by Susan Haldane | Aug 28, 2018 | Safety culture
Labour Day weekend – the last party of the summer; the last chance for back to school shopping; the last trip to the cottage; the last barbecue; the last beach day. But while we’re celebrating the last real hours of summer, let’s take a bit of time to remember and...
by Glyn Jones | Aug 21, 2018 | Family support, Safety culture
Police, OHS investigators won’t be the only ones with questions When there is a serious or fatal incident at your workplace, there is a lot you will have to do as an occupational health and safety professional. Immediate action is needed. What should you do? Who needs...
by Sarah Wheelan | Aug 14, 2018 | Family support, Grief and healing
Fifteen years ago, the lights went out across the entire eastern seaboard, in what is still known simply as “the blackout”. My brother Lewis died that night – sometime in the early morning hours of August 15, 2003. He was 21 years old. I still get choked up...
by Kate Kennington | Aug 7, 2018 | Family support
(This article was first published in Threads newsletter, Summer 2018) Making a phone call and asking about available services – that sounds easy, right? However when it is a family’s first contact with Threads of Life it may not feel so simple to make that call. It...
by Shirley Hickman | Aug 1, 2018 | Family support
We get up in the morning and we think to ourselves, what does today hold for me? Many times, we would say ‘the usual’. Most of us say that we don’t like or are uncomfortable with change. I often wonder, why do we have these negative thoughts around change? If you...