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Occ|tober and Beyond Webinar Series 2024
2024-11-28 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Toronto)
12:00pm – 1:30pm EST
Occupational Illness and Disease Prevention
Can we prevent what we can’t see?
Occupational illnesses are conditions that usually require continued exposures over time to develop. They may even result from a combination of environmental and work-related factors. Ontario’s Health and Safety Associations are working to increase knowledge of various workplace exposures, which can not always be seen! In this session, learn how Ontario’s Health and Safety System is helping to identify hazards and implement effective control measures to prevent occupational diseases.
Speakers: Kelly Fernandes – WSPS Specialized Consultant; Steve Gore – WSPS Industrial Hygiene Specialist; Jasmine Kalsi, ROH, Infrastructure Health & Safety Association.
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2025 Occ|tober Webinar Series Week 1
2025-10-30 12:00 - 13:30
Occ|tober and Beyond 2025
MLITSD System Updates & Priorities
October 30, 2025
NOW AVAILABLE TO VIEW! SEE WEBINAR PLAYLIST PDF Slides – K O’Connell PDF slides – Jasmine Kalsi PDF Slides – Steve Gore OCTOBER 30: OHCOW’s annual Occ|tober Webinar Series begins with an overview of the occupational illness prevention activities by the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development of Ontario (MLITSD), and Health & Safety System Partners, including OHCOW. This session will review current initiatives to anticipate, recognize, evaluate and control workplace hazards. More info to come.
Speakers:

Dr. Joel Moody – Chief Prevention Officer

Kimberly O’Connell – OHCOW Eastern Executive Director

Jasmine Kalsi – IHSA Occupational Hygienist

Steve Gore – WSN Occupational Hygienist

2025 Occ|tober Webinar Series
2025-11-06 12:00 - 13:30
Since it first appeared in 1988, the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) has become a core component of workplace safety program for employers in a wide range of industries. Even so, it is often viewed a routine and often bureaucratic requirement rather than a critical safeguard against injury and illness. This session will highlight, despite nearly 40 years of WHMIS, the ongoing risk to Canadian workers from chemical exposure in the workplace, then discuss some of the strategies that help improve on implementation and efficacy of WHMIS in the workplace. SEE WEBINAR PLAYLIST

WHMIS Information & Chemical Exposures

Speakers:
Week 2 Part One

Chris Sheppard – Government of Nova Scotia, ROH

Week 2, Part 2

Madison Sieloff – WSPS Specialized Consultant

Week 3, Part 3

Leena Paul – WSPS Health and Safety Account Manager

2025 Occ|tober Webinar Series Week 5
2025-11-27 12:00 - 13:30
AGENDA
Ontario Pesticide Safety Survey for Migrant Agricultural Workers (OPPESSMAW)
12:10-12:30
speakers:
Eduardo Huesca (OHCOW)
Dr. Anelyse Weiler (University of Victoria)
Cynthia Mora (OHCOW)
OHCOW’s Nail Salon Project
12:35-12:55
speakers:
Zohreh Ebrahimi (OHCOW)
Kevin Hedges (OHCOW)
Anh Nguyen (OHCOW)
Heat Stress and Ontario Temporary Foreign Agricultural Worker
1:00- 1:20
speakers:
Eduardo Huesca (OHCOW)
Azuani Cano (OHCOW)
Daisy Rivadeneira (OHCOW) See Webinar Playlist
