2024 Safety and Health Week National Launch Event Announced

The national partners of Safety and Health Week – Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), Threads of Life and Health and Safety Professionals Canada (HSPC) – will officially launch the week on Monday, May 6 with a free virtual event.

April 29, 2024 – Hamilton, ON – National Committee for Safety and Health Week

From May 6-11, 2024, workplaces across North America will celebrate Safety and Health Week to raise awareness about workplace injury and illness prevention.

The national partners of Safety and Health Week – Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), Threads of Life and Health and Safety Professionals Canada (HSPC)­ – will officially launch the week on Monday, May 6 with a free virtual event.

Safety and Health Week partners Anne Tennier, President and Chief Executive Officer, CCOHS; and Shirley Hickman, Founder and Executive Director, Threads of Life will be joined by special guests to kick off the virtual event. The Honourable Seamus O’Regan Jr., Minister of Labour and Seniors, will deliver greetings, and Threads of Life family speaker Brenda Duhaime will share how she was impacted by the loss of a family member due to a workplace-related tragedy. The Focus on Safety National Youth Video Contest winners will also be announced.

More information about the event and how to register is available on the Safety and Health Week website: www.safetyandhealthweek.ca.

“Our hope is that workplaces and communities use Safety and Health Week as an opportunity to recommit to health and safety, create awareness, and promote injury and illness prevention practices.”

- Anne Tennier, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)

“This Safety and Health Week, I ask you to think about the most important reason you go to work. That should also be the reason you choose to work safely and also watch out for your coworker so that they may also be safe.”