Health and Safety Matters - February 6, 2025
We all play a part in preventing bullying and harassment
Are you able to recognize bullying when you see it? Sure, we can all spot the obvious behaviours—verbal abuse, intimidation, and humiliation, but what about the more subtle actions? Excluding others and spreading rumours are acts that can be more difficult to pick up on.
No matter the form, the results are the same: emotional and psychological distress, decreased job satisfaction and even physical health consequences.
We're all responsible for creating safe and respectable workplaces. Use our resources to learn how you can play your part.
How civil is your workplace? Find out with our Civility Matters Toolkit?
Imagine you’re reading the evening shift report and notice one of the scheduled baths did not get done in the morning. Your colleague grumbles, “The morning workers always leave the heavy work for us.”
How do you respond?
Your first instinct may be to agree or even take a neutral stance. But what if the day shift was short-staffed and just couldn't get to it? Civility requires self-awareness and insight into how all of us show up in our workplace.
Our Civility Matters Toolkit includes scenarios like this to help you practice workplace civility.
Meet our Leaders Forum facilitator, Mary Ann Baynton!?
We're thrilled to have Mary Ann Baynton—who has been referred to as the "Godmother of psychological health and safety"—as our the facilitator for the third annual Leaders Health and Safety Forum.
The free strategies, tools, and resources she's going to share can immediately be applied to help reduce your own stress and improve your effectiveness as a leader.
The forum is open to SafeCare BC members.?Registration is free, but spots are limited.
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Become a Certificate of Recognition internal auditor
Are you curious about the Certificate of Recognition (COR) audit process?
The BC Municipal Safety Association (BCMSA) is running a two-day internal auditor training course on February 18-19 that will give you valuable insights into the process and teach you how to navigate the audit tool.?
This course is for you if you're already COR-certified or working towards the certification. By the end of the session, you'll have the skills and knowledge to become an internal auditor.
If you are interested in attending, please contact?Liz Kim, COR Specialist at the BCMSA, via email at?[email protected]?to register. The?deadline to register?is?Friday, February 7.
Want to learn more about COR certification??Connect with us at?[email protected]?or check out our?COR resources.
Upgrade your skills - register for an upcoming event
Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum
February 21
Abbotsford
Gain the skills to prevent and de-escalate potentially violent situations in the workplace and learn how you can protect yourself in the event of a behavioural crisis.
Gentle Persuasive Approaches
February 28
Burnaby
Gain the tools to understand the challenges of Alzheimer’s and learn ways you can better care for someone with the disease.
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