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Nominations for the 2025 OHS Canada Honours are now open. Check out the lead story in this e-newsletter for complete information about categories, nomination criteria and entry deadlines. Interested in judging? That info is included too!
- Brandi Cowen, Editor
 
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Nominations now open for the 2025 OHS Canada Honours

Nominations are now open for the 2025 OHS Canada Honours, celebrating excellence in workplace safety. The prestigious awards program recognizes individuals and teams for their outstanding contributions to occupational health and safety and their commitment to creating safer workplaces.


Threads of Life announces new executive director

The board of directors of Threads of Life has appointed Eugene Gutierrez as the organization’s new executive director. Gutierrez will officially join Threads of Life on Jan. 15.


CCOHS announces speakers for national forum on changing world of work

The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety will host Forum 2025: The Changing World of Work May 27-28 in Calgary. Forum is a national two-day event where leaders, change-makers, and subject experts representing government, labour, and workplaces will come together to share their perspectives on current and emerging health and safety topics.


 
 
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Strategic management of incident investigation for safety managers

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Rescuers in southwestern Pakistan recover the bodies of 11 workers who died in a coal mine blast

Rescuers recovered the bodies of 11 coal miners who died last week after a methane gas explosion caused a coal mine to collapse in southwestern Pakistan, officials said Monday. An operation is still underway to find a 12th worker who has been missing since Thursday, when the mine collapsed in Singidi city in Balochistan province. » Read More...

At least 9 miners are trapped in a coal mine in India

At least nine workers are trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said last week, as authorities summoned the army to help in the rescue operation. » Read More...

 
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How to leverage work redesign to facilitate psychological safety

An effective psychological health and safety program monitors psychosocial risk factors and hazards to mitigate mental harm and promote mental health at organizational and individual levels. When psychosocial risk factors are hazards, employers must recognize that controlling them requires systemic organizational design changes to the environment or how work is done rather than focusing on building workers’ resilience. » Read More...

Anxiety management for health and safety managers

The role of an environmental health and safety (EHS) manager comes with a profound sense of responsibility. Many EHS managers experience anxiety from time to time due to work-related challenges, such as conflict during an audit, a complex incident investigation, employee complaints about working conditions, presentations to senior management, or tight project deadlines. When these causes overlap, anxiety levels can increase. » Read More...

 
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