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Date: Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Time: 10:00-11:00 am
Location: Online
Join us for a free webinar where Jesse Adams President and Founder of Ember Experience will share insights about the evolving municipal work environment and introduce SPARK. A product designed to support Alberta municipalities as they work to implement strategies, tools and resources for building psychologically safe workplaces.
Attendees of this session will:
- Learn about the shifts to municipal work environment, leadership approaches and employee expectations.
- Understand what the SPARK program is and how it can help their workplace.
- Be able to ask questions about SPARK and other workplace challenges related to the employee experience.
Presented by AMHSA & the Ember Experience
Date: March 30, 2023
Time: 10:00-11:00 am
Member Access to CSA Standards: How To Webinar
Date: Monday Mar 20, 2023
Time: 10:00 - 11:00 am
Location: Online
Member Access to CSA Standards: How To Webinar
AMHSA is partnering with the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) to provide municipal members with no-cost access to a collection of 26 CSA standards (via the CSA OnDemand Program) and discounts for CSA training and resources (CSA Association Program).
Join us for an overview of the program and a CSA-led tutorial on accessing the standards and setting up your account. Note that this session will not include an overview of the standards themselves or changes to the Alberta OHS Code.
Please note that access to this program is restricted to AMHSA municipal members (cities, towns, counties, municipal districts, villages). Registrations will be manually approved before you will receive your participant link. Please register with a municipal email address to expedite this process.
Email us at [email protected], attn: Carla for questions or additional details.
Presented by AMHSA
Date: March 20, 2023
Time: 10:00-11:00 am
Supervisor’s Role Focus Groups (Towns & Villages)
Date: Friday Mar 17, 2023
Time: 9:00-10:30 am
Location: Online
AMHSA is rebuilding the Supervisor’s Role course from the ground up, and we want your input!
This course, available in both instructor-led and eLearning formats, is a cornerstone of our health and safety leadership training because we recognize the critical role that supervisors play in keeping your organizations healthy and safe. We also recognize that the field of health and safety has evolved in the last few years, and we want to reflect that evolution in our training. This revision will bring a greater focus on psychosocial health and safety, update the content to reflect current industry standards, and offer engaging content that meets current best practices in adult learning. The primary purpose of this revision is to ensure that this course meets your needs.
If you’re involved in health and safety leadership in your organization, either directly or in a planning and support capacity, we want to hear from you.
We are hosting three initial focus groups for Cities, MDs & Counties, Towns & Villages, and HR Representatives. The goal of these focus groups will be to conduct needs analyses in each of these three core audiences. This needs analysis will form the foundation for the revision plan. Participants in these focus groups will be invited to offer feedback as the revision develops, helping guide the creation of learning objectives, activities, and content.
- Cities – March 14, 9-10:30 am
- MDs and Counties - March 14, 12:30-2:00 pm
- HR Representatives – March 15, 9-10:30 am
- Towns and Villages – March 17, 9-10:30 am
If you are unable to make these times but interested in being part of the process, please email [email protected].
Presented by AMHSA
Date: March 14, 2023
Time: 9:00-10:30 am
Ergonomics Coaching & MSI Prevention - Developing an Office Ergonomics Program
Date: Thursday Mar 16, 2023
Time: 2:00-3:00 pm
Location: Online
Do you have an office ergonomics program? Do you need an office ergonomics program? Where do I start? If these are questions you are asking yourself, you need to plan to attend this session! A review of the components of an office ergonomics program, as well as some tips on how to work towards creating an office ergonomics program will be presented.
Learning Objectives
- Attendees will be able to identify the components of an office ergonomics program.
- Attendees will be able to understand the value of having furniture standards and standardized technology equipment.
- Attendees will be able to identify who should be involved in the program development.
- Attendees will be able to understand the value of having a formal office ergonomics program.
Take aways
- Checklist for screening ergonomics program
- Guidance to scale program up/down depending on municipality needs/size
- Knowledge of how furniture adjustability features can optimize awkward postures
- Able to identify equipment that could be used to reduce awkward postures
Presented by AMHSA & EWI Works
Date: March 16, 2023
Time: 2:00-3:00 pm
SPARK: Information Webinar
Date: Thursday Mar 16, 2023
Time: 1:00-2:00 pm
Location: Online
Join us for a free webinar where Jesse Adams President and Founder of Ember Experience will share insights about the evolving municipal work environment and introduce SPARK. A product designed to support Alberta municipalities as they work to implement strategies, tools and resources for building psychologically safe workplaces.
Attendees of this session will:
- Learn about the shifts to municipal work environment, leadership approaches and employee expectations.
- Understand what the SPARK program is and how it can help their workplace.
- Be able to ask questions about SPARK and other workplace challenges related to the employee experience.
Presented by AMHSA & the Ember Experience
Date: March 16, 2023
Time: 1:00-2:00 pm
Supervisor’s Role Focus Groups (HR Representatives)
Date: Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Time: 9:00-10:30 am
Location: Online
AMHSA is rebuilding the Supervisor’s Role course from the ground up, and we want your input!
