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It was a full house at the SafeCare BC-hosted concurrent sessions at the BC Care Providers Conference this week in Whistler. Wynona Giannasi of HoweGroup presented to an attentive crowd the results of SafeCare BC’s Training Needs Assessment. Highlighting key findings, she noted that employers and front-line staff share the same concerns, with violence prevention, […]

Date: May 28th, 2014 Position: Event Coordinator Start date: June 16th 2014 Description: Are you passionate about making a difference? Join the SafeCare BC team and have a positive impact on health care workers across the province! SafeCare BC is a non-profit health and safety association for the long term care sector in British Columbia. […]

NEWS RELEASE – May 22, 2014 SafeCare BC and the Alzheimer Society of B.C. are pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative to deliver dementia care training to long term care workers in BC. The partnership between the two organizations will see nearly 500 workshop training spots open up for care workers over the next […]

Under British Columbia’s Workers Compensation Act (“the Act”) and the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (“the Regulation”), supervisors play an important role in promoting and maintaining a healthy and safe workplace. But who qualifies as a supervisor, and what are their responsibilities? To better answer these questions, we need to understand employers’ obligations. Key employer […]

 We are thrilled to announce that both SafeCare BC sessions at the upcoming BC Care Providers Annual Conference are sold out! These sessions include a dialogue with Executive Director, Jennifer Lyle as well as look into the recent Training Needs Assessment with project coordinator Wynona Giannasi. If you were unable to secure a seat in […]

The BC launch of the North American Occupational Safety and Health Week was a great success, with over 200 people in attendance for the event. Keynote speaker Matthew Bowcott delivered a powerful message about the importance of safe work practices by sharing his personal experience with a serious workplace accident. In B.C. alone, 87 organizations […]

The North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week is a continent wide event spanning three countries Canada, USA and Mexico; that highlight to the public, government, and industry the importance of increasing understanding, raising awareness and reducing injuries and illness in the workplace, at home and in the community. The goal of the North […]

Join us on May 26th as we host a session titled SafeCare BC- A Dialogue with the New Executive Director at this year’s BC Care Providers Association Annual Conference. Sit down with Executive Director, Jennifer Lyle as she shares SafeCare BC’s direction for the future and how it will help you and your organization. Long […]

Accidents happen. It’s a common refrain that we’ve all been told. Accidents cannot be anticipated, predicted or avoided. When something happens at work, we say there was an accident – someone was hurt in an unforeseeable, unpreventable event. But are these events truly accidents? Unwelcome – yes. Unfortunate – of course. But an accident? Col. […]

As remarked on recently in the news, if you were to look at the injury claims data for long term care, caring for others seems to be hazardous for your health. A story run in the Leader Post last year identified the health care sector as “…one of the most dangerous industries…” to work in. […]