Canadian Occupational Safety

Aug/Sept 2015

Canadian Occupational Safety (COS) magazine is the premier workplace health and safety publication in Canada. We cover a wide range of topics ranging from office to heavy industry, and from general safety management to specific workplace hazards.

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August/September 2015 25 3M Canada 3M helps keep everyone safer in a changing world. Across diverse industries and applications, 3M's technology, expertise and energy drive innovative solutions to help you control your environment so you can focus on the job at hand. www.3M.ca/safety Booth 328 Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals The Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) certification is administered by the BCRSP through an independent, accredited process which verifies competency in professional safety practice. CRSPs exemplify professionalism, a commitment to high standards, continuous learning, and follow an established Code of Ethics. www.bcrsp.ca Booth 623 Canada's Safest Employers The annual Canada's Safest Employers Awards recognize organizations with leading safety practices. Winners will be celebrated at a gala in Toronto on Oct. 28. Awards to be handed out in 10 sectoral categories, plus four additional awards: Wellness, Psychological Safety, Young Worker Safety and Canada's Best Health + Safety Culture Award. www.safestemployers.com Booth 326 Canadian Occupational Safety Canadian Occupational Safety, a Thomson Reuters business, is Canada's premier publication for health and safety professionals. Published six times per year, COS covers a wide range of topics in workplace health, safety and environment, and helps occupational health and safety professionals keep pace with the latest industry news, trends and best practices. www.cos-mag.com Booth 326 Carswell Carswell, a Thomson Reuters business, has been providing intelligent information solutions to legal, tax, fi nance, human resources and health and safety professionals for more than 145 years. Its products and services help professionals make better decisions faster. www.carswell.com Booth 326 CSSE CSSE is the leading resource for Canada's health, safety and environment practitioners, with more than 5,000 members. CSSE offers member services, information, the Certified Health and Safety Consultant (CHSC) certification and professional development courses. www.csse.org Booth 409 Kee Safety Kee Safety provides safety railings and fall protection. From Kee Klamp and Kee Lite safety railings throughout your facility to KeeGuard rooftop fall protection systems, Kee Safety offers a wide range of safety solutions . www.KeeGuard.ca Booth 710/708 University of New Brunswick The University of New Brunswick offers 100% ONLINE Occupational Health and Safety programs including: Certificate in OHS, CRSP Preparation course, Advanced Diploma in OHS & Certificate in Occupation Health Nursing. www.unb.ca/cel/unbohs Booth # 610-608 T he Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE)'s 2015 Professional Development Conference is being held Sept. 20-23 in Ottawa. "Powerful Partnerships — Sustainability and the Safety Profession" is this year's conference theme, recognizing the growing importance of sustainability and how companies need to start placing safety at the table with their existing initiatives. One of CSSE's primary goals is to engage senior leaders to align safety responsibilities with all other practices within their organization. HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS YEAR'S KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: General Rick Hillier, former chief of the defence staff for the Canadian Forces, will be taking audiences through the principles of leadership that he learned on the battlefi eld and how they can be applied to civilian life. Ashley Good, founder and CEO of Fail Forward, will be demonstrating how it is possible to use failures to inspire innovation and build the collaborative learning practices needed to understand how failure creates leadership skills. Eldeen Pozniak will be hosting the Professional Perspective Talk Show with guests Don Ross, lead investigator on the Lac- Mégantic rail disaster investigation, and Dave Fennell, risk tolerance guru supporting Imperial Oil and ExxonMobil. Les Stroud (Survivorman), outdoor adventurer and fi lmmaker, will be sharing his extraordinary survival stories and motivating audiences to push beyond comfort zones to achieve dreams. The conference includes an expanded program of eight half-day workshops, 48 concurrent sessions and 16 product and service demonstrations — all delivered by international experts. The tradeshow hosts more than 120 exhibitors ready to share information on their products and services. All sessions were selected to expand professional knowledge and provide practical insight into emerging issues and they offer information and learning experiences for safety practitioners at all stages in their careers. Session topics include the future of fall protection, the evolution of electrical safety, implementing a drug and alcohol program, risk management, process safety, occupational stress injuries and fatigue management. Canadian Occupational Safety will be hosting a panel discussion with past winners of Canada's Safest Employers Award who will share their best practices for safety excellence. The speakers include Chris Butler of Calgary Laboratory Services, Tammy Scantlebury of Nordion and Denis Beaudoin of Cementation Canada. The session takes place Sept. 23 from 9:30 am to 10:45 am. CSSE takes the nation's capital Visit www.hrreporter.com/hr-vendors-guide HR VENDORS GUIDE HR VENDORS GUIDE Are you looking to reach occupational health and safety professionals across the country? Get your listing in the Health and Safety section of HR Vendors Guide online and in print. Attention OHS vendors and suppliers Visit www.hrreporter.com/hr-vendors-guide to enter your firm's information.

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