HAMILTON, ON - November 13, 2008 - The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) has launched Workscape; an online discussion board where people interested in health and safety can exchange ideas and information to help make workplaces healthy and safe.
Free to join, Workscape was created primarily as a resource for the Canadian health and safety community, however anyone around the world with an interest in occupational health and safety can participate. Workscape members can share their experiences as well as post information, comments and questions on various topics including chemical safety, ergonomics, healthy workplaces, legislations and compliance, and training and education. Users can also find and post messages about job opportunities, seminars, and conferences. Workscape also features informal areas where members can introduce themselves and network with other health and safety professionals across the country.
CCOHS has a history of implementing technological tools to better serve Canadians. Workscape was established to offer a more interactive and dynamic platform for the sharing and exchange of workplace health and safety information among members of the workplace health and safety community.
For more information on Workscape, or to join the online community, visit www.workscape.ca.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Eleanor Westwood, Manager of Communications
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
(905) 572-2981, Ext. 4408 Email: eleanorw@ccohs.ca
Please visit www.ccohs-cchst.ca
About CCOHS
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), a Canadian federal government agency based in Hamilton, Ontario is Canada's national resource for the advancement of workplace health and safety. CCOHS promotes the total well-being - physical, psychosocial and mental health - of working Canadians by providing information, training, education, management systems and solutions that support health and safety programs and the prevention of injury and illness. CCOHS partners and collaborates with agencies and organizations from Canada and around the world to improve the quality and quantity of resources and programs, as well as expand the breadth of usage of occupational health information to many different segments of society.
