Canadian Occupational Safety

Canadian Occupational Safety For almost sixty years Canadian Occupational Safety has been the premier publication on occupational health and safety in Canada.

It is also the official publication behind Canada’s Safest Employers Awards.

The role of safety professionals is shifting from compliance to strategic leadership. Natalie Carscadden at BCRSP highli...
12/08/2025

The role of safety professionals is shifting from compliance to strategic leadership.

Natalie Carscadden at BCRSP highlights how the BCRSP Competency Model equips practitioners with the skills and competencies to drive organizational resilience.

Learn how this framework sets a national benchmark.

How BCRSP's competency model helps practitioners, educators, and employers align around what effective safety leadership looks like

A new benchmark study from J. J. Keller and ASSP reveals that U.S. construction employers face persistent challenges in ...
12/08/2025

A new benchmark study from J. J. Keller and ASSP reveals that U.S. construction employers face persistent challenges in staffing, training, and job site safety, with labour shortages topping the list.

J.J. Keller and ASSP survey reveals significant challenges facing the industry

A Saskatchewan modular construction company has been ordered to pay $100,000 after a worker suffered a serious leg injur...
12/04/2025

A Saskatchewan modular construction company has been ordered to pay $100,000 after a worker suffered a serious leg injury when a wall collapsed at a construction site in Corman Park.

Worker sustained a serious leg injury when a wall collapsed at a construction site

The Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia and Labour, Skills and Immigration (LSI) have launched Safer Workplaces ...
12/02/2025

The Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia and Labour, Skills and Immigration (LSI) have launched Safer Workplaces Together, a new strategy to reduce injuries and strengthen safety culture.

"The only path to zero is true collaboration and solution building," says construction association president

Andrew Kidd of WorkSafeBC says B.C.’s new Notice of Project – Tower Crane rule is improving early intervention and compl...
12/02/2025

Andrew Kidd of WorkSafeBC says B.C.’s new Notice of Project – Tower Crane rule is improving early intervention and compliance, with over 900 notices filed in its first year

Notice of Project requirement leading to early intervention on high-risk work

Ontario government has publicly committed to eliminating the age discrimination provisions in the province's workers' co...
12/01/2025

Ontario government has publicly committed to eliminating the age discrimination provisions in the province's workers' compensation system. But concrete details about when reform will happen remain conspicuously absent.

Government pledges reform after injured workers and unions demand immediate legislative action

Frank Voss of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada shares how listening to employees, implementing “Take Action” systems, a...
11/28/2025

Frank Voss of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada shares how listening to employees, implementing “Take Action” systems, and leveraging Digital Twin technology helped build an award-winning safety culture.

Frank Voss on the work that led to him being named CEO of the year at Canada's Safest Employers Awards

CASP training director Roy Jensen calls for a unified 40-hour national curriculum to replace Canada’s patchwork security...
11/27/2025

CASP training director Roy Jensen calls for a unified 40-hour national curriculum to replace Canada’s patchwork security guard training, aiming to improve safety, compliance, and professionalization.

Only six provinces require basic training and it is 'pretty much all over the map' says expert

A man faces multiple charges, including attempted murder, after allegedly driving a vehicle through the Quebec City poli...
11/26/2025

A man faces multiple charges, including attempted murder, after allegedly driving a vehicle through the Quebec City police headquarters on Monday afternoon.

Temporary safety measures are being installed while vulnerabilities are assessed

DuPont has announced the winners of its 2025 Innovation Awards for Thermal and Mechanical Protection, marking the first ...
11/25/2025

DuPont has announced the winners of its 2025 Innovation Awards for Thermal and Mechanical Protection, marking the first time the awards were open to global submissions.

Recognition highlights sustainable, multi-hazard protection and next-gen firefighter gear

St. Joseph’s Health Care London’s Dr. Siobhan Schabrun is using brain-focused research to predict and prevent chronic pa...
11/24/2025

St. Joseph’s Health Care London’s Dr. Siobhan Schabrun is using brain-focused research to predict and prevent chronic pain in workers, bridging musculoskeletal, mental health, and pain sciences to improve outcomes and reduce stigma.

'The brain may have rewired in such a way that it's causing pain to continue,' suggests researcher

An Ottawa court has found a supervisor not guilty of criminal negligence causing death following the tragic 2023 workpla...
11/20/2025

An Ottawa court has found a supervisor not guilty of criminal negligence causing death following the tragic 2023 workplace fatality of 20-year-old Nick Chenier, a worker with Best Green Hedges.

Steven Deans acquitted on criminal negligence charge in hedge-trimming electrocution

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