Wellness@Work Comprehensive Survey
Wellness@Work invites you to complete the Wellness@Work Comprehensive Survey opening on Monday January 29 at 1:30pm. We value your feedback as we remain committed to supporting the holistic health of our faculty and staff and ensuring we provide services and resources that you deem most valuable. You are the expert in your role and your thoughts about your work environment matter, so please share your perspective.
As a U of G employee, you will receive the survey link in a mass email communication on January 29th inviting you to complete the survey. The survey is open until February 16, takes approximately 15 to 20 minutes to complete, and must be completed in one sitting. Participation is anonymous and confidential.
Managers and supervisors are asked to allow employees sufficient time to give the survey their full attention during working hours.
In 2017, the University of Guelph conducted its first comprehensive wellness survey through Wellness@Work. Much has changed since 2017 and it is important that we understand your current experience to best support your health.
Survey details:
U of G has contracted third-party experts from Vancouver Psych Health + Safety Consulting to conduct this survey, designed to measure the 13 psychosocial factors identified in the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace in addition to collecting feedback on current and future wellness initiatives. This team will help us ensure the survey is accurate and useful, while guaranteeing the anonymity, privacy, and security of the information gathered. No employee at U of G will be able to see or access your individual responses.
Aligning with our values of community, collaboration, and integrity, aggregate survey results will be shared with all faculty and staff.
With the information we collect, we hope to:
- Provide leaders with their department or college-specific data to support area-specific actions that will improve workplace wellness on a unit level;
- Inform University of Guelph decision making that impacts employee health and wellness;
- Adjust healthy workplace programming to fit your needs;
- Update the Wellness@Work Strategic Plan to reflect the unique needs of our community.
We strongly encourage you to complete the employee wellness survey. The greater the participation, the more confidence we can have in the results and the better we can make improvements that are supportive to all employees.
If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Wellness@Work Advisor Isidora Nežić at nezici@uoguelph.ca.
Here are initiatives we've pursued as a result of your feedback over the years, since 2018:
- Increase in Psychological Services coverage under the Extended Health Plan
- Expansion of eligibility for the Employee and Family Assistance Program
- Creation of the GREAT at U of G initiative
- Access to the Not Myself Today program offered by the CMHA
- Embedding findings into Learning & Development consultations and programming, including offerings related to leadership, psychological safety, navigating change at work, and the SCARF tool.
- Developed “A Guide for Staff & Faculty: Steps to Supporting a Colleague in Distress”
- Consulted with various departments to implement tailored wellness initiatives
- Expanded our programming offerings and variety
- Continuously promoted resources available, both internally and externally, to support your mental health
- Developed the Wellness@Work grant program and funded 159 unique grant programs to date
Survey Frequently Asked Questions
1. When is the survey open?
2. Who can take the survey?
3. Is this survey mandatory?
4. What is the survey about?
5. What is the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety?
6. What are the 13 psychosocial factors identified in the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety?
7. Why does U of G conduct this survey?
8. How is this survey different from the Wellness@Work pulse surveys from 2022 and 2023?
9. Do other universities conduct surveys like this with their faculty and staff?
10. Is it possible to identify and link my responses back to me?
11. How is my privacy being protected?
12. Can I withdraw from the survey after I’ve submitted my responses?
13. I work at the University of Guelph-Humber, why are two surveys being done by U of G and Guelph-Humber at the same time?
14. I work at the University of Guelph-Humber and am being asked to complete a survey both from U of G and Guelph-Humber? Do I need to complete both surveys?
2017 Wellness@Work Comprehensive Survey Results
Thank you to everyone who completed the 2017 Wellness@Work Survey. The responses we received will help us identify and better understand workplace factors that affect the psychological health and safety of University of Guelph faculty and staff.
On April 4th, 2018 we hosted a Town Hall event to share the results from the survey. Around 300 employees attended this event, with others viewing the live-stream recording online.
We have captured some of the key findings from the survey results in this infographic, which we invite you to share with your colleagues.
Please follow the hyperlinks below to access the full survey report and supplemental report, which identifies key themes from the open text-box responses:
Watch the recording of the Town Hall event by following the hyperlink below:
We are committed to working together to create a healthier workplace for all faculty and staff.
We hope you will join us in our efforts to continue bettering our workplace and creating a thriving workforce, organization and community.