HAMILTON, ON - June 24, 2009 - The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) has released a new version of the CanOSH website. CanOSH brings together federal, provincial and territorial resources, providing convenient access to links and information from Canadian government agencies responsible for workplace health and safety, workers’ compensation boards, and CCOHS.
Every year, thousands of people visit CanOSH to find information to assist them in meeting their compliance needs, improve workplace health and safety practices and, reduce workplace fatalities, injuries and illnesses. With the new navigation system, Canadians can easily search, find and compare what information is available to them in each jurisdiction using a map of Canada from a list in the new sidebar.
CCOHS first launched CanOSH in 1998, with participation from federal, provincial and territorial governments to create one of the first health and safety websites of its kind. Since that time, there have been many reorganizations, restructurings and changes within the partner organizations. To reflect these changes as well as maintain the integrity and quality of the website, CCOHS redesigned the site and updated the content.
The CanOSH website can be found www.canoshweb.org.
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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, E-mail: eleanorw@ccohs.ca
Jennifer Miconi-Howse, Communications Officer
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
(905) 572-2981, Ext. 4241, E-mail: jenmh@ccohs.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.
