Health & Safety Conference—Watch On Demand
Together, we can build safer workplaces in the new normal and emerge stronger in the recovery.
On October 29-30, 2020, health and safety professionals, industry leaders, and youth from around the world met in this interactive online conference to learn from 60 Canadian and international experts. In a crisis without borders, we are stronger together.
Now on demand, watch all 25 recorded sessions in four conference tracks. WATCH
Expert Speakers–Health, Safety, Industry
Learn from industry leaders and health and safety experts from BC, Canada, and around the world. Meet and hear from industry leaders in manufacturing, food processing, and other sectors such as Siemens, Cummins, McCormick, and Canada Goose. Learn from experts from CCOHS, CDC-NIOSH, PAHO/WHO, and more on workplace health and safety topics ranging from exposure control to mental health and human performance to crisis communications. Meet our partners: the sponsors, exhibitors, and 25 not-for-profit partner organizations supporting the Make It Safe 2020 program—many of whom also provide valuable support to our manufacturing and food and beverage processing members.
Learning Together
Listen to 25 recorded designed for business executives, HR leaders, health and safety professionals, safety committees, and youth.
Hear from industry and HR leaders and health and safety professionals from around the world who shared lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn new approaches for building a safer workplace and a productive, engaged, supported workplace culture in the recovery. Take away new ideas and best practices from the experience of more than 50 expert speakers and industry leaders.
Catch the sessions you missed on demand after the conference.
8:00 AM PDT
30min
Panel8:30 AM PDT
120min
Breakout Seminar9:00 AM PDT
In this session, hear from the safety committee chairs of four manufacturing organizations about the role their committees have played in their response to the pandemic, and opportunities to leverage the safety committee effectively in any crisis.
60min
Panel9:00 AM PDT
90min
Breakout SeminarThis panel discussion examines the connection between the C-suite and the safety professional in managing workplace safety and sustainability. Learn from the experience of Siemens Canada and Fine Choice Foods chief executives and health and safety professionals, and distinguished moderator Hans-Horst Konkolewsky:
- Where safety fits in a business sustainability strategy
- How the leaders and safety people in an organization can work together effectively to build a safer workplace and a stronger safety culture
- And the importance of that safety culture to long term performance
60min
PanelFaisal Kazi
Hans-Horst Konkolewsky
Jason Longden
Nada Vuckovic
Sadaf Sanaat
10:00 AM PDT
Jose Barranco and Steven Hodgins bring many years of specific expertise in health and safety, and can connect you with the information and services you need to support your business. Bring your questions!
45min
Coffee TalkHear their perspectives and ask questions directly about:
- Critical decisions and changes in their businesses;
- Supporting teams and company culture through the crisis;
- How the pandemic has changed their approach to leadership; and
- Essential leadership qualities and critical actions to emerge stronger in the recovery
90min
PanelDan Reader
Franco Dutto
Gretta Stephens
Lisa McGuire
Michelle Garner-Janna
Participatory
ergonomics actively involves workers and other stakeholders in this process to improve productivity
and reduce risks to safety and health. Effectively implemented Participatory Ergonomics programs
are not only associated with positive health outcomes, but also result in measurable reductions in MSI-related symptoms and injuries, workers’ compensation claims, and lost
days.
- Understand what a participatory ergonomics program entails and how effective it can be to control MSIs.
- Recognize the value in an evidence-based approach for implementing such program.
- Learn the key considerations in building a PE program
120min
Breakout Seminar1:30 PM PDT
In this session, industrial hygienist and AIHA board member Bernard Fontaine, Jr. shares key lessons learned from companies in a variety of industries and actionable steps to develop or improve your exposure control plan.
60min
Round table60min
Round table60min
Round table60min
Case Study- A process for bringing forward bullying and harassment complaints.
- A process for handling bullying and harassment complaints.
- Strategies for interacting with the person who complains.
- Strategies for interacting with the offender.
- Strategies for managing an investigation (internal/external investigator?)
- Strategies for managing privacy and confidentiality (need-to-know basis).
- A process for managing the output/s of the investigation process (apology, training, coaching, discipline – up to and including termination).
60min
Breakout Seminar8:00 AM PDT
0min
Panel8:30 AM PDT
120min
Breakout Seminar9:00 AM PDT
In this session, we look at some of those new risks and the implications for machine guarding:
- Discover how modern technologies make machinery safe
- Learn the various means to achieve safe industrial robot applications
- Find out how digital data technology and AI may affect the safety of machinery
- ... and rethink safety as an embedded feature that increases productivity.
60min
Breakout Seminar9:00 AM PDT
60min
Breakout Seminar9:30 AM PDT
60min
PanelPreston Parsons
David Musgrave
Kelly Hamer
Michelle Whyard
Victoria Spitzer-Delespaul
- Identify common issues that impede learning across safety critical industries
- Develop a practical framework for business leaders to create a learning environment
- Understand how to align workers’ experience and knowledge with business goals and strategies
60min
Breakout Seminar- Find out what we are still learning about the virus, and emerging recommendations around transmission and effective controls.
- Understand the anxiety and mental health impacts and how our understanding of workplace wellness is changing through the pandemic.
- Get clarity into what we are learning about the virus, immunity, and vaccines.
- Learn key considerations to protect our businesses and our most vulnerable workers.
- And discover important lessons we're learning about crisis communications within our organizations and with our clients.
90min
Panel12:30 PM PDT
90min
PanelIn Canada and around the world, the wide range of standard certifications and qualifications for occupational health and safety professionals in various industries create inconsistency and gaps in the evolving health and safety needs of our businesses.
In a multi-year research and consultation project, the Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC and provincial and industry partners have been working to identify the core OHS competencies and capabilities needed to meet the health and safety needs of manufacturing companies. In this session, hear from experts in education and industry on this work and discuss the impact on future OHS training and assessment programs, professional skills and certifications, and adoption by the manufacturing industry.
60min
Panel- Learn strategies to manage the performance and wellness of work-from-home staff
- Consider new risks for the organization and the individual
- Look at the implications and opportunities for productivity–—what does this look like in the future?
- How are we managing performance? Accountability is critical!
- Are we considering the flight risks?
- What does the future look like for work‐from‐home with respect to benefits and risks as an approach for some of your staff in the new normal?
60min
Breakout Seminar2:00 PM PDT
60min
Breakout Seminar- Understand what a participatory ergonomics program entails and how effective it can be to control MSIs.
- Recognize the value in an evidence-based approach for implementing such program.
- Learn the key considerations in building a PE program
120min
Breakout Seminar3:30 PM PDT
How can we lead workplaces and teams that are inclusive and respectful? In manufacturing and food processing, we see tremendous ethnic diversity, a mix of younger and older workers, temporary or migrant workers, and often differences in language, race, and sexual orientation.
In the pandemic, we have seen new prejudices cause friction in many plants. In this session, we consider the role of organization values in building and supporting an inclusive workplace. Discover and discuss new strategies in defining values that support inclusivity, and integrating them into your management approach and decision-making.60min
Round table3:30 PM PDT
60min
Breakout Seminar60min
Panel4:30 PM PDT
10min
PanelSafety Pinnacle Awards
Watch the Safety Pinnacle Awards, originally presented on the eve of Make It Safe, October 28, 2020. Celebrate your health and safety achievements with your team, your families and customers. WATCH
