Courses and Workshops
Our Continuing Education program delivers professional development opportunities for health and safety professionals with a commitment to maintaining and enhancing professional competence. It provides a venue for communicating research findings and teaching best practices. It also creates an opportunity to network with researchers and other professionals. Our community of learners work in diverse organizations and have varied backgrounds and experience.
Our courses are recognized by professional organizations as providing educational value through the granting of certification maintenance points.
Our current course offerings, info about custom workshops, and contact info for the Continuing Education Program are shown below. You can also see examples of other courses we have offered in previous years.
-- NEW online course available in English and French --
Outdoor Air Quality and Health and the Air Quality Health Index (AQHI)
Qualité de l’air extérieur, Santé, et la Cote Air Santé (CAS)
view HTML version of e-announcement
Course features:
online | on demand | free | CME & other professional credits multimedia content | discussion forum & Ask an Expert
This on demand, online course is available from September 1, 2009 to August 31, 2011.
There is no cost involved but registration is required. CME and other professional credits available. Please see course link (course title) above for additional information.
Read lead story featuring e-course in the Canadian Medical Association website
British Columbia Healthcare Workplace Health, Safety & Wellness Conference
"From Knowledge to Action:
Solutions that Work"
September 14-15, 2009
Kelowna, BC
Ergonomic Quality in Facility Design 
Risk Assessment & Control for Back Injuries
Two locations:
Vancouver, BC - October 28, 2009
Click here for registration form
Prince George, BC - November 16 , 2009
in collaboration with University of Northern British Columbia
Courses offered earlier this year:
Alerting, Reassuring, Guiding: Three Risk Communication Toolkits for Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) Professionals - brochure now available
March 9 & 10, 2009
Indoor Environmental Quality 1-Day Refresher
Customized course for Vancouver Coastal Health - Environmental Health
Four sessions: April 6, 7, 16, 17, 2009
Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene Review
April 20-24, 2009
Ergonomic Assessment of Upper Limb Risk Factors for Effective Return-to-Work Programs
April 18-19, 2009
Alerting, Reassuring, Guiding:
Three Risk Communication Toolkits
for Environmental Health &Safety (EH&S) Professionals
March 9 & 10, 2009
Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harbourside
1133 West Hastings
Vancouver, BC
Speakers Peter M. Sandman, PhD
Risk communication specialist,
Princeton, New Jersey
Jody Lanard, MD
Risk communication specialist,
Princeton, New Jersey
About Dr. Peter M. Sandman | About Dr. Jody Lanard
| View brochure here |
Registration form here |
REGISTRATION FEE
On or before February 16, 2009: $425
After February 16, 2009 (ends March 6, 2009): $475
On-site registration: $525
Students*: $175
Registration fee is GST exempt and include lunches, refreshment breaks and course material. Group discount is 10% and available to organizations sending four (4) or more employees to the seminar. The first four (4) group registrations must be received at the same time to be eligible for the discount.
*proof of current full-time registration at an academic institution required
Certification Maintenance Information
Major Sponsors
Partnering Sponsors
Associate Sponsors
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Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene Review
Vancouver, British Columbia: April 20-24, 2009
Click image above for course brochure
in cooperation with the University of Washington, Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety
New classroom location:
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, 1961 East Mall, Room 260
Comments from past participants
- "Gave me a clear sense of what I need to do to organize my studies for the CIH exam."
- "High caliber, knowledgeable instructors presented an excellent overview of all topics."
- "A well-balanced week. The course was very organized and helped fill important gaps in my knowledge base."
Course fee:
CAN $1,100 by March 27, 2009 (extended);
CAN $1,300 after March 27, 2009
(US professionals: register now to take advantage of the currency exchange at this time. Payment by credit card will be processed in Canadian funds. Currency conversion is available at: http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/rates/converter.html)
Accreditation:
American Board of Industrial Hygiene -- 4.5 CM points; 37 continuing education contact hours (approval #08-2835)
Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals -- 3 CMP (approval #09035)
Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists -- 5 maintenance points (approval #2009-01)
Ergonomic Assessment of Upper Limb Risk Factors for Effective
Return-to-Work Programs
Brandon, Manitoba : April 18, 2009
Winnipeg, Manitoba: April 19, 2009
in cooperation with the Canadian Physiotherapy Association Manitoba Branch
Brochure now available: view here |
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2007 BC Healthcare conference 2006 Occupational Hazards to 2007 Ergonomic Quality in Kelowna BC Health Care Workers in Facility Design breakout session Seattle, WA Vancouver, BC Dr. Peter M. Sandman presenting in our 2009 Alerting, Reassuring, Guiding: Three Risk Communication Toolkits for Environmental Health & Safety Professionals, Vancouver BC |
| Certification Maintenance |
The following occupational health and safety professional organizations award our courses with certificaition maintenance points. Other professional organizations also accredit our professional development courses, including those for nurses, architects, interior designers and others as applicable.
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| Custom Workshops |
We also develop and present customized workshops that fit the training needs of BC organizations. Examples include:
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Indoor Environmental Quality 1-Day Refresher
Customized course for Vancouver Coastal Health - Environmental Health
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Indoor air quality: identification, assessment and management
(Simon Fraser Health Region, BC) -
Indoor air quality in schools: identification, assessment and management
(British Columbia Public Employers' Association) -
Workplace risk assessment and control
(NorskeCanada, Elk Falls, Pulp Operation)
Dr. Lydia Ma
Director, Continuing Education and Outreach
Tel: 604 822 9599
Fax: 604 822 6207
Dr. Ma is past Chair of the Minerva BC Working Group of Minerva Canada Safety Management Education. Minerva Canada aims "to promote and to facilitate the efforts of universities and community colleges to develop appropriate educational resources for integrating occupational health and safety concepts into existing curricula and to assist faculty and staff in becoming informed on occupational health and safety issues." Dr. Ma lectures to students in the UBC Sauder School of Business on the role of occupational health and safety management excellence as an integral part of their future responsibility at all levels of leadership.