This course, available in both instructor-led and eLearning formats, is a cornerstone of our health and safety leadership training because we recognize the critical role that supervisors play in keeping your organizations healthy and safe. We also recognize that the field of health and safety has evolved in the last few years, and we want to reflect that evolution in our training. This revision will bring a greater focus on psychosocial health and safety, update the content to reflect current industry standards, and offer engaging content that meets current best practices in adult learning. The primary purpose of this revision is to ensure that this course meets your needs.
If you’re involved in health and safety leadership in your organization, either directly or in a planning and support capacity, we want to hear from you.
We are hosting three initial focus groups for Cities, MDs & Counties, Towns & Villages, and HR Representatives. The goal of these focus groups will be to conduct needs analyses in each of these three core audiences. This needs analysis will form the foundation for the revision plan. Participants in these focus groups will be invited to offer feedback as the revision develops, helping guide the creation of learning objectives, activities, and content.
- Cities – March 14, 9-10:30 am
- MDs and Counties - March 14, 12:30-2:00 pm
- HR Representatives – March 15, 9-10:30 am
- Towns and Villages – March 17, 9-10:30 am
If you are unable to make these times but interested in being part of the process, please email [email protected].
Presented by AMHSA
Date: March 14, 2023
Time: 9:00-10:30 am
Supervisor’s Role Focus Groups (Cities)
Date: Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
Time: 9:00-10:30 am
Location: Online
AMHSA is rebuilding the Supervisor’s Role course from the ground up, and we want your input!
This course, available in both instructor-led and eLearning formats, is a cornerstone of our health and safety leadership training because we recognize the critical role that supervisors play in keeping your organizations healthy and safe. We also recognize that the field of health and safety has evolved in the last few years, and we want to reflect that evolution in our training. This revision will bring a greater focus on psychosocial health and safety, update the content to reflect current industry standards, and offer engaging content that meets current best practices in adult learning. The primary purpose of this revision is to ensure that this course meets your needs.
If you’re involved in health and safety leadership in your organization, either directly or in a planning and support capacity, we want to hear from you.
We are hosting three initial focus groups for Cities, MDs & Counties, Towns & Villages, and HR Representatives. The goal of these focus groups will be to conduct needs analyses in each of these three core audiences. This needs analysis will form the foundation for the revision plan. Participants in these focus groups will be invited to offer feedback as the revision develops, helping guide the creation of learning objectives, activities, and content.
- Cities – March 14, 9-10:30 am
- MDs and Counties - March 14, 12:30-2:00 pm
- HR Representatives – March 15, 9-10:30 am
- Towns and Villages – March 17, 9-10:30 am
If you are unable to make these times but interested in being part of the process, please email [email protected].
Presented by AMHSA
Date: March 14, 2023
Time: 9:00-10:30 am
Supervisor’s Role Focus Groups (MDs & Counties)
Date: Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
Time: 12:30-2:00 pm
Location: Online
AMHSA is rebuilding the Supervisor’s Role course from the ground up, and we want your input!
This course, available in both instructor-led and eLearning formats, is a cornerstone of our health and safety leadership training because we recognize the critical role that supervisors play in keeping your organizations healthy and safe. We also recognize that the field of health and safety has evolved in the last few years, and we want to reflect that evolution in our training. This revision will bring a greater focus on psychosocial health and safety, update the content to reflect current industry standards, and offer engaging content that meets current best practices in adult learning. The primary purpose of this revision is to ensure that this course meets your needs.
If you’re involved in health and safety leadership in your organization, either directly or in a planning and support capacity, we want to hear from you.
We are hosting three initial focus groups for Cities, MDs & Counties, Towns & Villages, and HR Representatives. The goal of these focus groups will be to conduct needs analyses in each of these three core audiences. This needs analysis will form the foundation for the revision plan. Participants in these focus groups will be invited to offer feedback as the revision develops, helping guide the creation of learning objectives, activities, and content.
- Cities – March 14, 9-10:30 am
- MDs and Counties - March 14, 12:30-2:00 pm
- HR Representatives – March 15, 9-10:30 am
- Towns and Villages – March 17, 9-10:30 am
If you are unable to make these times but interested in being part of the process, please email [email protected].
Presented by AMHSA
Date: March 14, 2023
Time: 9:00-10:30 am
AWWOA 48th Annual Operators Seminar
Date: Monday Mar 13, 2023 - Friday Mar 17, 2023
Location: Banff, AB
AWWOA’s Annual Operators Seminar will be held March 13-17, 2023 in Banff, Alberta.
Registration is now open. Visit AWWOA.ca for details.
Submissions are now being accepted for presentations in all areas of water and wastewater. Deadline to apply is December 9, 2022. Click here for more information.
