As part of聽Dal's Ergonomics Days, which will run聽January 29 鈥� 31, Human Resources will collaborate with the School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Open Learning and Career Development, and the Environmental Health and Safety Office to highlight resources related to ergonomics. These can help you with your at-home work set up, your on-campus one, or with transitioning back and forth.聽
Live and Online Sessions
- Join a live, interactive workshop:聽Ergo on the Go: Solutions for Hybrid Work聽and Study聽with Dal Occupational Therapy students, available on multiple dates, all from 12 鈥� 1 p.m. on MS Teams.
- If you want to deepen your learning about ergonomics, the Faculty of Open Learning and Career Development offers an online course, and here are the steps to access it:
- Login to聽.
- Click on聽聽to register for the ergonomics course.
Resources
- Visit聽the Environmental Health and Safety Office site's聽.
- Explore a聽聽with the Dal Tiger demonstrating some of the specific aspects of what we used to call office ergonomics, which really means all the computer work we find ourselves doing now.聽
- Have your own virtual ergonomic assessment.聽Complete the聽聽through the Environmental Health and Safety Office. You will be paired with an Occupational Therapy student who will remotely help determine your ergonomic set up and give you some advice on making the most of your current arrangement.
Tips
- Review how much you exercise, sit and sleep. Consider these聽聽for adults aged 18-64 years of age.聽
- Build聽your mobility and strength聽with聽聽that includes at-home exercises.
- Learn some聽聽to overcome sitting at a computer all day.