| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 74.30 |
| Liaison | Joséanne Bélanger-Gravel |
| Submission Date | Sept. 2, 2022 |
Polytechnique Montréal
PA-14: Wellness Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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0.75 / 1.00 |
Joséanne
Bélanger-Gravel Sustainability Advisor Sustainable Development Office |
Does the institution have a wellness program that makes counseling, referral, and wellbeing services available to all students?:
Does the institution have a wellness and/or employee assistance program that makes counseling, referral, and wellbeing services available to all academic staff?:
Does the institution have a wellness and/or employee assistance program that makes counseling, referral, and wellbeing services available to all non-academic staff?:
A brief description of the institution’s wellness and/or employee assistance program(s):
All students have access to the Health and Psychological Counseling Center of the affiliated school of Université de Montréal on the same campus. A wellbeing program offers free access to various services: psychology, social worker, psychoeducation, sexology, psychotherapy, guidance, financial counselling, infirmary, kinesiology, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, ergonomics, and nutrition. There are also grants and subsidies for students to help financially. https://www.aep.polymtl.ca/ressource-sant-psychologique The “Service aux étudiants” (Student Services) offers many services to support success. https://etudiant.polymtl.ca/soutien/ . Furthermore, students have access to a tool called “Aller mieux” (Get better). “This personalized tool helps you to more clearly identify what you are already doing to get better, and then to plan actions to take care of your mental health.” Students are also invited to participate in an initiative “Pause ton écran” (Pause your screen) for a well balanced way to use internet, it provides a tool to assess the habits and to provide solutions. Many links to outside resources are also provided for students. In addition, students can choose to enroll for health, dental, and eye insurance for a very accessible fee per semester.
The program “Pour mieux s’épanouir” (Towards better fulfillment) is an improved wellness program for all employees (academic and non-academic staff). It is a broad program with the slogan: personal life, health, work: go from concerns to solutions! More complete than ever, this practical and versatile program is available anywhere, anytime. Throughout the year, employees and their family members can consult qualified professionals: in person, by telephone or by video conference. Something to make employees' lives easier! The following is a list of themes that can be addressed: work - stress management, career development, communication and conflict resolution, performance, adapting to change, work-life balance, health (mental and physical), addictions, food and nutrition, lifestyle change, sleep, and personal life - relationship problems, family affairs and parenting, life events, grief and loss, legal assistance, and financial counselling. https://www.polymtl.ca/srh/epanouir
All employees have access to a telemedicine service, to the Health and Psychological Counseling Center, to a virtual training platform, to the sports center of Université de Montréal - an affiliated school on campus, public transit at a reduced price, annual flu vaccination, and conferences on various subjects about wellness and wellbeing.
Moreover, “Qualité de vie au travail” (Program for Quality of Life at Work) was established in 2005 to promote wellness. This program provides $150 towards enrollment in an activity chosen by the employee, whether it be in sports, arts, or culture, or to develop healthy lifestyles. Depending on the budget and the number of applicants, up to three activities per year may be refunded to each employee. Several lunchtime courses were offered within Polytechnique’s facilities, including Insanity, cross-training, zumba, yoga, and pilates before the COVID pandemic and will resume when the current sanitary measures allow it. Wellness days are held for the entire community, students and employees alike. Depending on the year, these can include massage stations, pet therapy, mindfulness meditation, balance (nutrition and sport), board games, Lego blocks, and mandalas. A massage therapist offers her services one day a week to employees.
All the initiatives are summarized in a toolbox available on the Human Resources intranet webpage.
Does the institution prohibit smoking within all occupied buildings owned or leased by the institution?:
Does the institution restrict outdoor smoking?:
Does the institution prohibit smoking and tobacco use across the entire campus?:
A copy of the institution's smoke-free policy:
The institution’s smoke-free policy:
Polytechnique has three documents regarding smoke-free environments :
1- Regulation on the Use of the Tobacco and other related Products
2- Cannabis Regulation
3- Smoke-free Policiy
1- Regulation on the Use of the Tobacco and other related Products: It is forbidden at all times to use tobacco anywhere inside the walls of any building of the Polytechnique campus as well as outside within a radius of nine (9) meters from any door, of any air inlet or any window which may be opened and which communicates with any of these buildings. It is prohibited to remove or damage a poster posted, in particular posters indicating a non-smoking area. No sale of tobacco products on campus.
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2- Cannabis Regulation: bans on consumption, culture, sale, possession and storage of cannabis on campus. Moreover, ban of publicity and promotion on campus. Some exceptions are allowed : the use of cannabis for research and for medical purposes.
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3- Smoke-free Policy: The policy states :
- the regulation has to be respected,
- Polytechnique has to create a smoke-free environment both indoors and outdoors
- Polytechnique needs to promote a non-smoking lifestyle and to offer favourable conditions for its community to quit smoking
- Polytechnique has a responsibility to implement this policy and to communicate on it.
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Website URL where information about the institution’s wellness programs is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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