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Rising Star of the Year
Canada’s Safest Employers Awards has become one of the most eagerly-anticipated events in the occupational health and safety profession calendar – but their annual iteration promises to be extra special with the best and brightest of Canada’s occupational health and safety profession set to gather on October 20.
The event will see the country’s leading health and safety professionals and companies recognized for their achievements throughout the past 12 months.
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Excellence Awardees
Nominations
The call for nominations was open to all occupational health and safety professionals, teams, companies and organizations - including industry service providers - from across Canada. Nominations were open from February 28, 2022 to April 22, 2022 11:59 pm ET.
Excellence Awardees
Once all nominations are considered and research is complete, excellence awardees are selected for each category and notified via e-mail or phone. Excellence awardees were officially announced in August 2022 on this website and promoted in Canadian Occupational Safety magazine and online channels.
Judging
All submissions from our excellence awardees are forwarded to the independent judging panel comprising esteemed experts, thought leaders and veterans in and around the occupational health and safety profession. The panel will assess and vote for their winners in each category according to the relevant category criteria. Voting commenced in August 2022 and their judgment will be impartial, balanced, incisive and fair. Any judge with a conflict of interest in a category will recuse themselves from judging that category.
Winners
Using a simple points system to aggregate judges' votes, the excellence awardee with the top score in a category will be named the winner. Winners will be announced at the awards show on October 20, 2022 and on the website. They will also be promoted in Canadian Occupational Safety. Promo packages to leverage achievement across marketing and promotions will be available for purchase.
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The WSPS Award for
CEO of the Year
The BGIS Award for
Safety Leader of the Year
The Avetta Award for
Best Safety Industry Provider
The Chemistry Industry Association of Canada Award for Canada’s Safest Chemistry Employer
The MSA Safety Award
for Canada’s Safest
Oil & Gas Employer
The WSIB Award
for Canada’s Best Health & Safety Culture
Best Environment Management Program
Best Wellness and Psychological Safety Program
Canada’s Safest Employer for Young Workers
Canada’s Safest Employer in Services Sector
Canada's Safest Construction Employer
Celebrating excellence in the occupational health and safety profession
Canada’s Safest Employers Awards is set to make its return on October 20, with some of the occupational health and safety profession’s biggest names vying for the top prizes
For the second year, Avetta is proud to be the Event Partner for Canada's Safest Employers Awards. We join the event organizers, sponsors, and attendees, in congratulating all the deserving leaders and professionals across the various categories this year --- you continue to push forward commendable health and safety standards in Canada and Globally, especially in these past few unparalleled years.
We are also humbled to present the Avetta Award For Best Safety Industry Provider to a category of esteemed nominees who continuously strive to provide a safe environment for their workers. We applaud the Canadian Occupational Safety Organization for providing a well-deserved platform and space to celebrate our Canadian Safety heroes and professionals.
At Avetta, we provide comprehensive products and services, a breadth of resources, and proven results tailored to meet your specific needs and goals in supply chain risk management. The world's leading organizations prefer our intuitive, highly configurable software – but our purpose goes beyond our technology. We are in the business of creating safer work environments and improving safety outcomes through world-class service. Organizations within our network significantly outperform industry averages in safety and sustainability statistics. We are proud of the social and economic impact companies within our network have achieved through our platform and services.
Together, we'll make an even bigger difference in helping workers arrive home safely each night.
Canada’s Safest Logistics and Supply Chain Employer
Canada’s Safest Manufacturing Employer
Canada’s Safest Mining & Natural Resources Employer
Canada’s Safest New Employer
Canada’s Safest Public Sector/Non-Profit Employer
Canada’s Safest Public Transportation Employer
Canada's Safest Utilities and Electrical Employer
Most Innovative Use of Safety Technology
Canada’s Safest Employers Awards team would like to thank all those who took the time to submit and extend gratitude to the judges who diligently review the files to select the final winners.
Winners and Excellence Awardees will be honoured at the event, representing the perfect opportunity for key members of the health and safety profession to celebrate stellar work throughout a remarkable year.
Be sure to register online and join us – as this will be an unmissable evening event/virtual event bringing together health and safety professionals and companies from across the region to celebrate and connect in honour of their achievements and outstanding work.
Visit www.safestemployers.com or contact events@keymedia.com for registrations or sponsorship opportunities.
Research
The Canada's Safest Employers Awards team has conducted research and drew on knowledge and information gained through Canadian Occupational Safety to verify and support nominations received. After shortlisting, nominees are invited to move to the next round and will be required to complete a more detailed submission form and an employee perception survey, which nominees are required to send out to their employees and meet a minimum threshold of respondents by a pre-determined deadline.
