Join us for a Heat Stress and Sun Safety Webinar on May 15th!
With spring flowers comes summer safety planning. The BCCSA is hosting a webinar on heat stress and sun safety in the construction industry.
Our expert speakers will discuss heat stress and solar radiation with a focus on:
· Health hazards
· Exposure control strategies
· Emergency response
· Regulatory requirements
· New resources
Our Speakers
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Jeanette Campbell, MSc, CIH, ROH: WorkSafeBC, Senior Occupational Hygienist
Jeanette Campbell is a Senior Occupational Hygienist with Prevention Risk Management Services at WorkSafeBC. Before joining this department, she worked as a WorkSafeBC occupational hygiene officer for 10 years in the Nanaimo and Coquitlam regions. Jeanette has been working as an occupational hygienist for more than 35 years. She holds both the CIH and ROH designations and has a MSc (Applied) in Occupational Health /Industrial Hygiene from McGill University. |
Dr Cheryl Peters, PhD: BCCDC and BC Cancer, Senior Scientist
Dr. Cheryl Peters is the Senior Scientist (Cancer Prevention) at the BC Centre for Disease Control and BC Cancer, and an Assistant Professor (partner) at the University of British Columbia's School of Population and Public Health. She received her MSc (Occupational and Environmental Hygiene) and PhD (Population and Public Health) from the University of British Columbia. She is also the Principal Investigator of CAREX Canada, a national research program that studies occupational exposures linked to cancer and other chronic diseases. She leads a large program of research on occupational cancer prevention, with a special interest in outdoor workers and sun safety. |
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Host: Dr. Melanie Gorman Ng PhD, CIH: BCCSA, Health and Exposure Scientist Melanie Gorman Ng is a health and exposure scientist at the BC Construction Safety Alliance and an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health. She is a Certified Industrial Hygienist and is responsible for managing the databases and statistical models that underpin the Silica Control Tool. |