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Ep. 175: Designing Spaces to Promote Wellness

Medcan is expanding. We’re opening a summer pop-up in the Muskoka region’s village of Port Carling, a new location in Collingwood is coming soon and the Oakville location has been around for 18 months. The design in each of these spaces feels less medical and more high-end hotel. Medcan CEO Shaun Francis interviews Oakville general manager Eric Giberson and HOK senior principal Laura Jones (pictured above) to learn about how listeners can learn from Medcan’s interior design choices to create wellness-promoting spaces of their own.

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Ep. 133: How Organizations Can Promote Employee Health This Fall

How can employers best prepare for higher rates of absenteeism or supply chain issues in the upcoming season? How to keep employees and their families safe and healthy? In this episode, pandemic planning experts Dr. Alain Sotto and Dr. Matthew Burnstein of Medcan’s Medical Advisory Services join program manager Mark Beairsto to share everything you need to know about what to expect this fall from COVID, how to prepare—and how investing in workplace wellness can maximize staff retention and engagement in the post-pandemic world.

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Ep. 129: Mental Health for Workaholics with Nabeela Ixtabalan (Encore Episode)

When Walmart Canada’s executive vice president and chief operating officer first joined the company in August 2020, she introduced herself to her new 90,000 associates as a “recovering workaholic.” Since experiencing anxiety, postpartum depression and burnout in her 20s, Nabeela Ixtabalan (pictured above) has transformed the way she balances work and wellness—and is working to help Walmart Canada employees do the same. In this encore presentation of her conversation with Medcan CEO Shaun Francis, Nabeela discusses her self-care and employee wellness strategies.

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