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Steps for Life 2026: Will you have our back?

The many ways you and your company can support this key health and safety event

The back of a Steps for Life t-shirt. The bright yellow shirt reads "Steps for Life 2025: Threads of Life is proudly supported by" and is full of sponsor logos.
National and community t-shirt sponsors at Vancouver’s 2025 Steps for Life walk

For more than 20 years, Steps for Life — Walking for Families of Workplace Tragedy has been the fuel for the growth of Threads of Life’s family support services. And to think that it all started with: a couple of volunteers, key partner funding and support, and a vision. The earliest Steps for Life walks were the base for an annual country-wide fundraising effort to ensure workers and families devastated by a workplace fatality, life-altering injury, or occupational disease had a safe place to turn for support and healing at Threads of Life.

With more than 30 events planned for 2026 — and more communities reaching out to get involved — we continue to need the local, regional, and national commitment of our corporate and occupational health and safety system partners. Partner commitment is the rebar for what the Threads of Life community is building in Steps for Life.

How can you and your company have Steps for Life’s back?

  1. Engage as a volunteer. Many communities are currently looking for new volunteers to help them plan this spring’s Steps for Life walk. Simply fill in a volunteer application on the website and we’ll connect with you to discuss areas you may be able to help with!
  2. Lead your company’s team. Add a reminder to your calendar to head to stepsforlife.ca and start a company team on Feb 1, when registration opens. Share the link with your colleagues and encourage them to join you. Bring your family and friends! Challenge your colleagues in another community! Set fundraising goals and demonstrate your company’s commitment to ensuring we all come home healthy and safe at the end of the work day.
  3. Commit to community or national sponsorship above $1500. This will — quite literally — get your company’s logo on the back of the 2026 Steps for Life T-shirt . Your sponsorship dollars both support the fundraising success of the event and visibly demonstrate your company’s commitment to health and safety on the job and in your community. There are a variety of sponsorship options to consider, so reach out to us if you have any questions.

Taking any ONE of these steps demonstrates a strong corporate commitment to being a health and safety leader! There are many companies that regularly commit to all 3 — and that truly have Steps for Life’s back! One of these companies is EllisDon, who have been a national sponsor of Steps for Life for many years:

An image displaying the following quote: "At EllisDon, safety is at the core of everything we do. It's about our commitment to putting people first. Our "why" is simple: Everyone deserves to return home safely to their families and loved ones. We've built a culture of care where people feel supported and recognize safety is everyone's responsibility. Our partnership with Threads of Life reinforces our commitment to keeping our people safe. Steps for Life is a reminder of our purpose behind what we do and the values we carry with us every day." -- Steve Chaplin, Senior Vice President, Health, Safety & Environment EllisDon Corporation

There are many ways to get involved in Steps for Life personally, or as a partner to Threads of Life . Let’s step forward together!