Library Guides: Careers for New Canadians: get in the game!: Workplace Health and Safety

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Our vision is the elimination of work-related illnesses and injuries. We serve Canadians - and the world - with credible and relevant tools and resources to improve workplace health and safety programs. We believe that all Canadians have a fundamental right to a healthy and safe working environment.

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The environment, including the workplace, has an important impact on a person's health. Health Canada works to protect the health of Canadians from environmental risks.

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All workers have the right to return home each day safe and sound. Preventing work-related illness and injury is the most important job at any workplace. Explore this website for prevention tips and contact one of our Health and Safety Association partners.

►Occupat ional Health and Safety

This section contains information on common workplace hazards like electric and magnetic fields. You will find information on Employee Health Assessment and Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS). There is also information concerning workplace health and safety.

►Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)

The Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) is Canada's national hazard communication standard. The key elements of the system are hazard classification, cautionary labeling of containers, the provision of (material) safety data sheets ((M)SDSs) and worker education and training programs.

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The fearless organization : creating psychological safety in the workplace for learning, innovation, and growth by Amy C. Edmondson
Call Number: HD58.7 .E287
ISBN: 9781119477242
Publication Date: 2019
Explore the link between psychological safety and high performance. Create a culture where it’s “safe” to express ideas, ask questions, and admit mistakes. Nurture the level of engagement and candor required in today’s knowledge economy.
Follow a step-by-step framework for establishing psychological safety in your team or organization.
Shed the “yes-men” approach and step into real performance. Fertilize creativity, clarify goals, achieve accountability, redefine leadership, and much more. "The Fearless Organization" helps you bring about this most critical transformation.
Humanness in organisations : a psychodynamic contribution by Leopold Vansina
Call Number: HM791 .H86
ISBN: 0367101920
Publication Date: 2019
"Humanness in Organizations" is a unique contribution from the social sciences to the betterment of organizational life. The authors argue that working life can only become more humane when we change the conditions that consciously or unconsciously steer people away from consideration, friendship and integrity. The aim of this book is twofold: first, to take a closer look at the current practices of managers, academics, and consultants, and how they affect organizational conditions, work and the well-being of people. The critical studies presented here explore and develop the likely consequences of these practices for the future. Second, the authors wish to familiarize readers with 'actionable knowledge' in order to create alternative practices and conditions that enable the whole person to engage in healthier interactions both in and with his organization.
Management of Occupational Health and Safety by Kevin Kelloway
ISBN: 9780176657178
Publication Date: 2016
This text provides the reader with current examples, clear definitions of technical terms, and links to the vast amount of occupational health and safety information found on the Web
Occupational Health Psychology: work, stress, and health by Irvin Schonfeld; Chu-Hsiang Chang
Call Number: HF5548.8 .S3526
ISBN: 9780826199676
Publication Date: 2016
This book takes its focus as the theory and practice of protecting and promoting the health, well-being, and safety of individuals in the workplace and improving the quality of work life.
Workplace Safety: establishing an effective violence prevention program by Randall W. Ferris; Daniel Murphy
Call Number: HF5549.5 .E43 F47
ISBN: 9780128027752
Publication Date: 2015
This book promotes a powerful model on how to overcome organizational rationalization, objection, and denial when confronted with proposing a workplace violence protection program. It also offers real-life cases studies on how violence was successfully avoided using the book's program, and also shows how to recognize and report precursor behaviors that precede violence.