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COVID-19 Resources for the FEC Community
Published: Mar 26, 2020
Family Enterprise Canada is a proud member of the Canadian Business Resilience Network (CBRN), launched by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. The CBRN brings together its network of over 450 chambers of commerce and boards of trade, and over 100 of Canada’s leading business and industry associations.
The CBRN is focused on providing businesses like yours with tools to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, help you emerge from this crisis and drive Canada’s economic recovery. Please visit the CBRN website.
Below are more resources provided by our community, for our community, that might be helpful in dealing with the COVID-19 situation.
COVID-19 Information Hubs
- COVID-19 Information Page – Public Health Canada
- COVID-19 Resources for Small and Medium-sized Business – Government of Canada
- COVID-19 Resources Hub for Businesses and Advisors – BDO Canada
- Emergency Benefits By Province – CTV News
- Coronavirus Special Coverage – Harvard Business Review
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak – World Health Organization
Resources
- Toolkit for Reopening Canada’s Economy – Canadian Business Resilience Network
- Pandemic Preparedness for Business – Canadian Chamber of Commerce
- Remarkable Leadership for Uncertain Times (Online training course, fees apply) – Bellrock Benchmarking Inc.
- Steps to Manage Loss and Business Interruption During COVID-19 – BDO Canada
- Leading In Unusual Times – J.D. Creaghan Group
- How to implement a new process at work – The Predictive Index
- How to Navigate Immediate Change, Quickly – TEC Canada
- Support for Canadian exporters – EDC
- Pivot Your Business In Times Of Disruption – J.D. Creaghan Group
- Advisory Boards – WATSON Advisors Inc.
- COVID Contemplation – BDO Canada
- Pandemic Preparedness Guide – Canadian Chamber of Commerce
- Crisis Management Toolkit for Enterprising Families – Lansberg, Gersick & Associates (LGA)
- 5 Tips to Manage a Crisis – BDO Canada
- Work-Sharing During COVID-19 – Government of Canada
- Insurance Coverage Considerations – BDO Canada
- Tax Considerations for Difficult and Uncertain Times – BDO Canada
- Support for entrepreneurs impacted by the coronavirus – Business Development Bank of Canada
- COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Programs – BDO Canada
- Manage Anxiety & Stress – Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
- Yale’s ‘Happiness’ Course now available online – CNN
- Resilience in Challenging Times – Sounds True
- That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief – Harvard Business Review
- Virtual Teams and Remote Work – Elseview Journals
- Remote Workforce: Long Term Benefits – Admin Slayer
- Business Unusual: Why a Remote Workforce is Essential in the Age of Pandemics Like COVID-19 – Admin Slayer
- Working from Home 101: The Complete Guide to Remote Work – Cake HR
- How to Work From Home: 20 Tips From People Who Do It Successfully – HubSpot
- The ultimate guide to remote meetings in 2020 – Slack
- Tips to successfully manage a remote team – The Predictive Index
- Virtual Offsites That Work – Harvard Business Review
- The Definitive Guide To Facilitating Remote Workshops – Mural
- Rapid Connect – Your Employee, EI and Immigration questions answered – KPMG
- Building a virtual workforce – KPMG
Supporting Family & Children
- Talking to your children about coronavirus – UN News
- Caring for Children in a Disaster – Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
- How to Talk to Your Child About Coronavirus Disease 2019 – UNICEF
- A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus – NPR
- Drawing Closer While Keeping Your Distance – fbcg
Keeping Children Busy During Quarantine
- Fun Things to do at Home with the Kids – Toucan Box
- 50 Super Fun Rainy Day Activities For Kids of All Ages – My KidsTime
- The Ultimate List of Things for Tweens & Teens to do When They’re Bored – Feels Like Home Blog