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Educators lack protection in-class and support online, studies find

Ontario educators suffer anxiety from a lack of COVID safety protocols in the classroom but teaching online creates even more stress new research finds. Educators have worked on the pandemic front...

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https://www.whsc.on.ca/What-s-new/News-Archive/Educators-lack-protection-in-class-and-support-online-studies-find 2022-11-17 12:00:00 AM
Public Works pleads guilty for failing to provide health and safety training

The federal Public Works department has pleaded guilty to three of eight charges laid against them for labour code violations following an explosion at an Ottawa boiler plant that killed one worker...

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https://www.whsc.on.ca/What-s-new/News-Archive/Public-Works-pleads-guilty-for-failing-to-provide 2012-11-28 12:00:00 AM
New report highlights hazards of salon work

Hair and nail salons can expose workers to a daily barrage of chemicals capable of causing serious health effects says a new report. @Women@s Voices for the Earth released their new report, Beauty...

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https://www.whsc.on.ca/What-s-new/News-Archive/New-report-highlights-hazards-of-salon-work 2014-11-21 12:00:00 AM
Shade Bootcamp to explore shade solutions to cancer-causing sun exposure

Solar ultra violet (UV) radiation is a significant occupational cancer threat in Ontario, according to the Occupational Cancer Research Centre. @ Nearly half a million workers in the province are...

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https://www.whsc.on.ca/What-s-new/News-Archive/Shade-Bootcamp-to-explore-shade-solutions-to-cancer-causing-sun-exposure 2018-04-26 12:00:00 AM
MSDs are preventable, quality training can help!

We all know poorly designed work and work environments can contribute to painful and life-altering musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). But what specifically can be done about them? @ MSDs are the n...

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https://www.whsc.on.ca/What-s-new/News-Archive/MSDs-are-preventable-quality-training-can-help 2022-03-09 12:00:00 AM
Spring Safety Training with WHSC: Register today!

Quality training, the kind of training that helps you identify, assess and control, if not eliminate, hazards, has never been more important. We hear in the news, all too preventable stories of vi...

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https://www.whsc.on.ca/What-s-new/News-Archive/Spring-Safety-Training-with-WHSC-Register-today 2022-03-30 12:00:00 AM
Start 2023 off right with OHS training: Register with WHSC!

Planning your New Year resolutions? Why not resolve to help create safer, healthier work too? @And what better way to start than with lifesaving, cost-effective quality training? At Workers Health...

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https://www.whsc.on.ca/What-s-new/News-Archive/Start-2023-off-right-with-OHS-training-Register-with-WHSC 2022-12-20 12:00:00 AM
Did you know that most MSDs begin in the workplace?

Inadequately planned workspaces and poorly designed tasks can significantly contribute to the development of debilitating and life-altering musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).@ @ Musculoskeletal im...

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https://www.whsc.on.ca/What-s-new/News-Archive/Did-you-know-that-most-MSDs-begin-in-the-workplace 2024-01-25 12:00:00 AM
Our Approach

OUR APPROACH<!-- AddToAny code --><!-- /AddToAny code ends -->Our role in Ontario@s health and system is unique. So is our approach. WHSC@s hazard-based training gives workplace representatives the...

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https://www.whsc.on.ca/About-Us/Our-Approach 2012-04-04 3:56:55 PM
Cert II - Health Care & Social Services

Joint Health and Safety CommitteeCERTIFICATION PART II Health Care @ Social Services Before joint health and safety committee (JHSC) members in Ontario-regulated workplaces can become fully certi...

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https://www.whsc.on.ca/Training/Training-Catalogue/Product-Library/JHSC-Cert-2-Health-Care-Social-Services 2024-10-08 3:24:02 PM
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