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Webinar | Fire Season Preparedness
Canada’s wildfire season has become a growing concern over the last several years—while wildfires can occur year-round, the season typically peaks in spring and summer.
Join Energy Safety Canada for a webinar featuring guest speakers Connor Wollis from Alberta Forestry and Parks and James Bergen from the Prince George Fire Centre. They will discuss forecasts for the wildfire season, expectations for response and recovery, regulatory requirements, and essential mitigation measures to help you prepare for the upcoming season.
About the speakers:
Connor Wollis is a Wildfire and Land Management Specialist with Alberta Forestry and Parks. He coordinates provincial landscape wildfire risk programs, which include working with industry partners to reduce risk to their employees and operations. He is a Registered Professional Forester in Alberta and has worked in various areas of Wildfire Management since 1998.
James Bergen is the Senior Wildfire Officer, Prevention, PGFC, with extensive experience in wildfire response in and around the energy industry, working in wildfire and emergency response since 1997. Based in Fort St. John, BC, James is a Certified Incident Commander Type 2 (IC2), Certified Regional Wildfire Coordination Officer (RWCO), is an active Smokejumper, Smokejumper spotter, Operations Chief, Zone wildfire Coordination Officer (ZWCO) and Response Officer (RO).
Webinar | Protecting the Mind at Work: The Human Side of Safety
Creating a safe workplace today requires more than preventing physical harm. Emerging data and global standards make it clear that psychological health and safety are now essential dimensions of total safety performance. Join this session to learn how to apply familiar safety principles to the psychosocial factors that influence mental health, human performance and team well-being.
About the Speaker: Leora Hornstein, RNBN, OHNC
Leora Hornstein is the Well-being Specialist at Cenovus Energy, where she leads the enterprise-wide strategy for employee well-being and cultivates a culture grounded in total health. Leora has played a pivotal role in advancing mental health dialogue in the workplace—shifting mindsets, reducing stigma and shaping a more compassionate organizational culture.
Leona is also a Registered Nurse, Certified Occupational Health Nurse whose contributions have been recognized by the Canadian Positive Psychology Association, Young Women in Energy and more.
In-Person Workshop | Employers’ Advisers Workshops
Introduction to WorkSafeBC for New Employers
This seminar provides a brief overview of the workers’ compensation system for new or potential employers, independent operators, and proprietors. This seminar is of particular interest to small employers (less than 20 employees) and newly registered employers.
Topics covered: registration, insurance premiums, introduction to occupational health and safety requirements, and workers’ compensation claims.
In-Person Workshop | Employers’ Advisers Workshops
Hazard Identification and Workplace Inspections
Fundamental to managing occupational health and safety is the requirement to recognize, assess and control hazards in the workplace. This seminar introduces techniques for identifying, categorizing, and reporting hazards in the workplace.
Topics covered: identifying when a hazard identification should be done, legal requirements pertaining to hazard identification, conducting workplace inspections to identify hazards, rating the severity of workplace hazards, and common strategies for controlling hazards in the workplace.
In-Person Workshop | Employers’ Advisers Workshops
Prohibited Action Complaints
A Prohibited Action (PA) occurs when a worker is retaliated against by their employer or union for raising a health and safety concern in the workplace. If a worker believes they are the subject of a PA, they may file a prohibited action complaint (PAC) with WorkSafeBC, which triggers an investigation and resolution process. This seminar offers an overview of PACs, how they are initiated, and what employers must be aware of when preparing a response. We will analyze the different components of a PA and use a case study discussion to examine how the PAC process unfolds.
In-Person Workshop | Employers’ Advisers Workshops
Claims Management Fundamentals
This seminar touches on the fundamentals of the workers compensation system to help employers develop an appropriate claims management process in their workplace.
Topics covered: Introduction to relevant legislation and policies; overview of the claims management process; initial notification & reporting procedures; investigation requirements; and how to identify and manage claims issues. The course is intended to introduce knowledge and skills to help employers manage an injured worker’s claim.
Recognizing Fatigue: How Sleep Impacts Safety, Health and Performance
Sleep plays a critical role in safety, health and performance—both on and off the job.
This in-person session, led by Teresa Johnson of Sleepwell Consulting, explores why sleep matters and how fatigue affects focus, decision‑making, mood, safety and relationships. Participants will learn how insufficient sleep increases workplace risk, impacts psychological health and contributes to stress and performance challenges.
The session combines evidence‑based insights with practical, realistic strategies participants can use and share with their teams to improve sleep quality, recovery and daily performance.
In this session, you will learn:
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The basic science of sleep and why it matters for health, focus and performance.
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How to recognize fatigue symptoms in yourself and others and understand when sleep loss becomes a safety risk.
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The connection between sleep, stress and psychological health and safety.
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Simple, science‑backed strategies to improve sleep quality and daily performance.
About the Speaker: Teresa Johnson is a certified Psychological Health & Safety Advisor with the Canadian Mental Health Association and a Certified Sleep Consultant with Sleepwell Consulting. She works with organizations to strengthen psychological health and safety, improve employee performance and retention and support safety leadership through customized approaches. Hear from organizations that have experienced the impact of Sleepwell Consulting by watching this short video featuring participant feedback.