Safety Moment, Announcements and Door Prizes

Opening Minds, Mental Health Commission of Canada Basics of Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace

Protecting and promoting the mental health of employees at all levels requires more than overcoming stigma around talking about mental health – it’s about identifying and working together to manage the workplace factors that can affect psychological health and safety to ensure positive results. In this interactive session, Liz will outline the key elements that contribute to a psychologically healthy and safe work environment and provide participants with practical tools to help them move forward from where they are now.

Liz Horvath

Coffee & Viewing of Exhibits (stretch break)

Changing Work Dynamics: Navigating Workplace Communication

Finding that workplace communication is changing? Join us as we explore trends across generations.  Together, we will learn how to lay a strong foundation for building relationships and balancing communication styles that will suit your team.

Jan Chappel

Impact Speaker

On January 8, 2023, I was involved in a snowmobile accident that changed my life. My presentation will highlight the impact my accident has had on my life, my family, friends, and the way I live and work. It will also focus on how Search and Rescue, doctors, nurses, paramedics, friends, and strangers played a role in saving my life. Concluding with the positive outcomes that have resulted from that unfortunate day in January.

Alan MacDonald

Lunch - Served In Main Lobby

Chemical Safety, New Treatment for Eyewash

Water is important in helping to reduce the severity of chemical injuries, but water does not always prevent serious burns and other complications following exposure to concentrated corrosive chemicals. We add things to water every day to improve the effects of water so why would we not look to improve the effects of water for chemical decontamination? Let’s look at this because most chemical exposure injuries occur in the workplace.

David Wooten

Recent Developments in Occupational Health and Safety Law

Darren will canvass changes in occupational health and safety legislation and review some recent court decisions from which the message is clear – parties with OHS responsibilities will be held accountable for meeting them.  He will discuss mitigating this liability through due diligence.

Darren Stratton

Coffee and Viewing of Exhibits (stretch break)

Courage to Care

Courage to Care began at the Iron Ore Company of Canada in 2019. It is a process used to help identify the risks and hazards that we encounter in our day-to-day tasks. The ideas and solutions to help reduce or eliminate these risks and hazards come from the people doing the work. By mitigating these issues from the front lines, we are creating a risk aware culture. We are giving the employees a voice to shape their own safety mindset and collaborate with all levels of the business to implement improvements in their individual areas.

Tenille Warford

Gary Shaw

Jodi Hedderson

Arctic Safety – Working on Ice

Working on ice can be extremely challenging at the best of times. With Rene’s vast experience, he will take us through the following for working on ice: an introduction, legislative requirement, pre/post trip protocols, PPE, hazard identification, self-rescue, action plans and conclude with a brief case study.

Rene Ritter

Reception – Cash Bar (Quality Hotel)

Registration (Main Lobby)

Conference Opening

President's Address

John Curran, President, NLOHSA

Greetings from Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador (MNL)

Amy Coady, President, MNL

Greetings from WorkplaceNL

Ann Martin, CEO, WorkplaceNL

Official Opening

Honorable Dr. John Haggie, Minister of Municipal and Provincial Affairs

Keynote Address

Mayor Farwell has made Gander his home since 1967. He has worked in both the private and public sectors and serves on several boards. He was elected Gander’s 9th Mayor in 2017 and re-elected in 2021. With his vast knowledge in the private, public, and political sectors, Mayor Farwell has fine-tuned the word Leadership. He will guide us through his experience and show us how to be successful while leading.

Mayor Percy Farwell

Drones

AltoMaxx is a world leader when it comes to the usage of drones in a safe manner.  AltoMaxx is a St John’s NL company which has completed unique drone projects in the harshest of environments from the North Atlantic, to the deserts of Africa to the ice roads of Alaska.  AltoMaxx is the sole Certification Body globally for ISO 21384-3 Unmanned Flight: Operational Procedures and has developed the most robust drone program that exists globally, as well as the methodology and use cases through unique projects that allows work to be completed in a safe and time efficient manner.  Not only can drones be used at heights, but also underground and in confined spaces.  Come see the use cases and the procedures behind them that are changing the way data acquisition is happening on a global scale.

Taylor Goodfellow

NLOHSA – Annual General Meeting (Auditorium)

Exhibitors’ Reception (Gymnasium)

Delegates are invited to visit the exhibitors’ booths.

80's Theme Night - Networking Social

Quality Hotel, Salon A

Come join us for a fun night of networking, Kahoots Cup (with an 80's twist) music and more! Come dressed in your best 80’s outfit and tease that hair high! Catch up with old friends and make some new ones.   Finger Foods provided, Cash Bar.