For many of us, including me, Labour Day signals the final days of our short but sweet Canadian summer.  While safety doesn’t slow down for summer, I certainly did this year! After a relaxing break at the cottage, I am recharged and ready to rock – returning to life on the road, with several exciting events planned from Montreal to Melbourne and many stops in between.

As we make our plans and prepare to enjoy our last long weekend of the season, let’s not forget what we are celebrating.  Labour Day came to be as a day designated for workers, giving them the chance to campaign for better working conditions – including safer working conditions.  

Workplaces are becoming healthier and safer, more inclusive and increasingly aware of the importance of returning the workers they have borrowed from their families home to them safely.

Thanks to the members of the Toronto Trade Assembly who organized Canada’s first significant demonstration for workers rights in 1872,  we not only have a have a reason to celebrate, we also have the right to return to a safe and healthy workplace. Hip Hip Hooray!

I will be returning to work, and to the inagural TImmins Health and Safety Conference hosted by Workplace Safety North!  https://www.workplacesafetynorth.ca

Check out my radio interview with with more on me and the conference at CBC Up North