Admin – Event Calendar

It’s International Women’s Month - let’s celebrate US, with joy and pride. So bring your favourite story of supporting another woman in OHS, or a book recommendation that pushed you through a professional barrier, or a podcast or episode that gave you an ‘ahHA’ moment to share. We are women supporting women in the OHS profession, let’s show up for each other and have some fun revelling in our community.. Hosted by our West Coast Champ Jodi Huettner.

This WOHSS event is for any new or student WOHSS member who would like to connect with other safety professionals/students. It is an informal event, here to support each other and to bring the diverse health & safety backgrounds we have in our profession together to discuss any questions or concerns. This event will be lead by our New/Student Champion – Claire Kisen Seo

Safety Certification part One: What certification goals are on your list (CRST, CRSP…)? What questions do you have, what barriers are you facing, and how might we best resource each other in our WOHSS community to get you through? In true B2B form, this is YOUR opportunity to let us know what relevant support you need for your professional development. Part Two of this series is earmarked for May 27th and will be based on the needs explored today - DON'T miss your chance to have a say! Hosted by our West Coast Champion Jodi Huettner.

Safety Software Part 1- Let’s talk Safety Software: What’s everybody working with? From incident reporting to sharing safety stats, are you using safety dashboards that work? How did you manage your setup? This is a great opportunity to let us know what Safety Software support you need for your professional development. Part 2 in this series is scheduled for April 29, 2022, and our WOHSS community experts will focus on the needs we uncover today (Part 1). Don’t miss out on getting your questions IN!

Hosted by West Coast Champ Jodi Huettner

Join WOHSS for our 2^nd Annual Virtual Holiday Social on Saturday December 18, 2021 1:00 pm PST - Socializing, Games & Prizes are just part of the fun!

Stay tuned for the registration link!

Volunteer Needs

Come join us for Claims Management Part 2.  Don't worry if you were unable to attended Part 1, we found there was such great sharing & learning regarding this topic that we decided to continue the conversation.

We will be reviewing why claims management is important,  how decisions are made, and their effects.  Also if there is time we'll discuss how to review a decision. Your role as a safety professional in this context will be explored too.  It's all about you, so feel free to bring your claims challenges, share any wins and as always any of your questions!  Hosted by our West Coast Champion Jodi Huettner.

Calling all Atlantic Canadian Women in OHS!  Join us to discuss and connect virtually over coffee.  Hosted by Jackie Norman, Jennifer Schnare, and Stacey Maguire.  During this coffee connection you will have options.  We will provide the following 3 different break out room topics:

GROUP 1 Safety Committee Engagement – Lead by Jackie.   Sharing ideas to engage safety committee members – what has worked – what hasn’t.

GROUP 2 Balance and Resilience Through the Pandemic – Lead by Jennifer.  Sharing stories on how the balance worked with kids at home and other distractions and the stress the pandemic has caused on work life/home life (and the blurring of those).  Also, positives.

GROUP 3 Safety Culture – Lead by Stacey.  Sharing thoughts around safety culture - has your safety culture changed at work?  Are employees more open to everyone's responsibilities and sharing in a positive safety culture.  

Come join in the discussion or come and listen; this is your time, you choose.

Kids AND Career…Rocking BOTH. This session’s intent is to connect parents and aspiring parents with veteran OHS industry parents. So, if you have kids (or are looking to have kids) and could use some support on how to excel in your career as well as on the home front, please come on out with your questions and active barriers. We will be joined by a few WOHSS community members who’ve thrived both in their career and in their role as parents. As always, West Coast Champ Jodi will host the session and take your input on how we can provide content to better support the parents (and future parents) in our community in 2022.

If you are a WOHSS Member, check your email for a $50.00 coupon code!

We are excited to announce, we are hosting our first speed mentoring session!  There will be space available for 8 mentees to participate and get the chance to gain insight and knowledge from our WOHSS Mentors.  To apply you must be an active WOHSS member.  For the full line up check out our website: www.wohss.com/mentorship.

Welcome to September's Boots to Boardroom session.  This month's Happy Hour session: Workplace Bullying and Harassment - Complaints and Investigations. As a follow up to our June B2B session which focused on risk and prevention, we will be joined again by Dave Rebbitt, author of best seller Harassment and Workplace Violence Investigations (2020) to delve deeper into handling Workplace Bullying and Harassment Claims. This will be an interactive style session, so bring your questions and be prepared for another great conversation.

August’s Boots to Boardroom session – WCB Claims Management: Overview of How it Works and Why it Matters.  During this session we will be reviewing the role of TRIF, claims costs and progression – including how decisions are made, and their effects.  Also how to Review a decision. Your role as a safety professional in this context will be explored too. Our Speaker is WOHSS Director Denise Howitt, CRSP, CRM, who is also the Manager, EHS Systems and Compliance with the University of Calgary.  We will also reserve 20 minutes to brainstorm about what you would like to see for our Fall slate of Boots to Boardroom Sessions.  It’s all about you – so your feedback really matters!  Hosted by our West Coast Champion Jodi Huettner.

Do you want to discover how to enhance your intercultural awareness and skills in order to strengthen your relationships in a diverse workforce?

