9 people, representing labour and employers, appointed to province’s Prevention Council
Ontario has unveiled the makeup of its new Prevention Council that is designed to help protect workers and improve workplace health and safety across the province.
The 11-member council is made up of representatives from labour, employers, non-unionized workers and an occupational health and safety expert. (See sidebar at right for names of the council members.) Two more names will be added to the list in the near future — one employer representative and a representative from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) are currently being finalized, the province said.
George Gritziotis, Ontario’s chief prevention officer, said he is looking forward to “working closely with these prevention leaders to develop and implement a province-wide occupational health and safety strategy that will lead ultimately to safer workplaces for all workers in Ontario.”
Linda Jeffrey, Ontario’s Minister of Labour, said the group — which she called “accomplished and dynamic” — would work closely with Gritziotis to improve health and safety in all Ontario workplaces.
“Our ultimate and shared goal is to eliminate work-related injury and illness,” she said.
The council’s role
The Prevention Council will provide support for the chief prevention officer and advise the Minister of Labour on:
•prevention of workplace injuries and illnesses
•development of a provincial occupational health and safety strategy
•proposed changes to funding and delivery of services for the prevention of workplace injuries and occupational diseases.
New prevention council members
Labour representatives
•Patrick Dillon, business manager and secretary treasurer, Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario
•Colin Grieve, occupational disease and Workplace Safety and Insurance Board worker advocate, Hamilton and Ontario Professional Firefighters Associations
•Nancy Hutchison, secretary treasurer, Ontario Federation of Labour
•Bryan Neath, regional director – Ontario, United Food and Commercial Workers Canada
Non-union worker representative
•Linda Vannucci, director, Toronto Workers’ Health and Safety Legal Clinic
Employer representatives
•Michael Oxley, president and chief financial officer, DuPont Canada
•Gloria Rajkumar, CEO, Superior Independent Medical Assessment Centres
•Roy Slack, president, Cementation Canada
Occupational health and safety expert
•Graeme Norval, associate chair and undergraduate co-ordinator, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto
The 11-member council is made up of representatives from labour, employers, non-unionized workers and an occupational health and safety expert. (See sidebar at right for names of the council members.) Two more names will be added to the list in the near future — one employer representative and a representative from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) are currently being finalized, the province said.
George Gritziotis, Ontario’s chief prevention officer, said he is looking forward to “working closely with these prevention leaders to develop and implement a province-wide occupational health and safety strategy that will lead ultimately to safer workplaces for all workers in Ontario.”
Linda Jeffrey, Ontario’s Minister of Labour, said the group — which she called “accomplished and dynamic” — would work closely with Gritziotis to improve health and safety in all Ontario workplaces.
“Our ultimate and shared goal is to eliminate work-related injury and illness,” she said.
The council’s role
The Prevention Council will provide support for the chief prevention officer and advise the Minister of Labour on:
•prevention of workplace injuries and illnesses
•development of a provincial occupational health and safety strategy
•proposed changes to funding and delivery of services for the prevention of workplace injuries and occupational diseases.
New prevention council members
Labour representatives
•Patrick Dillon, business manager and secretary treasurer, Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario
•Colin Grieve, occupational disease and Workplace Safety and Insurance Board worker advocate, Hamilton and Ontario Professional Firefighters Associations
•Nancy Hutchison, secretary treasurer, Ontario Federation of Labour
•Bryan Neath, regional director – Ontario, United Food and Commercial Workers Canada
Non-union worker representative
•Linda Vannucci, director, Toronto Workers’ Health and Safety Legal Clinic
Employer representatives
•Michael Oxley, president and chief financial officer, DuPont Canada
•Gloria Rajkumar, CEO, Superior Independent Medical Assessment Centres
•Roy Slack, president, Cementation Canada
Occupational health and safety expert
•Graeme Norval, associate chair and undergraduate co-ordinator, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto
