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Date: Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
Time: 10:00am to 10:30am
Location: Online via Zoom
This webinar explores strategies for how to blend the demands of home and work. You will learn strategies for making decision as to where to put your focus and how to make decisions as to where you spend energy. You will walk away with micro skills that can help blend the demands of work and home.
This free bi-weekly Mental Health Webinar Series (Tactics for Maintaining Mental Fitness During the COVID-19 Pandemic) has been created in partnership with the Alberta Municipal Health and Safety Association (AMHSA), Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA), and Howatt HR. These weekly discussions will examine the key behaviours organizations and individuals can do to maintain Mental Fitness during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Our panelists include Dr.Bill Howatt and Jesse Adams of Howatt HR. Each webinar will be hosted bi-weekly at the same day and time and provide a 15-minute overview of a key micro-skill that you can do to support charging your mental health battery. After the 15-minute micro-skill review, there will be a 10-15 min Q and A for you to ask your own mental fitness questions.
Joint Northern & Southern Alberta Safety Council Meeting
Date: Tuesday Sep 21, 2021
Time: 10 am - 3 pm
Location: via Teams
Save the date for our virtual Fall 2021 Joint Meeting of the Northern and Southern Alberta Safety Councils. The final agenda (including confirmation of guest speaker and topic) will be updated on this calendar invitation closer to September 21st.
Draft agenda:
- Coffee and check-in: 9:45 am
- Call to order: 10:00 am
- Safety Moment (safety council member)
- WCB Update
- Partnerships Update & AMHSA Auditing
- Special Guest Speaker Presentation
- AMHSA Update (e.g., Training, Projects, Member Data Analytics, RUSA Conference)
- Member Roundtable (Incidents, Innovations, Audits, Claims, etc. plus request for discussion on Trends and Statistics Tracking)
- Scheduling of Next Meeting
Email us at [email protected] or call 1-800-267-9764 for more information or to register.
XXII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work
Date: Monday Sep 20, 2021 - Thursday Sep 23, 2021
Location: Online
Prevention. It’s on Everybody’s Mind
In the past year, safety and health at work has emerged as the critical issue.
From September 20-23, 2021 the prevention community will come together to address this global priority at the XXII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work.
This completely online, digital event offers world-class speakers, inspiring experiences, elevated networking, premium content, and access to global leaders. It’s everything you’ve come to expect from the World Congress. Only different.
This is your invitation to convene and connect with your global colleagues at a critical time. It could be the most important meeting you will ever attend.
Share knowledge. Connect with global leaders. Leave with ideas you can use.
To learn more, click here to view our Final Program.
Visit the conference website at https://www.safety2021canada.com/
Ergonomics Coaching: Office Ergonomics
Date: Thursday Sep 16, 2021
Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Online via Zoom
With more employees returning to their offices, it is a good time for a review of office ergonomics. The session will review the recommended setup for office equipment including, desk, chair, monitors, keyboards and mice. In addition to proper setup, other health and comfort strategies will be addressed.
During our Ergonomics Coaching Workshops, attendees may bring their questions and challenges and have them answered live by Annie Barnwell and Donald MacDonald of EWI Works who have spent considerable time developing programs for municipalities and others.
These workshops are free of charge, non-recorded, and open to the public.
MMF: Tossing Social Rejection
Date: Tuesday Sep 14, 2021
Time: 10:00 am to 10:30 am
Location: Online via Zoom
In this webinar, you will explore the impact of social rejection and how to move on during challenging times. You will learn how to alter your perspective from rejection to acceptance by focusing on your top attributes, validating your feelings, looking for learnings, keeping things in context and stopping negative self-talk.
This free bi-weekly Mental Health Webinar Series (Tactics for Maintaining Mental Fitness During the COVID-19 Pandemic) has been created in partnership with the Alberta Municipal Health and Safety Association (AMHSA), Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA), and Howatt HR. These weekly discussions will examine the key behaviours organizations and individuals can do to maintain Mental Fitness during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Our panelists include Dr.Bill Howatt and Jesse Adams of Howatt HR. Each webinar will be hosted bi-weekly at the same day and time and provide a 15-minute overview of a key micro-skill that you can do to support charging your mental health battery. After the 15-minute micro-skill review, there will be a 10-15 min Q and A for you to ask your own mental fitness questions.
Upcoming News & Events
◙ Joint Northern and Southern Alberta Safety Council Meeting
Date: April 16, 2024
Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Hybrid/Town of Sylvan Lake
Join us April 16 from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm for the spring NASC/SASC meeting. The meeting will be presented in hybrid format, with options to attend online or in-person.
Hosted by the Town of Sylvan Lake
Contact Shannon Thomas for details.
◙ Ergonomics Coaching & MSI Prevention: MSI Prevention for Facilities, Parks, and Recreation Facility Employees
Date: April 18, 2024
Time: 2:00-3:00 pm
Location: Online
Facilities, parks, and recreation employees face different ergonomics challenges. In this webinar, Annie Barnwell of EWI Works will walk us through the challenges faced by recreation employees and discuss strategies for assessment, control, and prevention of musculoskeletal injury.
Visit our MSI Injury Reduction Website for resources.
Presented by AMHSA & EWI Works
Date: April 18, 2024
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
◙ AARFP Conference & Trade Show
Date: April 21, 2024 - April 24, 2024
Location: Lethbridge, Alberta
The Alberta Association of Recreation Facility Personnel (AARFP) is delighted to host the 45th Annual Conference and Trade Show, The Bridge To Recreation.
Recreation is more important than ever, the role it plays in the lives of individuals, communities and its ability to bridge the differences between people, cultures and communities. What better way than to build upon the current skills and tools you have, then through a conference of like-minded individuals who are also looking to connect and learn. This year’s conference program gives you the opportunity to learn and share from others who face similar challenges, successes, as well as learn from the experts who have bridged the gaps.
With over 30 education sessions, numerous tradeshow exhibitors, inspiring keynote speakers and opportunities to network. Recreation professionals will take away information that will help them bridge the gaps in recreation, collaborate with community members and inspire positive changes.
The conference will be held in Lethbridge, AB on April 21-24, 2024, with attendance by 250-300 delegates in recreation operations from all over Alberta and a few from British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and the Northwest Territories.
◙ National Day of Mourning
Date: April 28, 2024
Location: Canada
The National Day of Mourning is not only a day to remember and honour those lives lost or injured due to a workplace tragedy, but also a day to collectively renew our commitment to improve health and safety in the workplace and prevent further injuries, illnesses and deaths.
For more information, visit https://www.ccohs.ca/events/mourning/
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