Mar
04
2023
Presenters: Katie Goggins – CROSH Alison Godwin – CROSH Our work environments and procedures continue to evolve with advances in technology, and so do the methods for evaluating the physical…
Feb
27
2023
Presented by David Mijatovic (OHCOW – Toronto) and Andrew Flanagan (OHCOW – Sarnia) Occupational & Public Health Consultant This session involves a review of OHCOWs current PDD handbook followed by…
Feb
27
2023
Presented by Anya Keefe, MSc. (Occupational Hygiene), Occupational & Public Health Consultant Nearly 50 years ago, researchers and worker advocates drew attention to the problems women have finding appropriately sized…
Feb
16
2023
Presented by Dwayne Fuchs and Melissa Statham Ergonomists, OHCOW Although everyone must sleep daily, most people do not realize how important sleep really is to our physical, emotional, and psychological…
Feb
16
2023
Presented by Andre Gauvin, Occupational Hygienist, OHCOW This presentation will describe areas of general comfort in an office building. Topics including lighting, noise, and indoor air quality are often overlooked…
Feb
09
2023
This presentation will discuss the following topics: Information about concussions and post-concussion symptom Long term effects Recovery and return to work Underreporting, workplace factors, raising awareness about concussions in the…
Feb
09
2023
Often when people think of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) the shoulder is not one that quickly comes to mind. However, it is currently the top MSDs that OHCOW is seeing accounting…
Oct
12
2022
REGISTER TODAY Welcome Address from Dr. Joel Moody –Chief Prevention Officer Hear the latest from the MLITSD Healthy Workers in Healthy Workplaces Initiatives on Occupational Disease and speakers from the Occupational…
Sep
15
2021
Anticipating and Preparing for Change in the Future of Work and Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)
A presentation made during the 2021 Occ-tober Webinar Series: Framing the Future Presenter: Arif Jetha, Institute for Work & Health
Jul
19
2019
Updated: July 19, 2019 In the following summary only occupational exposures relating to mining as risk factors for bladder cancer will be addressed, but the literature drawn upon includes a…
