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Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
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The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) is a Government of Canada agency based in Hamilton, Ontario.

History

In its guidance for employers dated March 8, 2022, CCOHS stated that "unvaccinated people are more likely to become sick with COVID-19, experience serious medical outcomes, and spread the disease to others," and advised employers to "increase the percentage of the population who are vaccinated against COVID-19" by "provid[ing] support for workers to receive the vaccine (e.g., time off for appointments), and follow[ing] regional mandatory vaccination policies (e.g., vaccine passports)."[1]

Organization

Name Position Notes
Brenda Baxter Chairperson[2] Employment and Social Development Canada
Gail Boland Governor[2:1] Department of Digital Government and Service NL
Jenna Brookfield Governor[2:2] Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
Dan Campbell Governor[2:3] Workers Compensation Board of Prince Edward Island
Rodney Cook Governor[2:4] Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
Julie Hébert Governor[2:5] United Steelworkers
Rick Hunt Governor[2:6] Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission (WSCC)
Dave Kramer Governor[2:7] SAFE Work Manitoba
Lori Kennedy Governor[2:8] Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC)
Giselle Lue Governor[2:9] Jazz Aviation
Todd McDonald Governor[2:10] WorkSafeBC
Kevin Mooney Governor[2:11] Saskatchewan Workers' Compensation Board
Myles Morris Governor[2:12] Alberta Ministry of Jobs, Economy and Northern Development
Andrea Peart Governor[2:13] Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
Tara Peel Governor[2:14] Canadian Labour Congress (CLC)
Tim Petersen Governor[2:15] WorkSafeNB
Amir Raza Governor[2:16] FedEx
Anne Tennier President and Chief Executive Officer[2:17] -
Chandra Guilday Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer[2:18] -
Jenni Porter Corporate Secretary[2:19] -
Janet Mannella Vice President of Operations[3] McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE)
Sonya Tonkovich Manager of Health, Safety and Human Resources Operations[4] McMaster University, Patheon
Gary Robertson Chairperson (former)[5] Employment and Social Development Canada
Joseph Bajzath Governor (former)[5:1] Air Canada
Shelly Dauphinee Governor (former)[5:2] WorkSafeNB
Phillip Germain Governor (former)[5:3] Saskatchewan Workers' Compensation Board
Jamie Hall Governor (former)[5:4] SAFE Work Manitoba
Judy Kainz Governor (former)[5:5] Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission (WSCC)
Nina Manjovitz Governor (former)[5:6] Rio Tinto
Shari Nurse Governor (former)[5:7] Canada Post
Shelley Rowan Governor (former)[5:8] Workers' Compensation Board of Nova Scotia
Sari Sairanen Governor (former)[5:9] Unifor
Sari St-Jean Governor (former)[5:10] Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
Troy Winters Governor (former)[5:11] Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
Susanna Zagar Governor (former)[5:12] Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
Kimberly Pirhonen Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer (former)[5:13] -

Partners

CCOHS is partnered with:[6][7]

  • Alberta Employment and Immigration
  • American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP)
  • British Columbia Construction Safety Alliance (BCCSA)
  • Canada Life
  • Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA)
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
  • Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
  • Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC)
  • Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE)
  • Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction (CARMHA)
  • Chongqing Bureau of Labor and Social Security (CQBLSS)
  • Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CSST)
  • E-learning for Business Coalition
  • Employment and Social Development Canada
  • European Union (EU)
  • Government of Alberta
  • Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Government of Saskatchewan
  • Great-West Life
  • Health Canada
  • International Labour Organization (ILO)
  • Manitoba Labour and Immigration
  • McMaster University
  • Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)
  • MyWorkplaceHealth
  • National Committee on Environmental and Occupational Exposures (NCEOE)
  • National WHMIS Office (NOW)
  • Nova Scotia Department of Labour and Advanced Education
  • Occupational Cancer Research Centre (OCRC)
  • Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers[8]
  • Ontario Lung Association
  • Ontario Ministry of Labour
  • Ontario Thoracic Society
  • Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
  • Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
  • Radiation Safety Institute of Canada
  • SAFE Work Manitoba
  • Saskatchewan Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety
  • Southwest University of Political Science and Law (SWUPL)
  • Threads of Life
  • Transport Canada
  • Work Safe Alberta
  • Workers Compensation Board of Prince Edward Island
  • Workplace Hazardous Materials Bureau
  • Workplace Strategies for Mental Health
  • WorkSafe Saskatchewan
  • WorkSafeNB
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board

Activities

CCOHS provides operational support to the Action Committee on Modernizing Court Operations through its Technical Working Group.[9]

  1. COVID-19 Health and Safety Planning for Employers. (2022, March 8). Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. https://web.archive.org/web/20220611173426/https://www.ccohs.ca/products/publications/covid19-employers/ ↩︎

  2. Council of Governors. Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. Retrieved May 15, 2025, from https://web.archive.org/web/20250515235611/https://www.ccohs.ca/ccohs/council.html ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  3. Janet Manella. Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC. Retrieved February 20, 2025, from https://safetyalliancebc.ca/people/janet-mannella/ ↩︎

  4. Sonya Tonkovich, CRSP. LinkedIn. Retrieved February 27, 2025, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonya-tonkovich-crsp-90369a19/ ↩︎

  5. Council of Governors. Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. Retrieved May 9, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20200509075714/https://www.ccohs.ca/ccohs/council.html ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  6. Projects and Partnerships. Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. Retrieved May 15, 2025, from https://web.archive.org/web/20250515235811/https://www.ccohs.ca/ccohs/partner.html ↩︎

  7. Projects and Partnerships. Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. Retrieved January 31, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210131125813/https://www.ccohs.ca/ccohs/partner.html ↩︎

  8. Partners. Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers. Retrieved November 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241105133056/https://www.ohcow.on.ca/partners/ ↩︎

  9. Terms of Reference for the Action Committee on Court Operations in Response to COVID-19. (2023, May 23). Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada. https://web.archive.org/web/20230525052510/https://www.fja.gc.ca/COVID-19/reference-eng.html ↩︎