial and mental health – of working Canadians by providing information, training, education, management systems and solutions that support health and safety programs and the prevention of injury and illness.

Ceridian Canada

Contact: Jeffery Livingston
Phone: 905.947.7561
Email: jeffery_livingston@ceridian.ca
Website: www.ceridian.ca

Ceridian Canada is a Human Resources solutions provider and expert source of HR KnowHow. A trusted partner to 40,000 clients, Ceridian is dedicated to helping organizations optimize their workforce, mitigate compliance risk, reduce costs and save time by finding, paying, deploying, developing and engaging their talent.

elifestyle (Equilibrium Lifestyle Managment)

Contact: Leah Epstein
Phone: 888.774.7705
Email: leah@elifestyle.ca
Website: www.elifestyle.ca

Workplace eLifestyle or worksite health promotion refers to the systematic approach endorsed by an organization that is designed to enhance the health of the company and its most important asset – its employees. In essence, Workplace Equilibrium is an action step taken by an employer to increase the health and well being of its employees and thus the productivity and company bottom line. Our wellness programs are more than physical fitness instruction and nutritional education. We recognize the importance of a healthy mind and spirit and what that can mean for creating an efficient and high functioning environment.

Employee Wellness Solutions Network

Contact: Garth Jansen
Phone: 519.860.0502
Fax: 866.679.0903
Email: garth@ewsnetwork.com
Website: www.EWSNetwork.com

Employee Wellness Solutions Network analyses, designs, implements and evaluates custom employee wellness programs for small to large companies throughout Canada. Specializing in custom onsite employee wellness programs EWSNetwork combines individual, group and awareness programs to achieve optimal results.

FSEAP

Contact: Keith Harding
Phone: 416.585.9985
Email: info@fseap.com
Website: www.fseap.com

FSEAP is better, where it counts! EAP is our core business, not a sideline. We make the well-being of your employees our priority, providing high-impact, personal consultation services that are proven effective for improving the quality of life and work for your employees. Proceeds from FSEAP support essential community programs.

GENEX Services of Canada

Contact: Sheila Slater
Phone: 416-558-5071/ 905-212-9822 ext 7418/ toll free is 1-800-465-1254 ext 741
Email: sheila.slater@genexservices.com
Website: www.genexservices.com

GENEX helps employers, insurers and consultants across North America to control the cost of employees lost time and productivity by dealing with the physical, emotional and financial stress associated with work and non-work related injuries and illnesses. GENEX core services fall in three categories Case Management, Cost Containment and Prevention and Wellness.

Global Corporate Challenge®

Contact: Jennifer Krueger
Phone: 416.988.9071
Email: JenniferK@gettheworldmoving.com
Website: www.gettheworldmoving.com

Get The World Moving: Global Corporate Challenge

The Global Corporate Challenge® (GCC) is the world’s largest and most exciting corporate health initiative.

The GCC increases staff fitness, promotes teamwork, fosters a positive competitive spirit, is great fun, and supports the workforce to be active, healthy, and more productive. The GCC has clinically proven results in both physical and mental health and the endorsement of some of the largest organizations in the world.

GoodLife Fitness

Contact: Brad Warren
Phone: (416) 559-5786
Email: bwarren@goodlifefitness.com
Website: www.goodlifefitness.com

“It’s all about caring.” – David Patchell-Evans

GoodLife Fitness has become the largest Canadian fitness organization by adhering to a simple philosophy: caring. We give every Canadian the opportunity to live a healthier, happier life – and feel better about themselves. We do it by making fitness fun, easy and affordable.

The Great-West Life Assurance Company

Contact: Wes Jones
Phone: 204-946-7756
Fax: 204-946-7305
Email: wes.jones@gwl.ca
Website: www.greatwestlife.com

Great-West Life offers comprehensive benefit plan solutions for large and small employers, including an array of innovative and convenient online services. To learn more about Great-West’s technology solutions, including DrugHub our industry first iPhone app and HealthSolutionPlus Visa® payment card, please visit us at our booth.

The Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace

Contact: Mary Ann Baynton MSW, RSW
Phone: 905-689-7447
Website: www.workplacestrategiesformentalhealth.com

As a leading Canadian insurer, Great-West Life recognizes the value of healthy, sustainable organizations. The Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace was established to provide freely available public resource for all employers, including information and tools to access and address workplace mental health issues. Learn more about the Centre and valuable resources including Guarding Minds @ Work™ and the on-line video-based training program Managing Mental Health Matters.

Green Shield Canada

Green Shield Canada is a national not-for-profit benefits specialist that handles the administration of your company’s health and dental benefits.

