Managing the Complexity of Health and Safety in Multicultural Environments

Friday, April 5, 2024 – on ZOOM

ABOUT THE SESSION

This session is intended to openly discuss challenges of health and safety as our country continues to diversify and open its borders to newcomers into industry.

Many newly landed residents come with minimal health and safety knowledge and experience, especially if the organizations they work for have had no ethical approach, or any decent supervision to support Occupational Health and Safety.  

As employers, managers, supervisors and workers. Statistics demonstrate one in four are likely to be harmed in their first month to work without orientation training. How do you convey the message of safety to someone who can barely understand our national languages?

We need to be better as health and safety professionals, as coworkers, supervisors and employers. Everyone deserves to go home no matter where they come from, and many newcomers are prepared to do anything their new employers want to ensure they have enough to provide for their families. Is there a simple answer or how far do we need to go to accommodate? What are are our duties and responsibilities? We can explore some of what works and what doesn’t, the why’s, and use collective approaches throughout our organizations to reach the goal of minimizing injury and fatalities in our workplaces throughout the session.

THE PRESENTER

Craig Nicholson, COHS, DOHS, LSO
Construction Workplace Safety Training Limited, Barrie, ON

Craigs Health and Safety Career has spanned 15 years inclusive of Municipal, Industrial, Construction and Transportation industries. He has been the Chair for the Barrie Ontario Chapter of the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering, has been a speaker at the CSSE Professional Development Conference and is a proud graduate from University of New Brunswick and Humber College with Honors for Occupational Health and Safety. His role as Director of CWST began in 2021 when he purchased CWST where he continues to serve Ontario and abroad supporting companies and other organizations in their health and safety initiatives.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
The participants will understand what industries newcomers to Canada will enter and the complexity in safety of those industries; they will learn about the challenges of a new start and how employers can positively influence health and safety through various forms of accommodation.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
JHSC’s, employers, supervisors, health and safety professionals, advisors and consultants would be beneficial to include in the conversation!

LOCATION/FORMAT
ZOOM (Link to be provided to all registrants, closer to the event date.)

SCHEDULE
7:30-7:55 am – Logon
8:00-9:00 a.m. – Presentation and Q & A
9:00 a.m. – Wrap-Up

FEES
Members – No Charge
Non-Members – $35.00 (GST is not applicable)
Non-members who join IPAM within a month of this meeting, will have the $35 breakfast fee applied to
the cost of membership fee.
Students – $10.00

CANCELLATION POLICY
Non-Member Registrations – Cancellations received at least 72 hours (3 full days) prior to the event date are accepted without charge.  The non-member fee is non-refundable if cancellation is not received by the specified time frame.  Substitutions are welcome.