Balancing Care and Career: The Hidden Challenge Facing Your Employees
Canada is facing a caregiving crisis. This isn’t just a societal trend - it’s also impacting your workplace. One in three employees is balancing work with caring for an aging parent, a child with complex needs or someone facing medical or mental health challenges.
That’s over 6 million working Canadians who are quietly carrying a second shift that’s unpaid, unrecognized and, most importantly, unsustainable. As our population ages and the need for care grows, this number is only going up.
From a business perspective, caregiving affects productivity, absenteeism, retention and employee wellbeing. Smart organizations are waking up to the reality: supporting caregivers isn’t just compassionate—it’s a strategic advantage.
Join Aimée Foreman, Founder of Caregivers New Brunswick; Liv Mendelsohn, Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence (CCCE), a project of the Azrieli Foundation; and Christa Haanstra, Working Caregivers Project Lead for CCCE, for an eye-opening session on:
Let’s make the invisible visible—and turn awareness into action.
Thursday May 22, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ADT
Virtual Online - link will be sent out prior to the webinar
Free registration for all
Judy Joe Scheffler, Event Manager
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