2025 Spring Courses
Descriptions follow below
Wednesday, March 26th through to Sunday, March 30th, 2025
1. WHSC Level 1 Basic Occupational Health and Safety Awareness (no prerequisite)
2. WHSC Level 2 Committees Provincial
3. Prevention Link - ODRT WSIB Level 1 &2 (no prerequisite)
4. Prevention Link - ODRT WSIB Level 4 Return to Work (Level 1 and 2 are prerequisites)
5. Organizing to Build Solidarity with Migrant Workers (no prerequisite)
6. Mental Health First Aid Cerification (MHCC), and Anti-Racist Psychological H&S in the Workplace (no prerequisite)
1. WHSC Level 1 Basic Occupational Health and Safety Awareness
Level I embraces an entire gamut of health and safety issues by focussing on hazard recognition and the rights and responsibilities of the workplace parties, as prescribed by existing legislation. This 30-hour core program consists of seven modules that identify the respective roles of the workplace parties - management, government and labour regarding health and safety; explains current health and safety legislation, provincial or federal; discusses how the body functions and the damaging effect hazards have on it; features carcinogens, and how to recognize them and toxic substances, as well as their sources.
2. WHSC Level 2 Committees (Provincial)
Graduates of Level 2 Committees program will be better equipped to ensure meaningful worker participation and full employer responsibility for the identification and elimination of workplace hazards. Building on knowledge gained in Level 1 labour education program this advanced level training program is jam-packed with participant discussions, skill developing exercises and practical tools worker Safety and Health Committee members need to carry out their considerable roles and responsibilities.
3. Prevention Link - ODRT WSIB Level 1 & 2
WSIB Rights & Obligations (Level 1) The first of six core certification courses offered within Prevention Link’s disability prevention curriculum, this introductory course begins by exploring the history of the worker’s compensation system in Ontario and the development of legislation and the general principles of the system. WSIB Benefits & Representation (Level 2) in this course, participants learn: the significance of legislation (OHSA and WSIA), regulations and policy, including changes to the legislation and the effects these changes have had on benefits. Participants further learn about funding, including: which employers are covered; optional insurance; how the system is funded; how incentive programs work; and experience rating work and when claim costs can be transferred. Participants will also learn how to make a case plan for a successful outcome and different types of evidence to use. Visit Prevention Link’s website for more information at www.preventionlink.ca
4. Prevention Link - ODRT Level 4 Return to Work
The fourth of six certification courses offered within Prevention Link’s core curriculum, is designed for participants who will or currently assist injured workers, individually or collectively, through a therapeutic return to work (RTW) and provides workplace parties with the tools necessary to develop strategies that ensure successful outcomes.Through the exploration of leading research, law, and evidence-based best practices, participants learn: The principles of good return to work practices and the Duty to Accommodate; Legal lessons from precedent-setting cases and their practical use; Barriers to successful return to work and their elimination using the social model of disability and therapeutic return to work principles;An in-depth comparison between older methods of disability management and the newer progressive disability prevention model; The paradigm shift from management to prevention; and The roles of the parties involved (employer, an injured worker, representative, H&S representatives) including their rights and responsibilities in the process.Return to work and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) are presented with respect to the Act and Board policies. The hierarchy of RTW job opportunities, the definitions used, the roles of the parties, dispute resolutions and penalties are covered. The Ontario Human Rights Code (OHRC) and return to work are discussed with a comparison of WSIB and OHRC obligations.For more info, visit www.preventionlink.ca
5. Organizing to Build Solidarity with Migrant Workers
The School is pleased to collaborate with Injured Workers Action 4 Justice (IWA4J) and Justice 4 Migrant Workers (J4MW). Full description is forthcoming
6. Mental Health First Aid Certification (MHCC), and Anti-Racist Psychological H&S in the Workplace
This program consists of 2 parts: one part is a full 2-day, intensive Mental Health First Aid Certification. Participants will need to complete one module prior to attending the School. Participants will be certified with their Mental Health First Aid by the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Participants will discuss substance use disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and psychotic disorders. Crisis first aid skills for the following situations will be learned: substance overdose, suicidal behaviour, panic attacks, acute stress reactions, psychotic episodes. The other part is a 1.5-day workshop on an anti-racism framework for psychological health and safety in the workplace. Full description is forthcoming