The Canadian Workplace
Well-Being Awards
2025
Presented By
The Canadian Positive Psychology Association
And
Workplace Strategies for Mental Health
Compliments of Canada Life
Is Your Organization A Workplace Well-Being Champion?
The Canadian Workplace Well-Being Awards are now in its fifth year! Over the years, we learned that there are many great workplace well-being initiatives to share. We are excited to continue to celebrate positive psychology in action and recognize the many champions of workplace well-being!
In 2024, we were thrilled that we had 8 winners from several categories reflecting different size organizations and sectors who exceeded a benchmark score.
What is even more exciting is that through this competition we are seeing that there are many workplace well-being champions committed to this important work. We have structured the awards so that winning organizations can network and share learnings.
If your organization is a leader in workplace well-being and you have a caring culture where your employees flourish, we want to hear from you.
We would love to learn what you are doing in your organization to support workplace well-being and psychological safety!
Research demonstrates that employee well-being practices contribute to notable improvements in engagement, innovation, psychological safety, and productivity and more importantly – the overall health of employees.
CWWA 2025 Applications Are Now Open! Apply in English Here.
CWWA 2025 Applications Open: March 14, 2025 to June 27, 2025
CWWA 2025 Early Bird Discount: March 14, 2025 to April 25, 2025
Recent research demonstrated that companies that scored high in well-being (meaning that employees said their levels of happiness, satisfaction and purpose were higher and stress was lower), outperformed the S&P 500 by 20%. (De Neve, J. E Kaats, M., and Ward G. 2023) Workplace Well-being and Firm Performance, Wellbeing Research Centre, University of Oxford.
Our Mandate Is To
- Recognize and celebrate outstanding achievements in workplace well-being
practices in Canada; - Curate case studies of impactful initiatives from winning organizations in several award categories and share these stories so other organizations can learn and benefit from their leadership
Why Apply?
Recognition as a Workplace Well-Being Winner can:
- Help your recruiting efforts to attract talented employees at a time of challenging competition
- Augment and further define your employer brand as a leader in workplace well-being at a time when many employees are struggling with mental health
- Assist with your employee retention
- Allow you to showcase your work in creating a psychologically healthy workplace so others may follow your lead
What You Get As A Winner
- Use of a unique Canadian Workplace Well-Being electronic badge to use on your website and signature line
- Being recognized by your peers at a Virtual Event
- Recognition on the Canadian Positive Psychology Association website
- Facilitated networking session for winners to showcase well-being practices
- One complimentary Canadian Positive Psychology Association membership for one organization representative.
Award Categories
There are four award categories depending on your sector and size of organization:
- Private and Public Sector: Small (5-99 employees)
- Private and Public Sector: Medium (100-499 employees)
- Private and Public Sector: Large (500 plus employees)
- Nonprofit or Charity (any size)
Timeline
Applications Open: March 14, 2025 to June 27, 2025
Early Bird Discount: March 14, 2025 to April 25, 2025
Award Winners Notified: by October 15, 2025
Award Ceremony: November 5, 2025
Assessment of Applications
Assessment of Applications are made by a third-party jury of professionals from Canada’s Positive Psychology community, experienced and respected leaders in workplace well-being. Assessment by judges is based on an assessment of pre-established criteria demonstrating commitment to creating workplace cultures, which value and promote employee psychological well-being.
The organization can demonstrate the program by providing examples of initiatives, practices and approaches that leverage the principles of positive psychology to yield a significant impact on employee’s level, engagement, and psychological well-being allowing the organization to flourish.
Applicants must have implemented a well-being program that is beyond fitness and nutrition, and instead, addresses psychological well-being (e.g. mental, emotional, social and spiritual
Workplace Well-Being Resources
We have compiled a document to help you on your Workplace Well-being Journey. This Workplace Well-being Resource document contains a list of books, articles, assessment tools, helpful websites.
Tips for Your CWWA Application
Stop, reflect and celebrate what you are doing well in your organization before you complete your application.
Just by submitting your application, you are one-step closer to improving the well being of your organization.
Remind yourself that workplace well-being is a journey and you can continue to build on your work!
We have developed a CWWA Workplace Well-Being Assessment Tool to assist you in preparing your application for the 2024 Canadian Workplace Well-Being Awards or to help you on your workplace well-being journey. The assessment uses the criteria used to assess applications during the adjudication process. They are as follows: Commitment and priority of the well-being program within the organization; well-being; positive psychology; innovation; psychological health and safety; impact measurement and outcomes.
As you reflect on your responses, be sure to ask yourself what is working well so that you can continue to build on your strengths and your practices that are working. It might be helpful to approach this work with a growth mindset. Click here to access the CWWA Workplace Well-Being Assessment Tool.
Refer to the Guide to Submitting Your Application on the CPPA website before you start entering your application for helpful information, a blank application and a completed sample application.
It is easy to apply. It should take you about 45 minutes to complete your application.
Before you go online to complete your application, you should have available:
● Contact details – the person handling the administration and logistics of the application through the award process
● Detailed information and background about your Workplace Well-Being program or initiatives.
● Testimonials from employees and at least one executive leader
● Any attachments you would like to include
● The number of employees in the organization
● Name of the leader or Executive Champion of the well-being Program
We recommend that you complete your application in Word format first and then cut and paste into the application. Preparing your application in this manner provides you with the ability to complete your application in less than 30 minutes.
Receipts will be sent automatically via email once the transaction is complete
If you have any questions, email cwwa@nullcppa.ca
We hope to hear from you!
Support Us By Spreading The Word
Please support us on social media – like and share our posts and encourage other great organizations you know to apply for the award.
We’re all in this together. Let’s create better workplaces for everyone!
Sign up for our CWWA news alerts
Want to be alerted about major announcements, important dates and more information regarding the Canadian Workplace Well-Being Awards (CWWA)?
Please stay tuned regarding updates for CWWA 2025. If you know of anyone who might be interested in applying or have any questions, please email admin@nullcppa.ca.
By submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails from: . You can revoke your consent to receive emails at any time by using the SafeUnsubscribe® link, found at the bottom of every email. Emails are serviced by Constant Contact
