Over the past few weeks, people from across the country submitted their ideas, via telustalksbusiness.com, on the places and spaces they think are Canada’s best locations for working outside the office. This week, as part of TELUS’ continuing focus on flexible work, we want to highlight some of the more interesting locations where Canadians have leveraged communications technologies to work remotely. This is the final post in a series of four articles... 

As we wrap up our recent series of posts highlighting the interesting places where Canadians work we often forget that some people choose to work remotely not for a place’s beauty but simply because there is no other option. For Home Care Physiotherapist, Dr. JT Bains who lives in rural Manitoba, wireless connectivity is absolutely essential when traveling to remote villages to visit patients.

“My patients appreciate me being able to bring my practice to their homes.  The connectivity with the office that my mobile devices bring is integral for me being efficient and to be able to provide high quality care. Just last week I was able to educate a parent about her child's speech impairment using my mobile device and the internet.  We looked up information about the normal development of speech for infants and together alleviated her anxiety. When people have health concerns, providing them with information as quickly as possible is essential and with wireless connectivity I am able to do so”.

Are there any locations in Canada where you work remotely?