Council for Safe Workplaces

The field of workplace health and safety is constantly evolving. So are the risks that impact employee safety. Can your organization stay ahead of the curve?

Stay current with emerging health and safety topics and innovative solutions. The Council for Safe Workplaces (CSW) provides a confidential venue where senior and executive health and safety professionals can come together for peer-to-peer sharing and learning. With impactful insights from thought leaders, experts, and peers, this council is your source for leading-edge, evidence-based workplace safety information. Join CSW today.

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Who should join?

CSW welcomes executives, senior leaders, and directors responsible for health and safety in their organizations. Members are drawn from various sectors across Canada to ensure comprehensive, inclusive discussions.

Key objectives

Create a space for facilitated dialogue and peer-to-peer knowledge-sharing on timely and relevant health and safety topics with thought leaders from across Canada.
Present sessions with leading health and safety experts and practitioners who stay on top of emerging and contemporary topics and offer innovative and practical solutions.
Establish a welcoming and engaged community of health and safety professionals where members can grow their connections to better meet their organization’s safety objectives.

Benefits of membership

Networking

Expand your network of health and safety peers and develop productive, trusted relationships in an intimate and confidential forum.

Connect with experts

Hear from recognized experts and practitioners through interactive presentations and round table discussions, gaining tangible learnings you can take back to your organization.

Research

Keep your finger on the pulse of health and safety trends with access to The Conference Board of Canada's workplace health events and research.

Current members

ABB Canada

Alberta Municipal Health & Safety Association

Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals

Bruce Power LP

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety

Fraser Health Authority

Marine Atlantic Inc.

Minerva Canada Safety Management Education Inc.

Power Workers' Union

Public Services Health & Safety Association (PSHSA)

Rio Tinto Alcan

Service Hospitality

The City of Calgary

Workplace Safety & Prevention Services

WorkSafeNB

Yukon Public Service Commission

“I’m excited about the Council for Safe Workplaces (CSW) and the opportunity to lead real change, together with other leaders. As a founding member of CBoC’s Health and Safety Leadership Centre, Workplace Safety & Prevention Services has always been dedicated to keeping people safe at work. The CSW represents a new chapter, with a focus on research, evidence-based data, sharing and learning, and tackling the topics that are key for workplaces to emerge from the pandemic better and safer.”

Lynn Brownell, President & CEO, WSPS

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Member activity

Next session

June 1-2, 2023

Theme: Systemic Drivers of Workplace Injury
Halifax, Nova Scotia

February 14-16, 2023

Theme: The Better Workplace Conference 2023

Featured Speakers:

David Burkus, Bestselling Author

Shane Feldman, Founder, Count Me In

Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa, Physician,
Changemaker, Transformative Leadership,
Advocate for Diversity and Inclusion

November 2, 8-10, 2022

Theme: Health and Safety Outlook

Council Meeting

Virtual Sessions

September 16, 2022

Theme: Psychological Safety

Networking Lunch and Members Round Table

Toronto, Ontario

Previous sessions

June 1, 2022

Theme: The redefinition of work, webinar in coordination with Minerva Canada
(Agenda TBC)

Speaker

Derrick Leue, President and CEO, PROLINK; Christopher Spasoff, OHS Lawyer, F2 Legal Counsel

April 19, 2022

Theme: Focus group: employee mental health and wellbeing
(Agenda TBC)

Speakers

Member Discussion

April 27, 2022

Theme: HR trends and metrics
(Agenda TBC)

Speaker

Lauren Florko, Senior Research Associate, Human Capital, The Conference Board of Canada

April 5–7, 2022

Theme: Breaking through: modern methods for creating engagement and supporting retention in a virtual world (view agenda)

Speakers

Dan Pontefract
Dr. Lisa Bélanger
Hamza Khan
Anthony McLean
Tina Varughese
and many more

March 1, 2022

Theme: Reinforcing safety training through micro-learning

Speakers

Tamara Vatcher, Partner, Training Works; Tim O’Leary, Senior Advisor, Training Works

Recent themes

Workplace violence and harassment
How to have supportive conversations: fostering healthy workplace communication
Burnout, resilience and self-awareness
Vaccine policy
Research highlights
The intersections between health and safety and privacy
Personal restoration
Respect and civility

Advisory board

Craig Hrynchuk

Executive Director, Alberta Municipal Health and Safety Association (AMHSA)

Henrietta Van hulle

RN, BN, MHSM, COHN(c), CRSP, CDMP, Vice President, Client Outreach Public Services Health & Safety Association (PSHSA)

Lynn Brownell

President & CEO, Workplace Safety & Prevention Services

Tim Petersen

CPA, CA, WorkSafeNB/Travail sécuritaire NB, Acting President and CEO/Président et chef de la direction par intérim

Recent releases and events

Two people sitting at a desk with a laptop and talking

C-Suite Challenge: Attracting and Retaining Talent Through Global Volatility

Organizations planning to return to the office full-time need to understand that their employees may have a different agenda and that it may impact the organization’s ability to attract and retain talent. Overwhelming research shows that many employees who have been working from home for the past two years do not want, and are not willing, to return to the office full-time.

Issue briefing | 7-min read
August 11, 2022

Views From the Front Line: Taking the Pulse of Canada’s Healthcare Professionals

In the fourth wave of the pandemic, here is what Canadian clinicians want you to know about how it has affected their work practices and personal well-being. COVID-19 has had a huge impact on those at the front lines of healthcare. Reports of physicians, nurses, and other essential healthcare workers experiencing fatigue, burnout, and mental health crises are becoming more frequent, as are stories of professionals thinking of leaving or who have already quit.

Summary for executives | 4-min read
December 7, 2021

Assessing the Risk: The Occupational Stress Injury Resiliency Tool

How do first responders in Canada experience occupational stress? Together, The Conference Board of Canada and the Public Services Health and Safety Association (PSHSA) created a tool to assess first responders’ occupational stress injury risks. This tool’s development stemmed from PSHSA’s ongoing work to support employees and employers in preventing mental injury.

Issue briefing | 12-min read
December 7, 2021

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