OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 3, 2010) - The Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE) and the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), together with the CSSE Prince Edward Island Chapter, will officially launch the North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week.
| Keynote speakers: |
| Ms. Marilyn D'Entremont, Threads of Life |
| Mr. Bill Meisner, VP, Operations, Cavendish Farms |
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| Other speakers and special guests include: |
| Canada's Minister of Labour Lisa Raitt |
| Minister of Community Services, Seniors & Labour, PEI, Janice Sherry |
| CSSE President, Art Nordholm |
| CCOHS President and CEO, Len Hong |
| ASSE Executive Vice-President, Terrie Norris |
| Deputy Mayor Stu MacFayden, City of Charlottetown |
| Chair, WCB Prince Edward Island, Nancy Guptill |
Safety & Health: A Commitment for Life: How Safe Are You?
Date: Monday, May 3rd, 2010
Program
7:30 – 8:15 am Registration, Meet & Greet
8:15 – 8:45 am Breakfast
8:45 – 9:30 am Welcome & Greetings
9:30 – 11:05 am Keynote Presentations
11:05– 11:30 am Acknowledgements & Closing Remarks
11:35 am Flag Raising
| Location: |
Confederation Centre of the Arts, Memorial Hall |
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145 Richmond Street |
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Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
For more information on NAOSH Week and activities in your region please visit www.naosh.ca.
Marilyn D'Entremont is a volunteer of Threads of Life – A Workplace Tragedy Family Support Association – and its Speakers Bureau. Threads of Life promotes public awareness and accountability for workplace health and safety. Its mission is to lead and inspire a culture shift where work-related injuries and illnesses are morally, socially and economically unacceptable.
It helps families affected by a workplace fatality, life-altering injury or occupational disease along their journey of healing. It provides these families with referrals and the only one-on-one peer support assistance program in the world that is delivered by trained Volunteer Family Guides who have also experienced a workplace tragedy. It is currently working with more than 700 families from across Canada who have been affected by a workplace tragedy.
Marilyn's family was forever changed when they suffered a sudden workplace tragedy. Many things have changed in Marilyn's family life since that fateful day. This is her story.
Bill Meisner is the Vice President of Operations for Cavendish Farms. He has more than 20 years experience in warehousing, & distribution, as well as farming and food production – experience that he has gained across half of the Canadian provinces. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Dalhousie University. Mr. Meisner will share his insights and experiences direct from the operations floor – "It's not the program alone that makes the difference".