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  January 31, 2025

Looking for a fresh way to engage your Joint Health & Safety Committee (JHSC)?

We offer free, expert-led drop-in sessions to help your committee stay informed, effective, and connected to real-world safety issues in BC's tourism & hospitality industry.

Whether you're looking to address seasonal hazards or strengthen year-round practices, these short sessions can be added to your regular JHSC meetings - virtually or in person.

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Why invite us to your committee meeting?

Our free, expert-led drop-in sessions are a great way to bring new energy and insight to your Joint Health & Safety Committee. Each session is designed to:

  • Help committee members understand their role in addressing specific hazards or safety issues
  • Use real examples from tourism & hospitality workplaces to make concepts relatable and practical
  • Include interactive elements like Q&A, discussion prompts, or visual tools to help the information stick
  • Strengthen both occupational and psychological health and safety awareness
  • Build confidence and effectiveness among committee members, helping them become stronger safety champions in your workplace

What topics can we cover?

We offer a wide range of topics relevant to the tourism & hospitality industry. Choose from year-round themes or seasonal subjects based on what’s happening in your workplace.

JHSC Foundations & Committee Effectiveness

  • Planning for Success: Improving JHSC Effectiveness
  • Start Strong: JHSC Kick-off & Planning Session
  • Finishing Strong: JHSC Seasonal Review & Next-Season Preparation
  • Becoming Safety Champions: Supporting a Positive Safety Culture Day-to-day
  • Let’s Talk About It: Communication Strategies for Safety Conversations

Hazard Identification, Inspections & Incident Investigation

  • Acing Workplace Inspections & Promoting Hazard Reporting
  • Spot the Strain: Conducting MSI Risk Assessments
  • What Went Wrong? Actively Participating in Incident Investigations
  • Effectively Managing a Refusal of Unsafe Work

Worker Health, Safety & Well-being

  • Keeping New and Young Workers Safe from Day 1
  • Understanding Your Workplace’s First Aid Requirements
  • The Fatigue Factor: Keeping Workers Engaged and Safe

Psychological Health & Safety

  • Psychological Health & Safety: The Basics Every JHSC Should Know
  • Stress & Burnout: Reducing Risk in the Workplace
  • Spotting and Addressing Psychological Hazards at Work
  • Preventing Harassment, Violence, and Bullying at Work

Emergency Preparedness & Critical Events

  • Are You Ready? Emergency Preparedness Essentials
  • Supporting Staff After a Crisis: Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) and Critical Incident Response (CIR)

Seasonal & Time-Specific JHSC Drop-Ins

Warm Weather / Summer

  • Staying Cool: Preventing Heat Stress Indoors and Out
  • Clearing the Air: Managing Wildfire Smoke and Air Quality
  • Safe to Operate: Building an Effective Equipment and Machine Safety Program
  • Seasonal Stress: Preventing Burnout in the Busy Season

Cold Weather / Winter

  • Winter Readiness: Slippery Surfaces, Snow, and Ice
  • Staying Warm, Staying Safe: Cold Stress & Hypothermia Prevention
  • Mental Health Over the Holidays: Addressing Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

Don’t see the topic you’re looking for? Reach out and we’ll see what we can do!

 

What JHSC Members Say About Our Drop-In Sessions:

Our drop-in sessions aren’t just about sharing information — they’re about making safety real, relevant, and engaging for your committee. Here’s what JHSC members have shared after inviting us to their meetings:

A Fresh, Engaging Way to Learn and Spark Conversation

Our JHSC really enjoyed having the go2HR team drop in at our October meeting to present on the basics of Psychological Health & Safety. The drop-in session provided something different for our committee, and the response from members was very positive. The session gave our committee the opportunity to learn about a new topic, and we have already planned a second drop-in session for January. I would recommend other areas give the session a try and see what it sparks within their committee.

Erica Henry
Sun Peaks Resort

Building Confidence and Knowledge to Support Psychological Safety

The JHSC drop-in experience was great. It gave our committee the opportunity to learn about Health and Safety topics that can be hard to delve into during busy times at work. Learning about Psychological Health and Safety, and what we as a committee can do to support a psychologically safe workplace, really assisted our committee in feeling like a team with the knowledge to support improving workplace safety for all employees.

Lauren Douglas
Grouse Mountain

Practical Ideas That Strengthened Our Committee and Energized Discussion

The JHSC drop-in was a really positive experience for us. It gave us helpful, practical ideas to boost our committee’s effectiveness and added fresh energy to our discussions. The conversation around heat stress was especially valuable heading into the summer season. We really appreciated that they were able to cater to our committee’s specific needs and would definitely recommend a drop-in session to other ski resorts.

Julia Price
Panorama
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