Our Approach
A True Journey to Wellbeing, Not Just a Quick Fix
Lasting change takes time. Transforming workplace cultures requires a commitment that builds momentum year after year, delivering sustainable results for staff and students alike.
Well at Work’s multi-year approach recognizes that creating a healthy and supportive environment is about more than just one-time initiatives. Our approach is grounded in Canadian research and designed for long-term, systemic change — not quick fixes. Together, we create a mindset shift that redefines how wellbeing is prioritized and embedded into the very fabric of your school system.
Our Advisors Services and Professional Learning workshops are designed to:
Foster a shared commitment across all levels of your organization — leadership, staff, and stakeholders — toward a common vision of wellbeing.
Provide a sustainable framework for long-term psychological health and safety, giving you the tools to succeed well into the future.
Deliver actionable insights that enables you to implement effective, enduring strategies.
We work alongside your team to create a systems-wide culture of wellbeing, belonging, and genuine care, using data-informed strategies and facilitated conversations that engage your entire team.
Let’s start the journey together. Contact us to explore how Well at Work can help you build lasting wellbeing in your school system.
“It has been a very rewarding experience to work with EdCan and Well at Work over the past year. We have completed the Guarding Minds survey with our entire district and have worked with our advisor, Charlie Naylor, to understand the results and build an action plan. With the busy work schedule we have, Charlie continues to keep us on track and the work moving forward. We are making progress! One step at a time and with the help of one another. We know that our students will do better if our adults are doing better. We could not have done this work without his support.”
- Marcy VanKoughnett, Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources, School District No. 20 (Kootenay-Columbia)
What We Believe
Everything we do is guided by our core values. At Well at Work, we believe in:
Shared responsibility: Wellbeing is a shared commitment between employees, employers, and all stakeholders
Data-Driven Solutions: We use evidence from the school, district, and provincial levels to identify issues and find solutions that truly work
Building Capacity: We empower your district with the tools and skills to lead its own transformation
Inclusive Perspectives: We value and incorporate the diverse voices of individuals and employee groups, fostering positive relationships and productive dialogue
A Comprehensive Approach: We tailor our strategies to the unique structures, priorities, cultures, and needs of each school districts, ensuring our solutions are relevant and impactful
Our Approach
We believe that a truly healthy workplace is built on a foundation of psychological health and safety.
Our approach is grounded in research and focuses on systemic, organizational-level strategies that improve the wellbeing of all employees.
We prioritize changes that give employees a voice, increase their participation, and provide them with greater control over their work environments.
Our framework is comprehensive, ensuring that our solutions are not quick fixes, but rather a blueprint for lasting change.
Wellbeing is a Shared Responsibility
Based on our research and experience, we know that creating the conditions for wellbeing is a shared responsibility. It requires active engagement from employees, employers, and their unions/associations. Successful workplace wellbeing initiatives are collaborative and inclusive. They provide authentic, ongoing opportunities for employee input, welcome unions as partners, and directly address the issues affecting wellbeing.
Improving workplace wellbeing takes a layered approach:
Individual actions that employees take to support their own wellbeing and the wellbeing of others;
Collaborative actions where groups of employees work together to create positive workplace cultures; and
Systemic actions by the school district to support workplace wellbeing through updates to policies, practices, priorities and structures.
By adopting this perspective, we help K-12 employees and system leaders move from a mindset of blame or inaction, towards one of shared engagement, where everyone contributes to a healthy, welcoming, and supportive workplace.