by Susan Haldane | Oct 18, 2016 | Health and Safety
(Posted on October 18, 2016) Most days, you don’t have to look far to spot safety problems all around you. The crew walking around on the neighbours’ roof with no fall protection. The young woman mowing grass for a company near your office, wearing running shoes and...
by Sarah Wheelan | May 4, 2016 | Day of Mourning, Health and Safety
On April 28th, the National Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured in the Workplace, organizers unveiled the Ontario Italian Fallen Workers Memorial at Columbus Centre in Toronto. A project more than six years in the making, the one-of-a-kind memorial is in...
by Sarah Wheelan | Apr 19, 2016 | Day of Mourning, Health and Safety
I was a university student when I attended my first Day of Mourning ceremony. On the morning of April 28, 2002, I stood at the local Day of Mourning ceremony unsure of what to expect. My younger brother had spent the previous 11 months in hospital after suffering...
by Susan Haldane | Mar 29, 2016 | Health and Safety
Threads of Life donation boxes in LCBO this spring (Posted on March 29, 2016) Yes, that’s us encouraging you to go to one of Ontario’s Liquor Control Board (LCBO) outlets. No, that doesn’t sound like the usual Threads of Life message. But from April 1 to 23, LCBO...
by Sarah Wheelan | Jun 30, 2015 | Health and Safety
Summer is here, and with it come summer jobs and young worker safety campaigns and enforcement blitzes. It’s the season of young worker safety. For many of our families here at Threads of Life, including mine, it’s personal. We know the horrific reality...
by Susan Haldane | Apr 30, 2015 | Health and Safety, Our Family Stories
“You’re in danger, but no one warns you…” author Scott Williams writes early in the book Forget Me Not. “Did you know what was about to happen? Did you feel the blow?”The story of Karl Stunt, who was killed working at a ski hill in Alberta, is just one of 21 stories...
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