We are here to help…
Our goal is to provide you with the best customer service possible, and to help you navigate your benefit plan with convenience and ease. Please visit us at our booth if you have any questions or concerns about your health or dental benefits, or if you just want to stop by to say hello.

greenshield.ca
1-888-711-1119

Homewood Human Solutions™

Contact: Judith Plotkin MSW
Phone: (416) 964-1875
Fax: (416) 964-594
Email: jplotkin@homewoodhumansolutions.com
Website: www.homewoodhumansolutions.com

Homewood Human Solutions™ is a recognized industry leader and pioneer in organizational health and employee wellness programs. We are dedicated to providing the highest standards of service to advance the development and well-being of people and organizations. We continually innovate and introduce new products and services to the marketplace, to meet the changing needs of employers and employees. We want to ensure employers get everything they can from their workplace wellness investment.

InfoTech, Inc.

Contact: Steven Stothers
Phone: (204) 788-1500
Email: steven.stothers@wellnesscheckpoint.com
Website: www.wellnesscheckpoint.com

Wellness Checkpoint® developed by InfoTech, Inc. is an online, interactive, global, and multilingual health risk assessment (HRA) with comprehensive reporting abilities to help you track and improve your organization’s overall health status. Wellness Checkpoint is used by leading multinational corporations in over 85 countries and available in 18 languages. It easily adjusts for cultural preferences and clinical metrics in the countries in which it operates and meets international regulatory standards for privacy, security, and accessibility requirements

Last Door Recovery Society

Contact: Giuseppe Ganci
Phone: 604.525.9771
Email: pr@lastdoor.org
Website: www.lastdoor.org

Last Door Recovery Centre provides treatment for drugs, alcohol, gambling, media and nicotine addiction and delivers several adjunct support programs for families and partners of clients. Last Door’s Long Term Continuing Care Program supports management of employees with substance abuse. Watch our online videos to learn more!

LifeMark

Contact: Julia Reid
Phone: (780) 905-8182
Email: julia.reid@lifemark.ca
Website: www.lifemark.ca

LifeMark’s mission is to deliver highest standard in medical, rehabilitative, occupational health, disability/claim management, education and wellness services across Canada. Our focus is to provide the high level of service and outcomes our customers expect and deserve, while ensuring that they receive the best possible return on their investment.

LifeSpeak Inc.

Contact: Stanley Bergman
Phone: 416.445.9988 ext. 3
Email: stanleybergman@lifespeak.com
Website: www.lifespeak.com

LifeSpeak is dedicated to delivering information from acclaimed experts to workplaces across North America to assist employees in better managing the demands of their personal and professional lives. Our innovative online video library provides expertise and advice on a variety of health, wellness, family and professional development topics to all employees anywhere, anytime.

M and M Sales and Consulting

Contact: Sal Naqvi
Phone: (416) 550-2889 or (905) 420-0077
Email: info@mandmsales.ca
Website: www.mandmsales.ca

M and M Sales and Consulting is the only Canadian Dealer for the Human Touch line of robotic massage chairs. They have been able to replicate the sensation of human hands and an RMT and have put this technology into gorgeous leather chairs suitable for staff wellness in the office and at home!

Manulife Financial Group Benefits

Manulife Financial provides coverage for businesses of all sizes, from two employees to Canada’s largest employers. Our products include:

  • health, dental, life, disability, critical illness and AD&D
  • emergency travel assistance
  • absence management services; wellness products
  • optional and flex benefits.

Visit www.manulife.ca/groupbenefits for more information.

Medavie Blue Cross

Contact: Caroline Savic
Phone: 514.286.8322
Email: caroline.savic@medavie.bluecross.ca

ABOUT US
With roots dating back to 1943, Medavie Blue Cross has been a recognized health services provider with a full array of products catering to both group and individual customers. Our organization now employs more than 2,300 individuals; 1,500 in core operations and 1,000 in subsidiary operations across Canada.

PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Medavie Blue Cross offers a full line of services that includes health, travel, life and income replacement products for group and individual customers, as well as administering pharmacy and other health programs for federal and provincial governments. We continually develop health and wellness solutions to enhance the value of our clients benefit programs.

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In our booth we are featuring InHealth Solutions programs designed for employers who want to achieve or maintain a healthy workplace

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MediResource

Contact: Kelley Turgeon
Phone: 416.383.0010 ext. 240
Fax: 416.383.0005
Email: kturgeon@mediresource.com
Website: www.mediresource.com

MediResource is the leading provider of bilingual digital health, wellness, and chronic disease management solutions. Visit us at Booth 112 and see why leading organizations use our health risk assessments, health portals, digital health coaching, drug and condition libraries, fitness and nutrition information, digital advocate, and more …

Morneau Shepell

Contact: Karen Seward
Phone: 416 445-2700
Email: kseward@morneaushepell.com
Website: www.morneaushepell.com

Morneau Shepell is Canada’s largest human resource consulting and outsourcing firm focused on pensions, benefits, employee assistance program (EAP) and workplace health management and productivity solutions. We help employers reduce costs, increase employee productivity and improve their competitive positions by supporting their employees’ financial security, health and well-being.

