It’s an ongoing struggle. How does one fulfill their many duties outside of work? Duties as parents, as spouses, as friends and as the children of aging parents?

Work & Family Foundation Canada is a non-profit organization that studies and promotes work-life balance in Canada. We are partnered with the IESE Business School’s International Center for Work & Family (in Spain) and York University’s School of Human Resources Management.

We believe in the untapped potential for personal growth that lies in family life — growth that individuals bring to the organizations they work for.

Neither business nor society at large can remain viable without healthy family life.

We support those individuals who are committed to personal growth in their lives and careers. We also work with family-responsible employers that recognize the families of their employees as significant stakeholders in the long-term sustainability of their business.

Businesses that retain the best employees are those that respond to their employees’ changing needs at every stage of personal and professional development. More importantly, neither business nor society at large can remain viable without healthy family life.

We believe that integrity should permeate all spheres of life. And we’re here to help individuals and organizations bring out the very best in themselves.

Mission
WFFC helps individuals develop skills that are transferable between workplace and family, while promoting family-responsible practices in organizations – nurturing stable, thriving families, prosperous businesses and a sustainable economy and social fabric.

Vision
We envision a future where organizations empower their employees to live complete lives, where workers respond with great initiative, creativity and productivity, and where families and communities blossom.

Our Team

	Salvador Rego, PhD, is Co-Founder, President and CEO of the Work & Family Foundation Canada. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from McGill, University of Ottawa and University of Toronto. He supervises the consulting and research activities of WFFC and works as an international partner for NCH&Partners in Canada.
	Eloise Cataudella is Co-Founder of the Work & Family Foundation Canada, serving as communications manager and as operations manager of the Work & Family Association. She holds degrees from the University of Toronto in Mechanical Engineering and from OCAD in Industrial Design.
	Mireia Las Heras, PhD, is an assistant professor of the Department of Managing People in Organizations at IESE Business School (University of Navarra, Spain) where she serves as the Research Director of the International Center for Work and Family. She has co-edited a book on work family, “A Practical Guide for Implementing Effective Work Family Policies Across Countries” (2009) and she has published other articles in work family integration, career development and leadership. She is an active consultant and coach in the area of Work Family Balance and Career Development for NCH&Partners.
	Christopher Chan, PhD, is an associate professor of Human Resource Management at York University, Toronto.  Chris researches in the areas of organizational learning in hospitals, cross cultural management, and the application of the Rule of St. Benedict in the areas of human resource management.  He is well versed in using SPSS and AMOS for various statistical modeling.
	Nuria Chinchilla, PhD, is a professor of the Department of Managing People in Organizations at IESE Business School (University of Navarra, Spain). She is the Director of the International Center for Work and Family at IESE. She combines her academic activities and research with her global consulting practice NCH&Partners. She is the author of “Female Ambition” (2005), “Masters of our Destiny” (2008) and “A Practical Guide for Implementing Effective Work Family Policies Across Countries” (2009), among others.
	Julia Richardson, PhD, is an associate professor of Human Resource Management at York University, Toronto. Her research topics include flexible work practices and career self-management, with a focus on internationally mobile professionals and the ‘boundaryless career.’ She has been published in The British Journal of Management, Management Revue and Personnel Review, and has extensive professional experience in UK, Japan, Indonesia, the Middle East, New Zealand and Singapore. She is currently Associate Editor of Career Development International.