Health & Wellness

Reach your organization’s full potential by focusing on the health and wellness of yourself and others

A healthy organization is made up of healthy individuals. Positive mental health and well-being can help everyone cope with challenges and improve focus and productivity at work. Learning strategies to sustain and improve your own mental health, in addition to those that you interact with on a regular basis, will create a healthier environment for all to flourish. Through our certificates and courses, you will learn new skills and perspectives to guide you and your organization through everyday challenges, as well as those that go beyond the ordinary.

Certificates

Building Positive Workplace Cultures
Do you want to influence how your workplace looks and feels by developing a more positive culture? This certificate will empower participants to uncover ways to enhance their workplace relationships using the principles of Positive Psychology. Learn how to become a “positive” leader through the implementation of positively strategic approaches. A positive lens has been demonstrated to foster confidence, promote enthusiasm and broaden resilience.

Using a scaffolding approach to the required courses, learners will explore how Positive Psychology can help optimize self, others, and entire organizations.  When we want to influence change in any setting, we must first start with a clear awareness of our own contributions and presence.  The certificate has been designed to foster the exploration of these principles as they relate to ourselves, our relationships with others, and finally with our workplaces.

Upon completion of this certificate, you will have a “positive plan” to use in your professional, as well as your personal life. Each of the four required courses requires approximately 15 learner hours. An elective course must also be taken. Cost per required course: $795

Required courses:
Foundations of Positive Psychology
Application of Positive Psychology Principles for Self-Care
Application of Positive Psychology Principles to Influence Others
Adaptation of Positive Psychology Principles in Organizations and Teams

Note: If you are taking this certificate as part of your required Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours to maintain your CPHR-NS designation, please be aware that even though all four core courses are pre-approved for CPD hours, not all elective courses are. Please check the elective courses available to see which ones have been pre-approved.

Ergonomic Program Management
You're enrolling in this certificate because you are responsible for an occupational health and safety program or the creation and management of an ergonomics program for your company or organization. You will learn how to develop an ergonomic program appropriate for your workplace, identify risk factors, and assess its effectiveness at your place of work. This certificate includes four required courses ($795 each). 

Required Courses:
Ergonomics in the Workplace
Office Ergonomics and Workplace Design
Industrial Ergonomics and Workplace Design
Ergonomic Program Design and Integration

For Dalhousie faculty and staff only

Internal Mindful Leadership: Leading with Awareness
Being mindful of one’s impact on others and managing thoughts, feelings and actions mindfully is a core competency for all Dalhousie faculty and staff. This short, self-guided workshop with activities will help build these leadership and core competencies.