April 26th, 2018
Partner Spotlight: ORFA
With the start of both the baseball season and the NHL playoffs, it seemed only fitting to highlight one of PSHSA’s current partners: the Ontario Recreation Facilities Association (ORFA). ORFA is a provincially-recognized not-for-profit, volunteer-driven organization dedicated to the benefit of the recreation facility profession in municipalities, educational institutions, First…
April 24th, 2018
Dealing with the Unthinkable
I was sitting in a Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) workshop in Kingston yesterday with the WSIB and Fire Service representatives from Vaughn, Kitchener and Kingston when the news came across my BlackBerry. It was actually an announcement from our office building saying that Yonge Street was closed due…
April 17th, 2018
Use #CannabisAwarenessMonth to Raise Awareness About Your Workplace Policies
April is National Cannabis Awareness Month, and as we move towards the annual 4/20 celebrations that will be occurring later this week, it seems like a good time to talk about Cannabis legalization and its impact on the workplace. Many employers don’t feel like they’re ready for…
April 16th, 2018
Thank you, Volunteers!
Every year Canada takes the time to celebrate those who give up their own time to help others with National Volunteer Week (April 15-21). Over 13.3 million people – 47% of Canadians aged 15 or over – did volunteer work in 2010. In this same year, almost 2.07 billion hours…
April 11th, 2018
Celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
April 8-14 is National Public Safety Telecommunications Week. This is a time to celebrate the hard working staff in our emergency communications centres who dispatch our first responders to help us in our times of greatest need. To dispatch is to “send someone or something to a destination…
April 10th, 2018
Wildlife and the Workplace
April 8-16 is National Wildlife Week and the focus of this year is on our connection with wildlife. Since the Canadian Wildlife Federation is interested in celebrating positive engagements this year, I wanted to focus on some steps that we can take to keep ourselves, and the wildlife…
April 9th, 2018
April 7-13 is National Dental Hygienists Week
National Dental Hygienists Week is a time to reflect on what dental hygiene means to those of us in the profession. As Dental Hygienists, we are part of a larger team of health care providers who are passionate about our patients’ health and well-being. Our primary role is…
April 4th, 2018
Stigma. Violence. Are these Competing Priorities or an Opportunity?
As hospitals move to implement protections for healthcare workers related to violence in the workplace, there are concerns that patients may be stigmatized as a result of risk assessment and flagging processes. I want to explore if addressing violence and stigma constitute competing priorities, or an opportunity to…
March 29th, 2018
Immersive Technologies in the Workplace
Smartglasses and Virtual Reality (VR) headsets, like the Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Google Glass, are quickly becoming the technology trend to dominate the market for the next several years. These immersive technologies provide new forms of interactions that haven’t yet been observed in traditional…
