by Judy Rieckmann | Sep 4, 2018 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care, Health and Safety
In Canada suicide is the leading cause of injury-related deaths. One of the highest-risk groups for suicide are working-aged men and women. The impact of a death by suicide is tremendous on the family and friends, but also in the workplace. September 10th is World...
by Susan Haldane | Aug 28, 2018 | Health and Safety
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 | Health and Safety, How We Help
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 David Collins | May 1, 2018 | Health and Safety, Our Family Stories
Each year hundreds of high school students from all across Canada begin working for the summer, and for many this will be their first “real” job. Fifteen years ago, I was beginning my summer job at a golf resort on Prince Edward Island; I did not realize at the time...
by Susan Haldane | Apr 3, 2018 | Health and Safety
Sharing the story of ‘The Dreaded Call’ We know our Threads of Life volunteer speakers have impact. By sharing their personal experience of work-related fatality, life-altering injury or occupational disease, they are changing Canada’s workplace...
by Susan Haldane | Mar 20, 2018 | Health and Safety
We all live and strive for a day when work-related deaths, injuries and illnesses are gone; when everyone returns home from work just as healthy and whole as they were when they left. But until that day comes, tragedies continue to occur. It’s the worst thing most...
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