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AGENDA
Kimberly Meadows
Pushpalatha Mathanalingam
Larry Masotti
Sue-Ann Maislin
Louise Logan
Marc-André Lavoie
Kelly Killby
Glyn Jones
Byron House
Patrick Hauser
Dave Gouthro
David Erl
Caleb Ellis
Pamela Dempster
Amina Deiab
Chris Davis
Ellaline Davies
Rodney Cook
Guy Chenard
Louise Caicco Tett
Sheri Benson, CRSP
Robin Angel
Syed Ahmed
Karen Adams
Thank you to our esteemed judges for lending their time and expertise to help recognize and celebrate excellence in the occupational health and safety profession.
2022 Judging Panel
Avetta provides a cloud-based supply chain risk management and commercial marketplace platform. Our global solution is uniquely designed to connect the world’s leading organizations with qualified suppliers, driving sustainable growth. We build trustworthy bonds through responsive technology and human insight. Our process is collaborative. Our global reach is complemented by our local expertise. Hundreds of global organizations depend on Avetta to align their supply chains to sustainable business practices, worldwide. Avetta is building the connections that build the world.
Discover more at www.avetta.com.
Event Partner
BGIS is a global leader in the provision of Facility Management, Project Delivery, Energy & Sustainability, Asset Management, Workplace Advisory, and Real Estate Services. With a combined team of over 8,000 globally, BGIS relentlessly focuses on delivering innovative service solutions that create value for its clients. Globally, BGIS manages over 30,000 facilities totaling more than 320 million square feet across several markets including government, higher education, utilities, telecommunications, financial services, oil & gas, healthcare and cloud enterprise. In addition to managing a diverse portfolio of corporate offices, retail, colleges, hospitals and industrial assets, BGIS is a world leader in the management of data centers and other critical environments.
For more information visit: bgis.com.
Award Sponsor
The Chemistry Industry Association of Canada is THE association for leaders in Canada’s chemistry sector; a $58 billion industry. The Association represents more than 50 members and partners across the country, the majority of the chemistry industry in Canada. CIAC members transform raw materials like natural gas liquids, oil, minerals, electricity and biomass into the building blocks needed to manufacture some 70,000 products that we depend on every day. CIAC provides coordination and leadership on key issues including innovation, investment, taxation, health and safety, environment and regulatory initiatives.
For more information visit: www.canadianchemistry.ca.
Award Sponsor
Minerva Canada, a non-profit volunteer-run organization, aims to be a global leader in health and safety management education by influencing the curriculum of post-secondary institutions to ensure that future engineers and business leaders create healthier and safer workplaces. The only organization of our kind, we raise awareness and strive to make occupational health and safety a mindset by providing initiatives and resources that assist colleges and universities in preparing tomorrow’s leaders in the skills of incident and injury prevention.
For more information visit: https://safetymanagementeducation.com/.
Education Partner
Established in 1914, MSA Safety Incorporated is the global leader in the development, manufacture and supply of safety products that protect people and facility infrastructures. Many MSA products integrate a combination of electronics, mechanical systems and advanced materials to protect users against hazardous or life-threatening situations. The company's comprehensive product line is used by workers around the world in a broad range of markets, including the oil, gas and petrochemical industry, the fire service, the construction industry, mining and the military. MSA's core products include self-contained breathing apparatus, fixed gas and flame detection systems, portable gas detection instruments, industrial head protection products, firefighter helmets and protective apparel, and fall protection devices. With 2021 revenues of $1.4 billion, MSA employs approximately 4,800 people worldwide. The company is headquartered north of Pittsburgh in Cranberry Township, Pa., and has manufacturing operations in the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America. With more than 40 international locations, MSA realizes approximately half of its revenue from outside North America.
For more information visit: www.MSAsafety.com.
Award Sponsor
We’re here to help. When an injury or illness happens on the job, we move quickly to provide wage-loss benefits, medical coverage and support to help people get back to work. Funded by businesses, we also provide no-fault collective liability insurance and access to industry-specific health and safety information.
We are one of the largest insurance organizations in North America covering over five million people in more than 300,000 workplaces across Ontario.
For more information visit: www.wsib.ca.
Award Sponsor
Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS) is a not-for-profit organization committed to protecting Ontario workers and businesses. A proud partner in Ontario’s occupational health and safety system and a trusted safety advisor since 1917, WSPS has a rich history of making Ontario workplaces safer.
For more information visit: www.wsps.ca.
