by Susan Haldane | May 26, 2022 | Health and Safety
2022 seems like an ideal time to be a student or young worker looking for a job. There are ‘help wanted’ signs everywhere, and employers are desperate to fill vacant positions. First job opportunities are a great chance to grow, and it’s vital that health and safety...
by Susan Haldane | Apr 27, 2022 | Day of Mourning, How We Help, Our Family Stories
Following a workplace tragedy, many families would say that every day is a day of mourning. It’s especially true in the early days following a fatality, but the aftermath of a serious injury or an occupational illness, too, are filled with grief at the loss of life,...
by Susan Haldane | Apr 14, 2022 | How We Help, Our Family Stories, Steps for Life
Jim and Pam have a big family – six children. As Pam explains, they chose that together, imagining the games, the meals, the graduations, the weddings, the grandkids. Jim was the type of dad who would send loving text messages to his daughters. But one day in 2014,...
by Susan Haldane | Mar 17, 2022 | Health and Safety
I was helping my husband hook the square baler up to the tractor. I needed to get around on the other side to remove a block from the jack stand. We were in a hurry – you’re often in a hurry on a farm – the forecast was calling for rain later in the day and we had hay...
by Susan Haldane | Dec 16, 2021 | Health and Safety, How We Help, Partner Praise, Steps for Life, Volunteers
Well, it’s been a year, hasn’t it? Another trying, tiring year. It can be hard to see the light during these short days and long nights of winter, but often the glimmers are there if we look for them. We combed back through the months of 2021 to find you some good...