In alignment with our commitment to be a people-focused organization, BCIT has developed a robust employee wellness program …
Wellness Works provides our people with resources to create the healthiest workplace possible, and takes a holistic approach to enhance your qualify of life, helping you achieve a work-life balance.
We offer workshops and health information to:
- support skill development and behaviour change;
- promote healthy living, personal coping strategies, and build resilience, and;
- foster a healthy workplace culture.
Emotional Wellness
Being aware of your emotions, expressing your feelings appropriately, managing stress and striving for balance in your life.
Financial Wellness
Understanding your relationship with money by having the tools to make good financial decisions, allowing you to enjoy life and plan for the future.
Mental Wellness
A state of well-being allowing you to realize your own abilities, to cope with the normal stresses of life, to work productively, and to contribute to your community.
Physical Wellness
Promoting proper care for our bodies to obtain optimal health through physical activity, sleep hygiene, healthy eating and self-care.
Social Wellness
By cultivating respectful interactions with friends, family and in our community we can create meaningful relationships and support systems for ourselves.
Spiritual Wellness
Having a set of values, faith, beliefs, ethics, principles and morals that provide us with a sense of purpose and give meaning to life events.
Wellness calendar
- Creating a Positive Culture of Acceptance and Inclusion – June 29th
- Resilient Leadership: Self-Awareness – June 29th (for Managers/Excluded Staff, Supervisors, Department Heads & Program Heads only)
- Not Myself Today: Working with Emotions – July 6th
- Building Emotional Intelligence – July 21st
- Not Myself Today: Addressing Stress – August 17th
- Building Resilience: Understanding Challenges, Learning Strategies, and Accepting Change – August 23rd
For more information on these and other wellness sessions, log in to Wellness Works on the Loop
30-Day Mindfulness Challenge
Are you looking to learn more about mindfulness?
Go to The Loop to learn more about the 30-Day Mindfulness Challenge (for BCIT Employees only).