Join Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS) and Women in Occupational Health and Safety Society (WOHSS) in a Mentorship Workshop that focuses in on the Top 12 Intercultural Leadership Competencies discussed in the previous webinar series entitled "ISANS Diversity and Inclusion".

This is an interactive workshop and we kindly ask that you find a quiet space where you can comfortably participate, with little distractions.  You will be expected to engage in group discussions and offer your own perspectives while being led through how to develop these competencies into a skill set.

Intercultural competence is a vital skill in today’s global workplace. Safety Professionals are increasingly likely to find themselves working with colleagues, co-workers, and customers from a wide range of cultures and countries.  At WOHSS we have found this to be especially apparent in the Mentor/Mentee relationships being developed by the Mentorship Program which has membership from across Canada and Internationally all with varied backgrounds.

Success comes with working productively with people who have been shaped by different values, beliefs, and experiences.

Workshop Leader: Paul Pickering, Workplace Culture Coordinator at ISANS with assistance from Kim Mattson, WOHSS Mentorship Committee Member

The Workplace Culture Program at Immigrant Services of Nova Scotia (ISANS) is an employer-focused service dedicated to increasing organizational success with hiring and retention practices and through organizational cultural change.  Services include livestream webinars, workshops, organizational assessments and HR support. All services are funded with no charge to Nova Scotian employers. 

“WOHSS is able to access the ISANS Workplace Culture Program as WOHSS has an active Nova Scotia Chapter. Be sure to encourage our East Coast colleagues to stay active!”

 Paul Pickering has been delivering diversity and intercultural-related learning since 1995.  He is in his 8^th year as the Coordinator of the Workplace Culture Program at ISANS.  Prior to ISANS, Paul worked at the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) in England as a diversity specialist; in development training, the national policing train the trainer program, Hydra immersive learning program and within HR.  He has developed and delivered diversity, communication and management courses for urban community programs, taught English as a Foreign Language in South Korea and Czechia, and taught a variety of Liberal Arts courses at Concordia International University, Estonia. He holds a BA in Cultural Anthropology and an MA in Communication Studies, both from the University of Maine, and a Diploma in Lifelong Learning from London, England.  He Immigrated with his family to Canada in 2011.

July's Boots to Boardroom session - Women’s Personal Protection Equipment.  During this session we will be reviewing the New Canadian Standards Association’s High Visibility Safety Apparel (HVSA) CSA Z96-16 - let’s do this together! The CSA Z96-15 standard is set to go out to public review on July 19th. This is our chance to review the revisions and make comments to the CSA group’s committee. We will look specifically at the new Sections 5.7 - Ergonomics, and Annex A - Selection, Use and Care as they are the most likely candidates for the conversation of PPE/PPC ‘fit’ for women.  Hosted by our West Coast Champion Jodi Huettner.

Join Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS) and Women in Occupational Health and Safety Society (WOHSS) to discover how to enhance intercultural awareness and skills, develop a multicultural workforce and overcome barriers to finding and keeping talent.

Intercultural competence is a vital skill in today’s global workplace. Supervisors and employees are increasingly likely to find themselves working with colleagues, co-workers, vendors, and customers from a range of cultures and countries. Success comes with working productively with people who have been shaped by different values, beliefs, and experiences. Finding and keeping talent from anywhere in the world is key, as is developing a welcoming workplace for all to be productive!

Speaker: Paul Pickering, Workplace Culture Coordinator at ISANS

The Workplace Culture Program at Immigrant Services of Nova Scotia (ISANS) is an employer-focused service dedicated to increasing organizational success with hiring and retention practices and through organizational cultural change.  Services include livestream webinars, workshops, organizational assessments and HR support. All services are funded with no charge to employers.

 Paul Pickering has been delivering diversity and intercultural-related learning since 1995.  He is in his 8^th year as the Coordinator of the Workplace Culture Program at ISANS.  Prior to ISANS, Paul worked at the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) in England as a diversity specialist; in development training, the national policing train the trainer program, Hydra immersive learning program and within HR.  He has developed and delivered diversity, communication and management courses for urban community programs, taught English as a Foreign Language in South Korea and Czechia, and taught a variety of Liberal Arts courses at Concordia International University, Estonia. He holds a BA in Cultural Anthropology and an MA in Communication Studies, both from the University of Maine, and a Diploma in Lifelong Learning from London, England.  He Immigrated with his family to Canada in 2011.

Join WOHSS, and Team Captain, Lee-Anne Lyon-Bartley, as we walk with communities across the country, united, knowing that together we are changing the future for all those affected by workplace tragedies.

The Association for Workplace Tragedy Family Support, known as Threads of Life, supports the healing journey of families who have suffered from a workplace fatality, traumatic life-altering injury, or occupational disease. Threads of Life currently supports more than 3,000 family members across Canada affected by workplace tragedies with family support programs and services. Steps for Life events not only raise money for these programs, they also aim to educate the community about the devastating ripple effects of each workplace tragedy and how we can work together to prevent others from being injured or killed on the job.

In these tough days, more families than ever are hurting and need our help. If you'd like to share in our show of support for those affected by workplace tragedy, simply click the link below to join our team!

