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8. It's either frigid cold or stifling heat, but the office temperature is hardly ever just right. Enter
Obakki's Scarves for Water program: with every sale of the unisex Twilight or Azure scarf,
clean water becomes a reality in two South Sudan villages (100 per cent of net proceeds go toward
drilling a well). $29, obakkifoundation.org/campaign/scarves-water/
10. Created and designed in part by Hootsuite CEO
Ryan Holmes (who wanted a more affordable stand-
up desk that could be easily dismantled and stored),
the 100 per cent recyclable, industrial-weight
cardboard Oristand is perfectly compatible with
laptops, compact keyboards and workaholics
too. $25, oristand.co
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9. Canada's first on-demand, ready-to-eat
meal delivery service (in 15 minutes or
less!), Vancouver-based Enroot serves
up a daily menu of fresh ingredients all
accessed, ordered and delivered from your
smartphone, tablet or computer. From
chocolate chunk caramel cookies ($2.95)
to gluten-free Chermoula chicken skewer
salad ($11.95), it's the perfect platform to
butter up the coworker who stays late.
Or the employee you want to stay late.
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7. For the office rainmaker, there's the Golden Hand-
shake hot hand mask by Lush. Based in Vancouver, the
company's North American head office sources more than
one tonne of avocados to help make its fresh goods, including
this avocado-and-argan-oil hot mask with fresh cupuaçu
and murumuru butters to hydrate and nourish. Never under-
estimate the power of a soft touch. $4.95, lush.ca
6. Healthy employees miss less work, so bosses, take note:
the cult-fave New York-based Equinox gym brand lands in
Vancouver this winter to offer personal training, barre, cycling,
yoga and boxing along with a spa, juice and food bar all set
against Pacific Northwest elements like bleached walnut
woods, concrete floors and a fireplace for quiet contemplation.
$160 a month plus $300 initiation, equinox.com
