HAMILTON, ON (September 21, 2009) - The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) is offering two free webinars as part of Canada's Healthy Workplace Month® taking place in October.
Planning for a Pandemic will be presented live on Thursday, September 24 at 1:00 PM EDT. Jan Chappel, CCOHS Sr. Technical Specialist in Occupational Health and Safety, will share tips on how organizations and individuals can plan and prepare for the pandemic flu outbreak.
Promoting Health and Safety Through Social Media will be webcast live on Wednesday, October 14 at 1:00 PM EDT. Krista Travers, CCOHS Marketing Communications Officer, will discuss the basics of social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook, and how they can be used to help promote workplace health and safety.
Following the live presentations, the recorded webinars will be available on the CCOHS website.
Canada's Healthy Workplace Month®, running October 5 to November 1, encourages workplaces and employees to work together to create healthier workplaces and build a culture of trust and respect in which people are happy and healthy.
To learn more about and sign up for the workplace challenges, and participate in friendly competition against others across Canada, visit the Healthy Workplace Month website at www.healthyworkplacemonth.ca.
The CCOHS website has more information about the webinars and how to sign up.
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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.
