2025 Healthy Workplace Month

Hello Parks team members,

October marks the start of Healthy Workplace Month! This year’s theme, “Unlock Your Potential: Build Your Strength to Overcome Challenges”, reminds us of the importance of recharging and taking care of ourselves.

This month, you will find tools and activities designed to support your physical and mental well-being. Visit the Healthy Workplace Month ParksNet page to explore resources and register for activities, individually or with your team.

We would also like to take this opportunity to highlight a key achievement of the Mental Health Strategy action plan with the update to the Hazard Prevention Program (HPP). This work strengthens Parks Canada’s commitment to wellness through the formal integration of the 13 psychosocial factors to support mental health into health and safety considerations in the workplace.

Everyone — managers, supervisors, employees, and students, — plays a part. Understand your role, recognize the risk factors and consider the controls that can be implemented both as managers and employees to mitigate organizational impacts.

Together, let’s continue building a culture of care and support. Thank you for supporting a safe and healthy workplace!

David Millar

VP Real Property and Assets

Wellness Co-Champion 

Jarred Picher

Director Urban Parks and Ecological Corridors

Wellness Co-Champion