Webinar - Prepping for Change: Updates to Noise Exposure Legislation
Date: Thursday Mar 09, 2023
Time: 11:00-12:00
Location: Online
Prepping for Change: Updates to Noise Exposure Legislation
This free webinar session aims to help health and safety professionals prepare for upcoming changes to Alberta’s OHS Code, Part 16 - Noise Exposure, effective March 31, 2023. Our experts will review what’s new and provide suggestions for addressing changing requirements. The webinar will be led by EHS Partnerships which consist of a team of occupational hygienists with extensive experience in noise assessments and control.
The major changes to Part 16 - Noise Exposure include:
- Updates to technical standards and terminology;
- Reduced threshold level for conducting noise exposure assessments;
- New requirement for fit testing of hearing protection.
For a copy of the presentation, click here.
Presented by AMHSA & EHS Partnerships
Date: March 9, 2023
Time: 11:00-12:00 pm
Working Stronger: Workplace Mental Health Conference
Date: Tuesday Mar 07, 2023 - Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Time: 9:00 am
Location: 10135 100 St NW, Edmonton, AB
As Alberta’s workplace mental health conference, the Canadian Mental Health Association, Alberta Division’s Working Stronger conference is two days of immersive workshops, empowering keynotes and inspiring stories designed to create and maintain mentally healthy workplaces.
TOGETHER, WE CAN CREATE A HEALTHIER AND MORE INCLUSIVE FUTURE FOR ALL WORKERS.
Visit https://workingstronger.cmha.ca/conference/ for more details or to register.
Upcoming News & Events
◙ Alberta Cities Safety Council
Date: December 05, 2023
Location: Online
More information coming soon
Email [email protected] for details.
◙ The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
Date: December 06, 2023
Location: Canada
If you are in an emergency situation, please access 9-1-1 (in Canada), for emergency services in your area.
If you are outside of the 9-1-1 service area, please access available emergency services or call a crisis line in your area.
You may also want to consult the list of additional support services for people affected by gender-based violence.
It has been over 30 years since the murder of 14 young women at Polytechnique Montréal (December 6, 1989). This act of violent misogyny shook our country and led Parliament to designate December 6 as The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
On December 6, we remember:
- Geneviève Bergeron
- Hélène Colgan
- Nathalie Croteau
- Barbara Daigneault
- Anne-Marie Edward
- Maud Haviernick
- Maryse Laganière
- Maryse Leclair
- Anne-Marie Lemay
- Sonia Pelletier
- Michèle Richard
- Annie St-Arneault
- Annie Turcotte
- Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
As we mourn their loss and remember their lives, we reaffirm our commitment to fight the hatred that led to this tragedy, and the misogyny that still exists today. In Canada and around the world, women, girls and 2SLGBTQI+ individuals face unacceptable violence and discrimination. Gender-based violence in Canada has been magnified and amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. There have been reports from police services, shelters, and local organization of an increase in calls related to gender-based violence across Canada during the pandemic.
The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women is about remembering those who have experienced gender-based violence and those who we have lost to it. It is also a time to take action. Achieving a Canada free from gender-based violence requires everyone living in this country to educate themselves and their families and communities on gender-based violence, centre the voices of survivors in our actions and speak up against harmful behaviours.
Source: The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
◙ Ergonomics Coaching & MSI Prevention - Ask an Expert: Addressing Commonly Asked Questions in 2023 Webinars and Hot Topics
Date: December 14, 2023
Time: 9:00-10:00 am
Location: Online
This is an opportunity to ask your burning questions and help set your ergonomics resolutions for 2024. The professional Ergonomist will review some of the most common questions they have been answering for clients during 2023.
Some of those include:
- What are some challenges/advice for hybrid work?
- Why can’t I get a Microsoft Sculpt keyboard, and what’s a good replacement?
- Should I contact an Ergonomist before I order new equipment, or after I receive it?
- I think I need an Ergonomist, but I have no idea where to start – HELP!
If you have questions for an Ergonomist, please submit them to [email protected] ahead of the webinar so they can be shared with the presenter ahead of time.
Presented by AMHSA & EWI Works
Date: Dec. 14, 2023
Time: 9:00-10:00 am
◙ Pink Shirt Day
Date: February 21, 2024
Location: Online
Pink Shirt Day began in 2007 when a student in Nova Scotia was bullied for wearing a pink shirt to school. It has since been recognized annually worldwide as a day to stand against bullying.
Pink Shirt Day encourages Albertans to be inclusive, welcoming and supportive with colleagues, clients, friends and family. Building healthy relationships is one of the best ways to prevent bullying and create safe environments.
Source: Pink Shirt Day Alberta
Bullying is a major problem in our schools, workplaces, homes, and online. Over the month of February, and throughout the year, CKNW Kids’ Fund’s Pink Shirt Day aims to raise awareness of these issues, as well as raise funds to support programs that foster children’s healthy self-esteem.
Source: CKNW Kids’ Fund Pink Shirt Day
The WITS programs are proven to reduce peer victimization (bullying), and have been started in over 1400 elementary schools in Canada and now also in the USA and Europe. Over a hundred thousand children have learned to use their WITS to prevent victimization.
Source: Pink Shirt Day Canada
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