Desjardins Financial Security releases the 2007 Survey about Canadian Perceptions about the relationship between Mental, Physical and Financial Health at work, rest and play.

2007 Health is Cool! booklet Consult the highlights of our 2007 research report Work-Life Balance: It's a Matter of Time Read our news releases   2006 edition of Health is Cool!

Are juggling multiple responsibilities zapping the zest out of life for Canadians?

In this fourth wave of the Desjardins Financial Security National Health Survey, we peeled away the top layers to look into the core workplace wellbeing and work/life balance.

Canadians had a lot to say about their perceptions about:
 

• Workaholics
• The frustration or stress about Personal vs. workplace value systems
• How mental health issues are handled in the workplace vs. physical ailments
• Money issues at home and what would be their main problem if they won the lottery!
• How they perceive their employer's, particularly their interest in promoting work/life balance
• Solutions for employers and individuals, a cherry pick of ideas
   

Health is Cool! Booklet - Volume 2

Serves up the 2007 survey results in a fresh and concise format

Get a fresh serving of information regarding how Canadians perceive mental health issues and their impact on their physical and financial wellbeing.

By reading the second edition of Health is Cool!, you can:
 

• Learn about how people's personal values either collide or are inline with their workplace and how they are reconciling this situation,
• Explore how Canadians deal with work/life balance and what solutions they are implementing in their lives to reduce the associated frustration, stress, anxiety or depression,
• Find out how employers are handling the growing need for balance and how successful they are, according to workers,
• What workers expect of their employer,
• How people perceive their financial situation
• Discover what stress busters people are using, and more.
   

Health is Cool! booklet - Volume 2
   16 pages – 1,025 kb

Consult the highlights of our 2007 research report

Want to learn more? Read the highlights.

Highlights - 2007 research report
   20 pages - 101 kb

Work-Life Balance: It's a Matter of Time

Tips about how individuals and employees can achieve balance in life to reduce stress and other mental health issues

There are a variety of tips for maintaining balance at home and at work. There are also solutions for employers. As a partner in mental health research with the Canadian Mental Health Association, Desjardins Financial Security is actively involved ensuring balance in the workplace. 

Consult the brochures of the Canadian Mental Health Association on how to achieve balance.


Read our news releases

There are news releases issued featuring key information from the 2007 edition of the survey and Desjardins Financial Security's partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association. 

Information from the 2006 edition dovetails into the 2007 information and the 2006 news releases are archived, as well as other relevant information.

2006 edition of Health is Cool!

The 2006 edition of Health is Cool! offers the scoop about EAPs, money issues and portable technology :
 

• Read the 2006 edition of Health is Cool! Booklet: Get the scoop from the survey in a concise and fun format
• Read the transcript from the June 1, 2006 web cast featuring an EAP provider, an insurer and a psychiatrist
• Try the "Health is Cool!" questionnaire!
• Consult the summary report of the 2006 edition of the Health is Cool! report by SOM Marketing and Research
• Read our 2006 news release