JOIN OUR TORONTO TEAM

How Can Your Dollars Help Families of Workplace Tragedy?

• Train family members to become injury prevention champions in our national Speakers Bureau.
• Send family members to a regional Family Forum to help them learn healthy coping skills.
• Allow family members to receive peer support from a Volunteer Family Guide.

Details

Join WOHSS, and Team Captain, Paula Campkin, as we walk with communities across the country, united, knowing that together we are changing the future for all those affected by workplace tragedies.

The Association for Workplace Tragedy Family Support, known as Threads of Life, supports the healing journey of families who have suffered from a workplace fatality, traumatic life-altering injury, or occupational disease. Threads of Life currently supports more than 3,000 family members across Canada affected by workplace tragedies with family support programs and services. Steps for Life events not only raise money for these programs, they also aim to educate the community about the devastating ripple effects of each workplace tragedy and how we can work together to prevent others from being injured or killed on the job.

In these tough days, more families than ever are hurting and need our help. If you'd like to share in our show of support for those affected by workplace tragedy, simply click the link below to join our team!

JOIN OUR VIRTUAL TEAM

How Can Your Dollars Help Families of Workplace Tragedy?

• Train family members to become injury prevention champions in our national Speakers Bureau.
• Send family members to a regional Family Forum to help them learn healthy coping skills.
• Allow family members to receive peer support from a Volunteer Family Guide.

Details

The virtual WOHSS 2021 Annual General Meeting will be held in April! We invite all WOHSS members to attend to receive an update on what we've done in 2020 and what our vision for 2021 are. We will be voting on the new slate of candidates for our Board of Directors.

Date: April 24, 2021 8:00 am  - 10:00 am PDT

Document Links: ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Please join us for this informative Career Connection where you will hear from two Canadian Registered Safety Technicians (CRST's).  You will to learn about their safety journey; why they chose to pursue the CRST designation, the benefits and opportunities that have opened up for them both.  We will save plenty of time at the end for Q&A so bring all your questions!

Facilitator: Stacey Maguire, CRST, BBA, Senior Health and Safety Manager at Glooscap Ventures Hantsport, NS

Facilitator: Will Rowan, NCSO, GSC, CRST, EHS Advisor, Aecon Industrial Management Corporation, Edmonton AB

Join WOHSS for the Women in Safety Conference After-Cast Virtual Social – March 9, 2021 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm PST

After a fantastic day of programming by our media partner Canadian Occupational Safety Magazine at the Women in Safety Conference, let’s celebrate and debrief on our best take-aways and moments to remember.

WOHSS Members can get 25% off their registration.

Email us at info@wohss.com for the DISCOUNT CODE!

Welcome to the February Boots to Boardroom session! Based on feedback from a previous session, will have two breakout rooms - Room #1 will be a general session to explore your real-life 'sticky floor' experiences and to connect with other Women in an H&S Role.  Room #2 will be a gathering place to discuss some of the PPE challenges women face.

Details: Friday, February 19th, 2021 at 4 pm pacific / 7 pm eastern time for one hour

Facilitators: Jodi Huettner & Leigh-Ann Stewart

Join WOHSS for a connection focused Sweet Social on Saturday February 13, 2021 from 12:30 to 1:45 pm PST via Zoom.  It will be a Red and Pink colour theme with creativity in the form of card-making and socializing! Prizes to be won too… Here’s to sharing the love that you have for friends, family and fellow WOHSS members!  A card to commemorate the day will be just one reward…On the card, registrants will be provided with a list of simple things that should be readily available around the house to use to express themselves – hearts and all!

ISANS Diversity and Inclusion Webinar #2: Benefits of a Diverse Workplace Culture

Tuesday February 2, 2021 @ 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm AST (9:00 am MST to 11:00 am)
Explore the ways an intercultural workplace enhances your organization’s success (2-hours). Topics covered include:

• The nature of workplace culture and how it relates to key elements of your hiring and retention
• The value and contributions immigrants bring to your workplace
• The impact of COVID-19 on our workplace cultures

Speaker: Paul Pickering, Workplace Culture Coordinator at ISANS

The Workplace Culture Program at Immigrant Services of Nova Scotia (ISANS) is an employer-focused service dedicated to increasing organizational success with hiring and retention practices and through organizational cultural change.  Services include livestream webinars, workshops, organizational assessments and HR support. All services are funded with no charge to employers.

 Paul Pickering has been delivering diversity and intercultural-related learning since 1995.  He is in his 8^th year as the Coordinator of the Workplace Culture Program at ISANS.  Prior to ISANS, Paul worked at the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) in England as a diversity specialist; in development training, the national policing train the trainer program, Hydra immersive learning program and within HR.  He has developed and delivered diversity, communication and management courses for urban community programs, taught English as a Foreign Language in South Korea and Czechia, and taught a variety of Liberal Arts courses at Concordia International University, Estonia. He holds a BA in Cultural Anthropology and an MA in Communication Studies, both from the University of Maine, and a Diploma in Lifelong Learning from London, England.  He Immigrated with his family to Canada in 2011.