Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Committee
The Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Committee (OHSAC) provides the Labour Program with strategic advice and recommendations on preventing injuries, illnesses, and accidents in the workplace by:
- providing input on the development of national strategies related to occupational health and safety
- identifying emerging occupational health and safety issues and trends in federally regulated workplaces
- identifying opportunities to enhance accident and injury prevention within workplaces
- proposing approaches and strategies such as regulations, guidelines and education initiatives to improve health and safety in federally regulated workplaces
Committee membership
OHSAC is composed of a committee chair and members representing employers and employees in federally regulated workplaces:
OHSAC Chair:
- Director General, Workplace Directorate
Labour Program, Employment and Social Development Canada- Danijela Hong
Employee Representatives:
- Canadian Labour Congress
- Alex Callahan
- Canadian Union of Postal Workers
- Marc Roussel
- Canadian Union of Public Employees
- Troy Winters
- International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada
- Jessica Isbister
- Public Service Alliance of Canada
- Andrea Peart
- Unifor
- Joanne Hay
Employer Representatives:
- British Columbia Maritime Employers Association
- Shayne Daum
- Canada Post
- Daniel Beaulne
- Canadian Trucking Alliance
- Stephen Laskowski
- Federally Regulated Employers—Transportation and Communications
- Derrick Hynes
- National Airlines Council of Canada
- Suzanne Acton Gervais
- Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
- Aline Taillefer-McLaren
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