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Editor's Note


This week, we're recapping highlights from the 2025 OHS Canada Honours gala. The biggest night in safety honoured the individuals, teams and organizations striving to make workplaces across the country safer and healthier for workers. - Brandi Cowen, Editor

News

OHS Honours celebrate the best of the best in Toronto

Last week, more than 180 of the country’s top health and safety professionals gathered at the Palais Royale in Toronto for the 2025 OHS Canada Honours awards gala, celebrating the best practices, policies and people helping to keep Canadians safe at work. » Read More...

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Back to basics

The Partners in Prevention regional conferences lay the foundation for safe workplaces and exploring new frontiers. » Read More...

2025 OHS Canada Honours in photos

Check out our exclusive gallery for photos from the biggest night in safety. » Read More...

Workplace fatality results in $375,000 fine for Toronto company

Superior General Partner Inc., operating as Superior Propane, has been fined $375,000 after a worker was fatally injured at a Toronto worksite. » Read More...

Ontario mushroom grower fined $115,000 over workplace injury

Highline Produce Limited has been fined $115,000 after a worker was critically injured on a work site in Kingsville, Ont. » Read More...

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OHS CANADA HONOURS SPOTLIGHT

Top 25 Under 40: Meet the class of 2025

The 2025 Top 25 Under 40 honourees demonstrate incredible work ethic, strong leadership, and an appetite for opportunities to learn and grow. Check out the full list of this year's winners. » Read More...

Cold Protection: Weather the weather with Superior Glove Cold Protection

Sample comfortable cold protection gloves that are extensively tested in-house for maximum warmth and flexibility—down to -45°C / -49°F. This multi-hazard line also offers protection against cuts, impact, puncture, abrasion, arc flash, and heat. » Request your free sample box

OPINION

The dual nature of psychosocial factors: From workplace drains to energizing charges

The international standard ISO 45003 provides a comprehensive framework for understanding psychosocial factors in the workplace through three key categories: how work is organized and managed, the social and relational aspects of work and the work environment and hazards. Understanding these factors is crucial because they can contribute to psychological well-being or become sources of psychological harm, depending on how they are experienced and managed in the workplace. » Read More...

The Human Factors: Human factors and ergonomic design strategies

The confluence of societal trends such as aging, increased disability prevalence, and heightened expectations among workers and consumers has necessitated the development of more inclusive designs that accommodate a wide range of human abilities. » Read More...