Resources For Teachers

Workers Compensation Board of Prince Edward Island

Resources For Teachers

Every day in our province, young workers are injured on the job. The WCB is committed to raising awareness among our youth of workplace safety, in order to promote safe workplaces now, and in the future.

School teachers have the unique privilege of helping to shape our future workforce. The reality is, while students are busy acquiring skills and knowledge for life careers, they are already spending several hours each week in Island workplaces.

The Youth Education Consultant is available as a resource to you to come into the classroom to speak to students and do some activities to help further integrate their learning around workplace health and safety.

We have also developed a WHMIS 2015: Teacher Primer to coincide with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS), which aligns Canada’s hazard classification and communication requirements with other countries. This will be relevant to you if you teach WHMIS as part of your course curriculum.

Workplace Health & Safety Lessons for Teachers (English/French)

No matter the subject you teach, we encourage all intermediate and high school teachers throughout the province to spend one class period discussing young worker safety. To this end, we have developed a few general presentations/ lessons that you may find helpful:

Safety at work: Make safety a habit / Sécurité au travail : faire de la sécurité une habitude

Are you as safe as you think? / Es-tu aussi en sécurité que tu le crois?

Keeping it safe in the workplace: You have a role to play / La sécurité au lieu de travail : tu as un rôle à jouer

The content of these presentations is general and as such can be considered up-to-date and relevant to teaching about workplace health and safety topics to students on P.E.I.

For more information, For more information, please contact Clare at cbwaddell@wcb.pe.ca or (902) 368-6357.

December 23, 2019

New and revised policies

The WCB Board of Directors has approved:a new policy, Massage Therapy (POL-158)amendments to Medical Cannadis (POL-153). A summary of the amendments can be found in the History section of the policy. The WCB thanks all stakeholders who participated in the policy consultation process.

December 20, 2019

Board of Director and Advisory Council Appointments

The Workers Compensation Board (WCB) is pleased to announce new members appointed to the WCB Board of Directors and the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Advisory Council. Applicants were chosen through the Engage PEI initiative and represent a breadth of knowledge and experience. WCB Board of DirectorsThree new members have been appointed to the WCB Board of Directors for a three year term (December 2019- December 2022). James MacPhee of Montague has been appointed as ChairpersonNicole McKenna of Stratford has been appointed as Worker Representative and Vice ChairpersonChristopher Gillis of Charlottetown has been appointed as Employer Representative OHS Advisory CouncilTwo new members have been appointed to the OHS Advisory Council for a three year term (December 2019- December 2022). Karen Biggar, from New Annan, has been appointed as a Worker RepresentativeSam Sanderson, from Charlottetown, has been appointed as an Employer Representative In addition to two new appointments, several reappointments were made to the OHS Advisory Council. Alan McCormick from Kingston has been reappointed as Employer Representative and Vice ChairBen MacDonald from Montague has been reappointed as Worker Representative and ChairLynn Bovyer from North Rustico has been reappointed as Worker RepresentativeEric MacDonald from Cardigan has been reappointed as Public Representative The WCB Board of Directors is responsible for the governance and strategic planning of the Workers Compensation Board. The Board establishes policies and programs required for the administration of the Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The OHS Advisory Council advises the WCB Board of Directors on the administration of the OHS Act and Regulations; monitoring and reporting on OHS activities throughout the province; and exclusions from all or part of the application of the OHS Act or Regulations. The Workers Compensation Board would like to offer their sincere gratitude to the long-standing outgoing members of the WCB Board of Directors and the OHS Advisory Council and would like to offer a warm welcome to the new Board and Advisory Council members.

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