University recognized for healthy workplace environment

March 19, 2012

Athabasca University is among nine Alberta employers recently honoured by Premier Allison Redford for making their workplaces both healthier and happier. The university has won the Award of Merit in the large workplaces category for the 2011 Premiers Award for Healthy workplaces.

The annual award is designed to recognize workplaces in Alberta that provide strategies, initiatives, policies and/or programs that promote, support and enhance a healthy workplace and the efforts of workers to remain healthy at work and beyond. These include both physical activity/active living and healthy eating components.

More importantly, this award also recognizes the collective efforts of all of all staff at AU and the overall commitment to health by AU staff and executive in promoting a healthy workplace.

The award was presented on March 13, 2012 at the Edmonton Legislature to Nichole Collins and Gabriela Husch, who were selected to receive the award on AU's behalf due to their commitment to employee overall wellness. Gabriela Husch was the "featured employee" on AU's award application because of her demonstrated endless commitment of time, energy, enthusiasm, and ideas to the overall health and wellness of employees and healthy initiatives at AU. Nichole Collins has provided a leading role to the success of these programs and initiatives that offer AU employees options for a healthy workplace lifestyle.

For more information about the Premier's Award for Healthy Workplaces, please visit http://healthyalberta.com/AboutHealthyU/1111.htm

 

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