Dec2022 - Waypoint receives Certificate of Merit from Excellence Canada
Waypoint receives Certificate of Merit from Excellence Canada
Waypoint was thrilled to attend the Excellence Canada Awards in November to receive a Certificate of Merit recognizing the hospital's many years of commitment to workplace mental health and wellness.
As an Essentials Recipient, Waypoint is part of a group of businesses and organizations being recognized with a Mental Health at Work® Award, the requirements of which include the implementation of the National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace.
Our journey to this point really began in 2015 with the adoption of the National Standard. Since that time we have formed a psychological health and safety committee, embedded mental health support skills in leadership development through initiatives like Psychological Health & Safety Conversation Kits and Leadership Rounding, worked with the Waypoint Research Institute to study trauma in the workplace, studied improvement opportunities associated with staff burnout in partnership with the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, and collaboratively led Ontario Health Central Region hospitals in collective well-being efforts.
“I couldn’t be more pleased with this recognition for our first year participating in the Excellence Canada awards and am grateful to everyone involved in the work leading up to the award,” said Dr. Nadiya Sunderji, President and CEO. “For many years our human resources and organizational development team, leaders and staff across the hospital have worked hard to develop and implement activities supporting our extensive psychological health, safety and wellness program. We know from this first recognition level that we have the essentials in place and can continue to learn and grow to make Waypoint the best place to be for staff and patients.”
A team representing Waypoint attended the Canada Awards for Excellence on November 7th to receive the certificate.
“I wish to share my thanks with the HR and OD team who developed our submission based on our vast psychological health, safety and wellness, and other work on employee engagement these past years,” says Demetrios Kalantzis, Vice-President People and Chief Human Resources Officer. “With this recognition we know we are on the right track as we stay focused on this important employee support. Special thanks to Liz Everett, Josh Mace, Nicole Mace and everyone who dedicated time to reviewing our program and activities and filling out the substantial application. This is a great example of our commitment to quality improvement as we measure ourselves against industry standards and gain ideas for how we can continue to enhance what we are doing.”
The hospital plans to continue to work towards higher levels of Excellence Canada recognition in the coming years as staff wellbeing continues to be a priority.