Municipal Safety Community of Practice

Introducing the new safety council meetings

For many years, AMHSA’s Municipal Safety Council meetings have provided health and safety professionals with an opportunity to connect, share experiences, and learn from one another. As the municipal sector continues to evolve, so too has the need for greater collaboration across all municipalities.

Beginning this fall, AMHSA is excited to launch the Municipal Safety Community of Practice (COP) bringing together cities, towns, villages, municipal districts, counties, and other municipal organizations into one collaborative network dedicated to advancing workplace health and safety.

why the change?

Although municipalities vary in size and structure, many face the same health and safety challenges, including evolving legislation, workforce shortages, emerging risks, psychological health, contractor management, and continuous improvement of health and safety management systems.

By combining our existing municipal groups into a Single Community of Practice, we can:

• Share practical solutions and leading practices from municipalities of all sizes
• Learn from one another’s successes and challenges
• Build stronger professional networks across Alberta
• Explore emerging issues and innovative approaches together
• Create opportunities for peer learning, collaboration, and ongoing professional learning development

Rather than simply attending a meeting, participants will become part of a community focused on continuous learning and helping one another succeed.

Future meeting content

What’s new? Topics may include:

• Interactive discussions on health and safety topics
• Municipal success stories and leading practices
• Guest speakers and subject matter experts
• Collaborative problem-solving on common challenges
• Resource sharing and practical tools
• Networking opportunities with municipal health and safety professionals from across Alberta

do you have questions? we have answers

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join us for the first Municipal Safety Community of Practice meeting

Whether you’re a newcomer or a long-time attendee, we invite you to be part of this exciting new chapter. All members are welcome to attend!

Date: October 14, 2026
Time: 12:00pm - 4:00pm
In-Person Location: The Westin Edmonton | Virtually: Zoom
Meeting Focus: "Shaping the Future of Municipal Health and Safety Collaboration"

For those attending in person, lunch will be provided.

High-Level Agenda

1. Welcome & Launch of the Municipal Safety Community of Practice
   • Learn about the transition from the Safety Council meetings and the vision for a stronger, province-wide community focused on collaboration, shared learning and practical solutions.
   • A review of the Municipal COP Terms of Reference 
2. Special Guest Speaker - To Be Announced
3. World Cafe: Shaping our Community of Practice
   • Take part in facilitated small-group conversations both in-person and virtually, designed to explore:
     • The biggest health and safety challenges facing municipalities
     • Opportunities to learn from and support one another
     • Topics, tools, and resources that would provide the greatest value
     • How AMHSA can best support the Community
     • What a successful Community of Practice should look like going forward
4. Community Harvest: From Ideas to Priorities
   • Come back together to identify common themes, priorities and opportunities that will help guide future meetings, resources and collaborative initiatives.
5. What’s Next
   • A look at how today’s input will be used to help shape the Community of Practice and where we go from here.
6. AMHSA Updates
   • Hear the latest from AMHSA on key initiatives, emerging issues, regulatory developments and projects impacting municipal health and safety. We’ll highlight what’s underway, what’s coming next, and opportunities for municipalities to get involved, provide input or access new resources.

why attend?

Come prepared to share what’s working, talk about what’s challenging, learn from other municipalities and help shape a Community of Practice built around the needs of Alberta’s municipal health and safety community.

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