Health and Safety

Joint Health & Safety Committee

The Joint Health & Safety Committee is a forum where the employer and work representatives work together to identify, assess and control employee health and safety hazards in the workplace. The work of the committee should focus on prevention.

The committee engages in a wide range of activities and conducts regular meetings, inspections of the workplace, participates in and makes recommendations regarding the health and safety program. The Joint Health & Safety Committee also communicates with both workers and management regarding health and safety matters.

The Joint Health & Safety Committee provides an opportunity for those affected by health and safety hazards to use the first-hand knowledge of the workplace to identify hazards and make recommendations to control them.

CERTIFIED MEMBERS

Certified members of the Joint Health and Safety Committee have specific training in Occupational Health & Safety and have particularly important functions. Some of these include, stop worker, investigating complaints of hazardous situations and critical injury investigations. Certified members will most likely be the individuals who interact with the Ministry of Labour where there is a complaint or unresolved health & safety issue in the workplace.

Joint Health and Safety Committee members are:

Shannon Cousineau – Worker Member Representing East Wellington
Meigan Tindall – Worker Member Representing Centre Wellington
Angela Korn – Certified Management Member
Joan Beauregard – Certified Worker Member Representing North Wellington
Sandra Livingstone – Certified Worker Member Representing Guelph
Jodie Lind – Certified Member Representing Guelph, Worker Co-Chair
Mary-Lynne HamblyZeinstra – Management member
Preet Kohli – Management Member
Michele Williams-McNeil – Certified Worker Member Representing Holody Home
Cheryl Bourque-Turner – Certified Member, Management Co-Chair
Amber O’Brien – Management Member

All health and safety issues within your work site should first be brought to the attention of your immediate Direct Support Supervisor for review and resolution prior to any issues coming to the Committee.

Minutes of the JHSC meetings

Minutes – JHSC Meeting #190 – January 8, 2025, 1:30pm-4pm

Minutes – JHSC Meeting #189 – November 13, 2024, 1:30pm-4pm

Minutes – JHSC Meeting #188 – September 11, 2024, 1:30pm-4pm

Minutes – JHSC Meeting #187 – July 10, 2024, 1:30pm-4pm

Minutes – JHSC Meeting #186 – May 8, 2024, 1:30pm – 4pm

Minutes – JHSC Meeting #185 – March 20, 2024, 1:30pm-3:50pm

Minutes – JHSC Meeting #184 – January 10, 2024 1:30pm-4:00pm

Health and Safety Additional Documentation

Guidelines for the Control of Mould in the Workplace – Updated May 2022

G100 Health Safety Policy Statement, v250106

G500 Workplace Harassment Violence and Bullying Policy Statement, v.250106