by adminThreadsofLife | Jan 16, 2020 | How We Help
Photo by Neil Thomas on Unsplash Caregivers need care too. Caregivers are an essential part of our society. There are more than 8 million caregivers in Canada- more than 1 in 4 adults. If you were to replace all the care they provide it would cost $66 billion per...
by Lorna Catrambone | Jan 9, 2020 | Health and Safety, How We Help
In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly established a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that were adopted by all 193 United Nations Member States, including Canada. These goals set a timeline to end poverty, improve health and education, reduce...
by Wynny Sillito | Jan 2, 2020 | How We Help
To the wife of the man who risked himself to make sure the rest of us made it home, You and I have never met, but you have been a character in my story, a significant part of my motivation to end workplace tragedy. January 7, 2011, was a day that changed both of our...
by Shirley Hickman | Dec 26, 2019 | Health and Safety, How We Help, Volunteers
Looking back — to move forward It seems like just a few years ago all the organizations who worked with technology were thinking about what would happen when the clock turned to midnight and we entered 2000. Would the technology of 1999 still function? I was...
by adminThreadsofLife | Dec 19, 2019 | Health and Safety, How We Help
In 2019, 8,400 people across Canada heard directly from Threads of Life family members why workplace safety matters. Each of those 8,400 were touched by the story of a family changed forever. Imagine if next year, an additional 8,400 Canadians could hear that message...
by Karen Lapierre Pitts | Dec 5, 2019 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care, How We Help
Despite the happy holiday signs we see all around us at this time of year, we remember that this is often a sad time for so many people. Maybe expectations at home and work are piling up. There could be financial pressure to buy into the holidays. Maybe an unexpected...