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SUMMARY:Parkinsons Awareness Month
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_single_image image=”55364″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” css=”” link=”https://www.parkinson.ca/pam/”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]April is Parkinson’s Awareness month\, a time to focus on spreading knowledge\, understanding and awareness of Parkinson’s disease. It’s also a time for celebrating the stories and courage of people living with Parkinson’s\, their care partners and all the people contributing to Parkinson’s research. Parkinson’s is a complex brain condition\, and everyone’s Parkinson’s journey is different. More than 120\,000 people in Canada live with Parkinson’s. \nParkinson’s in the Workplace\nIt is proven that some workplace exposures and conditions can increase risk for Parkinson’s Disease. Ontario’s mine workers up until the 1980s were exposed to a potentially lethal substance known as McIntyre Powder\, that caused debilitating health effects\, including Parkinson’s\, respiratory illness and early death. OHCOW has supported research\, advocacy for the miners and their families affected and offers extensive information about this subject. Find out more on OHCOW’s Parkinson’s Disease webpage.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner]Parkinson’s Disease Webpage[/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Cancer Awareness Month 2026
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row bg_color=”#007481″][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Occupational Cancer” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23FFFFFF” google_fonts=”font_family:Signika%3A300%2Cregular%2C600%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1774877468123{margin-top: 5% !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 20px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”55529″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”right” css=””][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]April is Cancer Awareness Month in Canada. Today\, there are 1.5 million Canadians living with and beyond cancer. This month is a time to specially recognize our countless researchers\, health care practitioners\, volunteers\, caregivers\, policymakers\, and community members who continue to innovate and advance cancer research and care across the country.  To those living with cancer\, and those who have lost loved ones\, we acknowledge your courage and strength.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row top_padding=”5″][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”53549″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” css=”” link=”https://cancer.ca/en/ways-to-give/daffodil”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] \nLearn About “Daffodil Month“\, the Canadian Cancer Society’s information and funding drive to end cancer.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nCancer in the Workplace\nIn February on World Cancer Day\, OHCOW partnered with the Occupational Cancer Research Centre (OCRC) to create a video about the ongoing research linking occupational exposures with cancer. It is available to view below. For more resources\, see OHCOW’s page on work-related cancer.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner]See Work Related Cancer Page[/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJu2vsjhhb0″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.ohcow.on.ca/event/cancer-awareness-month-2026/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260418T083000
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SUMMARY:Spring Into Action 2026
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row bg_image=”54298″ top_padding=”60″ bottom_padding=”60″][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Health and Safety Forum 2026″ font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:center|color:%239EB686″ google_fonts=”font_family:Cantata%20One%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Spring into ACTion!” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:46|text_align:center|color:%239EB686″ google_fonts=”font_family:Cantata%20One%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Informative\, Effective\, Applicable \nThis popular annual event takes place every April! The theme of 2026 Spring into ACTion is “Protect Your Potential.”  \nSpring into ACTion is offered in both virtual and in-person formats\, and a light lunch and refreshments are provided at the location. It is free\, and registration is required for both formats. All attendees can receive a Certificate of Completion. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] \nHosted by: ODLC Health & Safety and Environment Committee\, OHCOW Local Outreach Committee (LOC)\nSponsorship opportunities available: For more information please contact: cbaker@ohcow.on.ca  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nAgenda\n08:30 AM – 08:50 AM\nRegistration / Refreshments (In-person forum begins) \n08:50 AM – 09:05 AM\nWelcome / Opening Remarks (Online forum begins)\nSean McKenny\, President\, ODLC; Laura Lozanski\, LOC Chair; David Chezzi\, OHCOW President and Chair; Dave Wilken\, OHCOW Interim CEO \n09:05 AM – 09:45 AM\nSession #1: Health and Safety: Accidents and Occupational Illness in Construction\nCarmine Tiano\, Director of Occupational Services \n10:00 AM\nBreak \n10:10 AM\nSession #2: Ergonomic Risk Factors in Occupational Driving and the Role of Participatory Ergonomics\nDaryl Stephenson\, PhD\, CCPE\, OHCOW Ergonomist \n10:47 AM\nTour of the Carpenters Union Training Centre and Refreshments for In-Person Participants \n11:32 AM\nSession #3: The Psychosocial Hazards in Occupational Driving\nAndréane Chénier\, PhD\, CRSP\, Canadian Union of Employees \n12:10 PM – 12:30 PM\nClosing Remarks\nKimberly O’Connell\, OHCOW Eastern Executive Director[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”55732″ img_size=”large”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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