The Lens
March 2021
Updates, Events, and Resources
Occ-COVID Series continues Fridays 1-3PM!
Friday, March 26
A Year in Review - Elastomeric Respirators - Beyond the Mask
  • Elastomeric Respirators 101
  • Feasibility, Research, and Implementation Guidance
  • The Frontline Perspective – US and Canada – Myths, Roadblocks and Solutions 
Friday, April 9
A Year in Review - Looking Back and Moving Forward
  • SARS & COVID-19- Response and Learnings
  • Workplaces and COVID-19 – On the Horizon Research & Standards  
  • Canada’s Pandemic Response Products: Towards a Self-Sufficient and Sustainable Ecosystem
Friday, April 23
A Year in Review: Marking Losses and Finding Lessons
A COVID frame on the upcoming National Day of Mourning for Injured and Killed Workers, marking lives lost, health impacted, and strategies to improve.
Remembering, Learning, Improving, Protecting
Speakers to follow.
Participants will have the opportunity to mark personal and community losses (and lessons found) for shared acknowledgement and joint learning (by naming or describing in the chat) for posting with the slides and video later.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Occupational Disease Prevention Winter Webinar Series
Wednesday, March 31 - 10:30am
Investigations 101: Using Retrospective Exposure Profiles to Assist in Proving Cases of Occupational Diseases for Workers Compensation Claims
 
Join us to learn and discuss the latest research and workplace knowledge so we can help those impacted now, and prevent such harm in the future.
 
Speakers will include OHCOW Occupational Hygienists Sonia Lal and James Miuccio.
Migrant Farm Worker Program News
OHCOW’s Migrant Farm Worker Program is proud to announce receipt of a generous grant through the Kairos Canada Worker Empowerment Project Funded by the Government of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program, for COVID -19 response and prevention. OHCOW will be updating key videos, hosting webinars and stakeholder meetings and developing a Worker Empowerment toolkit framing COVID issues per the Occupational Health and Safety, as well as Workplace Safety and Insurance, Acts and systems. Events and resources to be posted on OHCOW’s TFAW and COVID safety website.
A similar collaboration from last season recently came into fruition with the Ministry of Health launching multi-lingual 911 Fact Sheets for TFAWS.
Spring Into ACTion Health & Safety Forum
Join us Friday, April 16!

Speakers and topics will include:
  • Worker Experience Pandemic Survey - John Oudyk, OHCOW
  • Tools for Mental Health during COVID - Troy Winters, CUPE
  • COVID Long-Haulers: Perspectives from the Patient Experience and the Medical Community - Chandra Pasma & Dr. Pravesh Jugnundan
  • Cleaning & Sanitizing Safely - Todd Irick, OHCOW
  • Workshop/Break-Out Sessions
  • Knowledge Mobilization & Activism - Lessons from COVID, SARS & Asbestos-Free Canada - Led by Special Guest Alec Farquhar
Mayday, Mayday 2021 Workplace Mental Health Webinar series
Save the Dates!
Fridays at 10AM - 12PM EDT

April 30, 2021 - Pandemic Experience a year later
May 7th 2021 - COPSOQ Network on WMH Regulatory frameworks around the World
May 14, 2021 – Participatory Solutions for Workplace Mental Health and Violence Prevention
May, 21st 2021 - COPSOQ Network International Intervention stories
May 28, 2021 - OHCOW and partner new WMH Tools + Resources
Other Resources
Resources coming soon!
Watch this space for information about our upcoming new (and updated) resources.

A number of projects are in progress so check News regularly!

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