2026 Spring Courses

Descriptions follow below Please see below for course start date. All courses end Sunday, March 29, 2026 1. WHSC Level 1 Basic Occupational Health and Safety Awareness (no prerequisite) *starts evening of Wednesday, March 25, 2026 2. Prevention Link - ODRT WSIB Level 1 &2 (no prerequisite) *starts evening of Wednesday, March 25, 2026 3. MHCC Mental Health First Aid Certification, and Anti-Racist Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace (no prerequisite) *starts evening of Tuesday, March 24, 2025

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. 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

3. Mental Health First Aid Certification (MHCC), and Anti-Racist Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace (no prerequisite) *starts the evening of Tuesday, March 24, 2025

This program consists of 2 parts: part one is the full 2-day, intensive Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Certification, which allows for robust, scenario-based training on the identification and support of declining mental health and crises, and provides a deeper understanding of mental health disorders and influences. The in-depth certification course, upon completion and assessment, provides participants: increased mental health awareness; enhanced mental health; improved confidence to help; decreased mental health stigma. 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. Part two of the program is a 1.5-day workshop on an anti-racism framework for psychological health and safety in the workplace. For more information on the MHFA Certification, visit: https://openingminds.org/training/mhfa/certification/