wellbeing

office

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Designing the office for human connection

Residential-style furniture, cozy lounge areas and homey touches are creating a more relaxed and inviting atmosphere.
World Workplace

Canadian Facility Management & Design

A recap of IFMA’s World Workplace

In the past, cleaning suppliers, landscapers, and pest control companies dominated FM shows. Not anymore.
trauma

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Realizing trauma-informed care in the workplace

Trauma is defined broadly as an emotional response to an overwhelming incident or series of events. When our subconscious ability to cope is overwhelmed, we
UBC recreation

Construction Business

Construction underway on UBC recreation centre

Construction is underway on a new recreation centre at the University of British Columbia (UBC) that will support wellness and fitness.
AKRA

REMI Network

AKRA will be a residential retreat near Yonge and Eglinton

Despite the growing hustle and bustle of Midtown Toronto, a new 22-storey condo called AKRA promises to be a retreat in the sky, just a few blocks north of the busy intersection of Yonge and Eglinton.
Queensway Health Centre

REMI Network

A first look at the Queensway Health Centre expansion

The Stantec-designed patient tower will define the northern edge of the Queensway campus, with the primary hospital building clearly visible from the north and northwest entrances.
XO2 Condos

REMI Network

XO2 Condos underscores health-conscious living

A theme throughout XO2 Condos and its 18,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenity space is healthy living and virus mitigation.
Ontario Place

REMI Network

New design revealed for West Island at Ontario Place

New renderings of the West Island redevelopment at Ontario Place reveal green spaces aplenty.
yukon

REMI Network

Canadians foresee mental health impacts persisting post COVID

Half of Canadians say the pandemic has had an ongoing impact on their mental health and more than four-in-10 think the impact will last long after the pandemic is over.
workplace

REMI Network

Turning the workplace into a calming retreat

For workers seeking relief from media over-saturation and cramped living environments, the workplace can function as a retreat from the overstimulation of daily life.
residential healthcare

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Designing for wellbeing in residential healthcare

One area where cohesive design is becoming increasingly important is residential healthcare, which encompasses memory care and mental health.
wood wellbeing health

Construction Business

Wood is good for wellbeing and health

An increasing number of health-care facilities are making use of wood in their buildings to bring a warm, natural aesthetic.
wellbeing

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Gen Z wellbeing suffering in Canadian offices

Canadian employers in the corporate office sector are not doing enough to support wellbeing among young people entering the workforce.
wellbeing

Canadian Property Management

Wellbeing a key trend for office spaces

Wellbeing is and will impact commercial office spaces as the emphasis on employee health and vitality continues to grow.
WELL Multi-family Residential Certification

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Montreal megaproject pursues WELL Multi-family Residential Certification

HUMANITI, a mixed-use megaproject in Montreal, has registered to pursue WELL Multi-family Residential Certification for its residential component.
Colliers International

Canadian Property Management

Colliers International moves into brand new HQ

Colliers International just moved more than 220 employees into its sprawling new headquarters in downtown Toronto.
WELL

Canadian Property Management

Pursuing WELL at CBRE’s new office in North York

CBRE now has four out of the ten WELL-registered projects in Canada: one in Vancouver and three in the GTA, including the Toronto North office.