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Preventing Workplace Violence: Violence is NOT part of the job! 

Part 1:
Workplace Violence as a Multi-Faceted Legal Issue
  • Civil, Human Rights, OHS Obligations, liabilities increasingly faced by Ontario employers
  • Setting the context for the conference and following up on the Dupont inquest recommendations to strengthen Ontario OHSA violence-related provisions

Presented by: Cheryl A. Edwards
Lead, National OHS and WSIB Practice
Group of Heenan Blaikie LLP
Former Ontario Ministry of Labour
OH&S Prosecutor

Part 2:
Preventing Workplace Violence:
Patricia Somers
Vice-President Operations / CNE
Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital

Part 3:
Codes of Conduct
  • What is it? Where does it fit? How to make it a living document?
  • What are the expectations/repercussions if not met?
  • Sample policies - harassment, bullying, violence prevention


Glenn French
President, Canadian Initiative on Workplace Violence

Judith Goul

Manager, Organizational Development & Learning
Kingston General Hospital

Part 4:
Hospital Security, Risk Assessment

  • Crime prevention by Environmental Design
  • Program evaluation

Todd Milne
Chief of Security, University Health Network

Noreen Jivraj
Manager, Security/Fire Safety & Parking Services
Women’s College Hospital

Part 5:
Building Cultural Bridges
Annemarie Shrouder
Diversity & Inclusion Expert
Building Equitable Environments

Part 6:
Diversity Council / Human Rights
Starla Goggins
Quality Facilitator, Princess Margaret Hospital Lodge
UHN Diversity Council

Prabhjot Minhas
Systemic Therapy Management Office, Princess Margaret Hospital
UHN Diversity Council

Part 7:
Accreditation Canada and Workplace Violence Prevention 2010
Mireille Cyr-Hansen
Project Manager, Partnerships and
Contracts Administration
Accreditation Canada

Part 8:
Addressing Domestic Violence in the Workplace: Neighbours, Friends & Families
Margaret MacPherson
Program Supervisor, Ministry of Children and Youth Services
South West Region

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