Myhealthcheckup Wellness Program

Contact: Ilka Lowensteyn
Phone: 514-846-7973 ext 241
Email: Ilka.Lowensteyn@mcgill.ca
Website: www.chiprehab.com
www.clinemetrica.com

The Myhealthcheckup Wellness Program is an evidence-based, health & wellness program built on a platform of validated disease simulation models. This unique, scientifically proven, approach is now endorsed by national disease management guidelines to help individuals manage the risk of illness and adopt a healthier lifestyle. Demo at booth 305.

MyPA Tech Inc. (MyPA)

MyPA Tech Inc. (MyPA) provides forward-looking organizations an innovative and proven benefit program that promotes employee health and wellness. By enhancing work-life balance for employees, MyPA helps employers improve productivity, recruitment, engagement, loyalty and retention. The MyPA program is today an integral and valued part of the benefits package of 30,000 employees, many of them working with leading companies.

Natural Health Practitioners of Canada

Contact: Claire Ashton
Phone: (780) 484-2010
Email: cashton@nhpcanada.org
Website: nhpcanada.org

The Natural Health Practitioners of Canada (NHPC) is dedicated to promoting the art and science of natural health practices, to serving the needs and maintaining the professional standards of natural health practitioners in Canada, and to improving health care in Canada.

Novus Health

Contact: Erinn Macaulay
Phone: 1.877.817.8080
Email: emacaulay@novushealth.com
Website: www.novushealth.com

Novus Health is Canada’s leading provider of health care navigation, helping Canadians receive the information and support necessary to make informed health decisions. Our membership solutions include caring telephone assistance and online resources tailored to your organization’s needs.

www.novushealth.com / www.novussante.com

Personal Best

Contact: Michael Smith
Phone: 205.437.3086
Fax: 205.437.3084
Email: msmith@personalbest.com
Website: www.personalbest.com

Wellness and Safety Education and Motivational tools-Newsletter, Calendars, Brochures, Poster, etc.

Royal Roads University (RRU)

Contact: Timothy Kituri
Phone: (250) 391-2600
Email: timothy.1kituri@royalroads.ca
Website: www.royalroads.ca

Royal Roads University delivers applied and professional programs to advance professionals in the workplace. The university combines online and on-campus learning with current, real-world relevance for graduate and undergraduate degrees, certificates, diplomas, executive education and custom programs. Our flexible admission acknowledges academic, professional and life experience.

Solareh

Contact: Sean Slater
Phone: (514) 744-3354
Email: sslater@solareh.com
Website: www.solareh.com

Over the past 27 years, Solareh has developed unique expertise in health and return to work management, and the management of health-related risks through prevention and intervention programs, offering problem solving tools for individuals and businesses alike. Our clients consist primarily of insurance companies that offer our services to more than a million family members.

StepsCount

Phone: 866-3432-2328
Email: info@StepsCount.com
Website: www.StepsCount.com

StepsCount workplace wellness resources – cost effective & a great way to improve employee health, boost productivity and morale. It’s a win-win… NEW! The Piezo pedometer is now available in a workplace value pack! Includes LogYourSteps advanced corporate platform – easy to use, with a wealth of data.

Sun Life Financial

Contact: Chris Borg
Phone: 416.408.7497
Email: chris.borg@sunlife.com
Website: www.sunlife.ca

Sun Life Financial Group Benefits

A market leader in group benefits, Sun Life Financial serves more than 1 in 6 Canadians, in over 12,000 corporate, association, affinity and creditor groups across Canada.

Our core values ─ integrity, service excellence, customer focus and building value ─ are at the heart of who we are and how we do business.

Sun Life HealthyRETURNS

HealthyRETURNS is Sun Life’s comprehensive and customizable suite of health and wellness products that help employers build individual health and organizational returns. More than thirty products and services focus on three key areas: assessment, biometrics screening and health education. HealthyRETURNS is easy to implement, suits companies of all sizes and has measurable outcomes.

T.E. Wealth

Contact: Megan Saxton
Fax: 416.366.1451
Email: msaxton@tewealth.com
Website: www.tewealth.com

For more than 35 years, T.E. Wealth has helped individuals, families, businesses and employees reach their goals, through a comprehensive wealth management process that includes unbiased financial advice, customized investment solutions, asset protection, tax minimization, estate optimization and financial education.

Towers Watson

Contact: Allison McLeod
Phone: 416.960.2700
Email: allison.mcleod@towerswatson.com
Website: towerswatson.com

Towers Watson is a leading global professional services company that helps organizations improve performance through effective people, risk and financial management. With 14,000 associates around the world, we offer solutions in the areas of employee benefits, talent management, rewards, and risk and capital management.

VON Canada

Contact: Linda Bain
Phone: 416.346.6629
Email: linda.bain@von.ca
Website: www.von.ca

VON Canada offer VON Workplace Wellness programs coast to coast across Canada. We offer a full range of biometric screenings, workshops and wellness programs for your employees.

What People Say

“The conference was superbly organized. At every moment I saw creativity and thoughtfulness in how it was crafted. Congratulations to the amazing team.” — Teresa Scannell, Career and Work-Life Consultant University of Toronto