Changemaker Wellbeing Summit
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Workplace wellbeing is entering the mainstream of social change. However, managers, leaders and teams are facing chronic stress, microaggressions, anxiety and burnout, as well as the early onset of chronic illness. Leaders and teams need insights, knowledge and tools to strengthen workplace wellbeing now. Presented by Co-operators, Future of Good’s first-ever 2024 Changemaker Wellbeing Summit is a unique professional experience that aims to convene social purpose teams in a safe learning setting to gain insights and advance action on workplace wellbeing. Read these stories to complement the Future of Good 2024 Changemaker Wellbeing Summit.
Ginny & Georgia actor Sara Waisglass shares personal struggles with mental health in social media campaign
Social media use can have a detrimental impact on youth mental health and contribute to feelings of anxiety, depression and envy, according to Statistics Canada data. Charities like Unsinkable want to equip young people with the resources to prioritize their mental wellbeing.
LIVE FEED: Changemaker Wellbeing Summit 2024
The 2024 summit will host a mix of talks, practical workshops, discussions, peer learning, and artistic experiences on critical topics such as mental health, sleep, financial precarity, maternal health, intergenerational trauma, inclusion and belonging, climate anxiety, and more.
Financial literacy as an antidote to stress
Money is the most significant source of stress for many Canadians—more than work, personal health and relationships. Most Canadians cannot access an employer retirement plan, making retirement planning their responsibility. However, financial literacy can help reduce this tension for many Canadian households, increasing their wellbeing.
Black Vacation Week? Guelph advocate promotes rest for Black community during Black History Month
A Black Vacation Week would recognize the effort that goes into public education during Black History Month and encourage the Black community to prioritize their wellbeing.
Quarter of Canadian non-profit workers dissatisfied with job: report
Non-profit employees are likelier to be unhappy and dissatisfied at work than those in the private sector. Precarious employment, inadequate income, and burnout all play a role and can lead to higher turnover rates at non-profit organizations.
'Navigating a societal shift without any of the scaffolding': Remote frontline work, trauma and wellbeing
We’ve explored the impact of digital services on community members, but there has been little investigation on the other side of the coin. Working in digital-first teams can provide flexibility and work-life balance, but in community services, it can also lead to feelings of isolation among staff.
When helpers need help: compassion fatigue on the frontlines
Compassion fatigue can affect a person’s mental, physical and psychological wellbeing, but there are strategies frontline workers and their employers can use to recover and recharge.
Future of Good introduces Wellbeing Wednesdays
When leaders prioritize the wellbeing of their staff, it’s a powerful example for the team and the organization. The summit is a unique, professional experience to help social purpose leaders strengthen workplace wellbeing.
New CanadaHelps report shows charitable sector at a ‘tipping point,’ facing inflation, staff burnout, lower volunteerism
As a result of inflation and ongoing pandemic-related struggles, more Canadians are turning to Canada’s network of 86,000 charities for support. But for some organizations, a quadruple whammy of high staff burnout, fewer volunteers, higher cost of goods and services, and lower donations, is making it tough to keep up with the pace of the need.
“We don’t clock out”: Frontline workers serving queer and trans youth provide crisis support off the side of their desks — and it’s causing burnout
While dealing with a lack of funding for emergency support, those within 2SLGBTQ+ organizations step up to help their community. This effective form of mutual aid and crisis support have long existed but support needs to exist across the sector. Community-serving organizations need to learn how to incorporate mutual aid into their services and bake it into their structure.
Social impact professionals are on the verge of burnout — these organizations radically changed their work culture to help
Canadian Mental Health Week provides an opportunity to practice values and restructure organizational goals, which can ultimately lead to increased performance and better outcomes. While some of these measures are unconventional in the non-profit sector, the stakes are high, as deteriorating mental health may lead to employee burnout.
One year into the pandemic, the social sector's working moms are not alright
Women make up the majority of social impact workers — 80 percent of non-profit workers alone. The sector stands to lose, or stunt the career trajectories, of the majority of its workforce if it doesn’t advocate for more accessible childcare and change its work culture to be more flexible.
Non-profits are prone to toxic work environments, experts say
The non-profit sector, while employing 2 million Canadians, remains mostly off the radar when it comes to public cases of labour and human rights violations. But those in the sector say toxic work environments are leading to employee burnout.
5 Ways to Avoid Burnout Working in Social Impact
As families send children back to school and work ramps up for the fall season, many social impact professionals will dive into increased workloads — and risk burnout. To help sidestep work stress, The Burnout Project’s Leah Bae and Zoya Jiwa walk us through five ways to implement healthy work-life boundaries.