Helping Nova Scotians move more at work
When it comes to increasing movement and decreasing sedentary behaviour, it’s clear Nova Scotians need a culture shift.
We spend half of our waking life at work – and close to 70% of our waking hours are sedentary. This is an ideal opportunity for Nova Scotia employers to play a leadership role in promoting increased movement throughout the day.
Our Make Your Move at Work (MYMAW) program offers a solution to help inspire this culture shift, by supporting people in workplaces across the province to easily add more movement into the workday, supporting physical and mental health and wellness.
The MYMAW program is free for any workplace in Nova Scotia and was built to be flexible. The MYMAW team will work directly with organizations to tailor the programming to fit their unique needs – whether the organizations are large or small, with employees working in the office, from home or in a hybrid arrangement.
Instead of focusing on what is traditionally considered “exercise” (think lunch-time boot camps), the MYMAW program is designed to prioritize simple movements and breaking up the amount of time we spend sitting or remaining still. We want to motivate people to think about movement differently, help them recognize moving more is easy and show that all the small bouts of movement throughout the day count toward overall activity.
When we move more, even a little more, we improve our overall wellness, and more importantly – we feel better!
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Watch the video below to see the Make Your Move at Work program in action.
The MYMAW program is supported by significant research and evidence that outlines the importance of making movement throughout the day a priority. The wraparound program is based on a toolkit developed by Dr. Jonathon Fowles and his research associates with the Centre of Lifestyle Studies at Acadia University.
The toolkit includes assessment tools for employers and employees to establish benchmarks, best practices for policies, practices and programs, an overview of the ROI benefits and resources for employees who work from home.
For an overview of the MYMAW program, download the Toolkit Primer to discover how your organization can support employees in moving more throughout the entire day.
To access the full toolkit, please fill out the form below.
A program backed by science
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The Healthy Tomorrow Foundation respects your privacy. When you download the Make Your Move at Work Toolkit, you will supply us with identifying information, such as your name and email address. This information enables the foundation to follow up directly with organizations that want to encourage their employees to move more at work.
This information may be shared internally with our project partners: the Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage, Nova Scotia Health, the Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia and the Acadia Centre of Lifestyle Studies.
We will not sell or share your information with third parties. Fill out the form to download the Make Your Move at Work Toolkit.
