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We’re delighted to announce that the Faculty of Arts management team has been named the Health and Safety Leader at uOttawa for January 2024.

The Health and Safety tool now appears as a button in your MS Teams menu.

We’re delighted to announce that Kevin Couture, Facilities Officer, has been named the Health and Safety Leader of the month for November 2023 at uOttawa.

We’re delighted to announce that Tina Goralski, Senior Technician, Academic Technical Support has been named the Health and Safety Leader of the month for October 2023 at uOttawa.

We’re proud to announce that Graham Nelson, assistant director, occupational health and safety at the University of Ottawa, has won an award in the safety leadership category as part of the 2023 Canada’s Safest Employers awards.

We’re delighted to announce that Agnes Bezerra, a doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Engineering, has been named Health and Safety Leader for September 2023.

We’re thrilled to announce that the University of Ottawa has won a silver award from OHS Canada for Best Safety Communications Program!

We are pleased to recognize Jean Lapointe, who is senior director of Project Management and Construction at Facilities, University of Ottawa, for his outstanding commitment to safety leadership within his construction team.

Thanks to the efforts of senior graduate student Niki Mavragani and post-doc and lab manager Alexandros Kitos, the Murugesu Lab has won the uOttawa Safety Leader Award for July 2023. The lab personnel were commended on their diligence, initiative, and contribution to significantly enhancing the safety of their workplace.

We’re delighted to announce that Simone Julien-Sparks, lead coordinator, fitness, has been named Health and Safety Leader of for June 2023 at uOttawa. Thanks to her excellent hazard recognition and risk mitigation efforts, she took a leadership role in identifying hazardous temperatures and outdoor air quality conditions well before the real impact was...