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Update on waste management at UVic

By Kira Bradley February 25, 2016 Communications, Community, Education, Environment, Health and Safety

Contained in the following PDF: Recycling-Update20Feb-2016

Canadian Mental Health Association: Canada can do better

By Kira Bradley April 28, 2015 Health and Safety

Since 1984, Canada has observed the national Day of Mourning on April 28. The day honours the memory of workers who have been killed, injured, or suffered illness as a result of work-related incidents. The Canadian Mental Health Association would like to recognize the many workers who have lost their lives or who have been injured on the job. We…

Into the Sunshine

By Kira Bradley October 8, 2014 Health and Safety, RTWA, Stewards

Out of the Shadows and Into the Sunshine is a Mental Health Information Fair being held October 8th in the Michele Pujol room in the Student Union Building at UVic. Our stewards and RTWA officers have a table set up among the many displays. Please drop in between 11 am and 2 pm For more information, please download the flyer: Out…

Domestic Violence Survey

By Kira Bradley June 4, 2014 Health and Safety

The CLC and the University of Western Ontario have launched the first-ever national survey on the impact of domestic violence on workers and workplaces. All workers in Canada over the age of 15 are invited to fill out a 10 –30 minute online survey to help us learn more about this important issue. The survey does not take long. It…

Emergency Preparedness Week

By Kira Bradley May 8, 2014 Health and Safety

May 4-10 is Emergency Preparedness Week. Emergency Preparedness Week is a good opportunity for B.C. employers (and workers) to refresh themselves on their responsibilities for emergency preparedness under the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Regulation. Read more at WorkSafe BC On campus today, “as part of Emergency Preparedness Week, on May 8 UVic is conducting tests of its emergency communications…

National Day of Mourning April 28th

By Kira Bradley April 15, 2014 Health and Safety

Every April 28, workers gather to mourn and remember those who were injured or killed on the job, and to fight so that everyone can go home “alive after five” — or whatever hour their shift ends. It grew from CUPE in 1984 to other labour unions in 1985 and was federally recognized with the Mourning Day Act in 1991.…