Workplaces
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Creating a neurodiverse workplace
As employees eventually return to the office, most will bring with them a heightened sensitivity to their surroundings—specifically to what they touch and their proximity to coworkers.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Changing up change management
Organizations are now encouraged to develop a change management process based on a new understanding of the post-COVID needs of their people.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Multi-purpose lighting aglow at Ceridian Canada office
Space intended for a grocery store became an opportunity for a human resource software company to centralize its entire Winnipeg team in one open-concept office.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
How FMs can leverage data in 2021
IoT platforms that use overhead sensors, booking data, and smartphone space-reservations to pull analytics, are increasingly playing a key role in supporting the growing data-driven workplace.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Why FMs can’t sell ideas to senior management
Facility managers require resources to accomplish tasks, but other departments within the organization need the same and limited resources.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Considering ergonomics of the hybrid office
Working from home can create a struggle to disconnect from work when the day is done and to find balance.
REMI Network
Companies urged to clarify post-COVID workplace plans
Businesses that ignore current data related to the employee experience risk dismantling years of trust in the post-pandemic workplace.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Rethinking the demands of facility operations
Facility owners and managers must rethink the demands of existing operations and systems to deal with rapidly fluctuating capacity.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Three types of empathy for workplace leaders
In their 2019 Workplace Empathy survey, technology firm Businessolver discovered that 82 per cent of employees would consider leaving their job for a more empathetic organization,
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Accessibility Standards Canada seeks public input
The agency is mandated under the Accessible Canada Act to develop accessibility standards for all federally regulated organizations and to more widely promote accessibility and inclusiveness through research and public engagement.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
A case study in workplace reinvention
After many conversations and much planning, the agency has recently started allowing employees to come back into the workplace.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Deduction rules broadened for 2020 income taxes
The Canada Revenue Agency is expected to align with Revenu Québec in allowing employees to claim expenses for working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, including for a "reasonable" portion of rent.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
The COVID-19 return to work guide for Canadians
Understanding what employers, managers, and workers can do to safely reopen office spaces and return to work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Curating social spaces in 2020
Humans are naturally social creatures. So why shouldn’t our built environment be designed to accommodate and encourage this natural state of being?
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Working at home full time undesirable for most
The office remains a preferable environment for the majority of workers who find working from home every day an unfavourable option.
REMI Network
Study finds how employers can retain casual workers
Employers who help casual workers find meaning on the job may have an easier time retaining them, according to a new University of Waterloo study.
Canadian Property Management
Offbeat locales hold co-working space bargains
Despite shared status for the lowest office vacancy rate in North America, co-working space in Toronto and Vancouver appears generally more affordable than in major markets in the United States.
