The Canadian health care system is at a tipping point with rising demands for service, record levels of job vacancies, and increasing public and political pressures.

Inside the 681,000-square-foot facility, people are able to experience the landscape and natural light, even throughout Alberta’s harsh weather extremes.

The workplace culture that companies claim to promote is far from the reality for many Canadian employees who see significant gaps.

As food and gas prices remain high, nearly half of Canadian employees worry about the added costs of returning to the office full-time, above other issues.

New theories on retail centre on how experiences, convenience and a sense of community can draw people to a physical site.

For many FM industry members, there seems to be a basic pattern to job hop every two to five years. In today’s changing work environment, it is acceptable to desire greater career challenges or opportunities.

Post-secondary students in Canada are banking on hybrid office models within their future workplace.

A blue whale skeleton, 25 metres long, suspends from the ceiling of Memorial University’s Core Science Facility—as though it is swimming in empty space.

Organizations are kickstarting work models that reflect flexible preferences, but along with this culture shift comes new legal considerations and best practices for equitable treatment.

Canadians with disabilities make up the largest potential market of consumers, clients, employees and homeowners, with an annual buying power of $25 billion.

People are now looking to see if the organizations they work for align with their personal health needs.

Designing the ​​Clayton Community Centre to become Passive House certified for ultra-low energy use was no easy feat, especially since the international standard had never been pursued for this type of facility in North America.

Historically, there have been two strategies to address the safety concerns with using UV-C light to disinfect air in occupied spaces.

How do you keep your FM team engaged and committed amidst a labour shortage when other companies are actively recruiting qualified candidates to join their workforce and leaving gaps in your FM operations?

The facilities management industry has experienced numerous building science innovations, but risk management programs are still lacking.

The architects and developers behind some of Canada’s new Indigenous-focused projects are designing spaces that harmonize with their natural landscapes, setting a higher standard for how urban buildings impact the environment and their surrounding communities.

Schools should implement these layered prevention strategies to mitigate the risks of COVID infection or transmission to the school community and beyond.