Evaluation Partner
Larry Masotti
Strategic Relationships Advisor, WSPS
Sue-Ann Maislin
President,
SA Maislin Consultants
Louise Logan
National Director, XXII World Congress on Safety & Health at Work
Marc-André Lavoie,M.Sc., ROH
President, Senior Occupational health and safety scientist,
Risk Marcker Inc.
Kelly Killby
Manager, Excellence in Manufacturing Safety Program
Glyn Jones
Partner,
EHS Partnerships
Byron House
Senior Director – Tooling and Innovation –Major Component Replacement Project
Bruce Power
Patrick Hauser
Safety & Compliance Coordinator
USask Safety Resources
Dave Gouthro
President, Dave Gouthro Occupational Health & Safety Consulting
David Erl
Director of Occupational Health, HyLife Foods
Caleb Ellis
Lawyer,
Noiseprint Law
Pamela Dempster
Founder and Senior Health/Wellness Specialist
Dempster Wellness
Amina Deiab
President and CEO, Safety Codes Council (Alberta)
Chris Davis
Manager of Training Delivery, Energy Safety Canada
Ellaline Davies
President,
Safety Works Consulting Inc
Rodney Cook
Vice President, Workplace Health and Safety Services, WSIB
Guy Chenard
Safety Consultant
Louise Caicco Tett
Founder and President | OHS Consultant, Health & Safety Professionals Inc.
Sheri Benson, CRSP
Founder,
Thrive Safety Consulting Ltd.
Robin Angel, BSc. MSc. CRSP
Regional Director & Program Manager Occupational Health & Safety,
Government of Scotia
Official Media
Renae Walter
Joe Treen
Thomas Tenkate
Chris Taylor
Monica Ann Szabo
Peter Sturm
Dan Strand
Lynn A. Smith
Dylan Short
Candace Sellar
Robin Schooley
Laura Rourke
Marion Reeves
Eldeen Pozniak
Shelley Poirier
Ronald Pelot
Yvonne O'Reilly
Christopher Nielsen
Manu Nellutla
Erin Mills
David A.G. Meston
Carolyn Wisdom
Renae Walter
Global Director of Health, Safety, Environment and Quality, WSP Global Inc.
Joe Treen, CRSP, CHSC, HSP
OHS Director, Safety Services Nova Scotia
Thomas Tenkate
Associate Professor, School of Occupational & Public Health, Ryerson University
Chris Taylor
National Practice Leader, OHS, Pinchin Ltd.
Monica Ann Szabo
President,
Szabo Safety & Operations Services
Peter Sturm,
EMBA, BA, CRSP, CHSC
Senior Safety, Health and Risk Management Executive
STURM Consulting Inc
Dan Strand
Director, Prevention Field Services,
WorkSafeBC
Lynn A. Smith, M.Eng. P.Eng.
Global Functional Safety Lead Electrification, Controls,
SW & Electronics (GECSE)
General Motors of Canada Company
Dylan Short, CHSC, CRM
Managing Director,
The Redlands Group Inc.
Candace Sellar
Program Manager, Worker and Public Safety Standards, CSA Group
Robin Schooley
OHS Consultant, WorkSafeBC
Laura Rourke,
P.Eng., CRSP, TSRP
Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability Manager,
Tigercat International Inc.
Marion Reeves
Principal and Corporate Wellness Consultant, LIFE FIT Associates
Eldeen Pozniak
CEO,
Pozniak Safety Associates
Shelley Poirier
Senior Safety Advisor, Training and Curriculum Development, New Brunswick Construction Safety Association
Ronald Pelot, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Professor, Industrial Engineering,
Dalhousie University
Erin Mills
Associate Director,
Workplace Health,
The Conference Board of Canada
David A.G. Meston, P.Eng.
President,Safety Engineer and Management Consultant,
H&S Consultants Inc.
Kimberly Meadows,
CSS, NCSO, CRSP
OHS Consultant & Trainer, Safety First Consulting Ltd.
Pushpalatha Mathanalingam
Chief Executive Officer
Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Consultants Corp.
Karen Adams
CHIO and Global Head of Enterprise Health Solutions, CloudMD
Yvonne O'Reilly
Owner,
O’Reilly Health & Safety Consulting
Manu Nellutla
WHS Governance and Compliance Manager, Canada, Amazon
Christopher Nielsen,
B.Sc., P. Geo. (Limited)
Vice-President,
ECOH Management Inc.
Syed Ahmed
M.Engg (1978), Volunteer Member
MINERVA's Working Group
Carolyn Wisdom Hon. B.Sc., B.S., M.Sc., CIH, CRSP
Owner and Principle Consultant, Wisdom Consultants
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