Human Resources

labour shortage

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Supercharging FM teams during a labour shortage

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?
burnout

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

6 ways to help workers recover from COVID-19 burnout

What can facility managers or janitorial service providers do to help employees recover from COVID-related burnout?
reserve fund

CondoBusiness

Condos at high risk from reserve fund shortfalls

The growing crop of condo owners across Canada will likely encounter huge annual fee increases and lump-sum payments due to low reserve fund contributions, authors of a new research report are warning.
Psychological health

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Psychological health of workers at lowest point

New findings revealed that general psychological health is currently at its lowest point in the last 22 months among Canadian workers.
insurance

CondoBusiness

Snow and ice contractors brave insurance blizzard

Contractors working in the snow and ice management industry are facing a blizzard of challenges on the insurance side, or what many are calling a crisis.
Commercial real estate acknowledges its demographic imbalance in favour of white men

Canadian Property Management

CRE’s demographic imbalance shifts tentatively

A majority of survey respondents are intent on broadening the industry's base of employees, but, for now, white men still fill the decision-making echelon to a disproportionate degree.
surveillance

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Ethics of workplace surveillance draws scrutiny

Organizations across Canada have increasingly turned to surveillance technologies during the pandemic as a way to monitor their employees' work behaviour.
Hootsuite

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Inside the reboot of Hootsuite’s Vancouver HQ 

Brightly-coloured lounge furniture, in a peachy warm palette, curves around a stone fireplace in the living room of Hootsuite’s newly transformed Vancouver headquarters that was downsized during the pandemic.
management

CondoBusiness

Ethics, etiquette and excellence in management

Anyone entering the condo management field needs to be willing to work on their interpersonal skills, which outweigh academic credibility.
labour

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Ontario proposes pro-worker labour legislation

The real estate and property management industries may face particular hurdles with respect to implementing the proposed disconnecting from work policy.
office

REMI Network

Why wait? The new office normal is up to you

From now on, companies will distinguish themselves by the enhanced experience they are able to offer their employees who take the time and effort to travel to the office.
IDC VODA awards

REMI Network

BOMA Canada honours national award winners

The Building Owners and Managers Association of Canada (BOMA Canada) hosted its second virtual National Awards Gala on October 21, 2021.
Real estate gender splits outdo TSX benchmark

Canadian Property Management

Real estate gender splits outdo TSX benchmark

Women are somewhat more conspicuous in commercial real estate’s executive suites and boardrooms than is the average for Canadian companies that disclose such information to regulators and unit/shareholders.
healthcare facilities 

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Guidelines inform resilient healthcare facilities 

Newly released guidelines offer a standard for approaching the planning and designing of healthcare facilities from a resiliency perspective.
pandemic

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Pandemic expands an aging workforce

The pandemic is pushing people to reconsider their post-work-life ambitions.
vaccination policies

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Building well-rounded vaccination policies

A smart risk management strategy includes two distinct vaccination policies to seperately address employees and tenant use of non-essential amenities.
measurable actions needed to truly show diversity resolve

Canadian Property Management

Measurable actions convey diversity resolve

The CREED Council’s 22-member board of directors is influentially placed in senior management roles in property management, development, leasing, finance/investment and various professional services.