2019 BC Safety Charter Roundtable Recap

On April 25th, 2019, BC Safety Charter Signatories and guests met at the Vancouver Club for the 9th annual BC Safety Charter Round Table. This year’s Round Table started with a panel discussion, facilitated by Kathryn Gretsinger, on “Leveraging Health, Culture and Safety to Recruit and Retain Talent”.

The 4-person panel was very diverse, with experts and “on the ground” experience. Dr. Joti Samra, Larry Jones, Jeff Somersgill and Jon Walker gave details and real-life examples of what can be done and is expected by potential and current employees.

Following the panel discussion, Key-Note speaker (and BCSC Signatory) Greg Stewart gave an intense and gripping speech on the Lakeland Mills Sawmill explosion. The speech was very moving, with Greg speaking from the heart on what happened, the chain of events, what could have been done differently, and leaving us with 6 take-homes, including “Fear the Unknown”.

To close off the evening there was an hour of networking, dinner and recognition of 7 new BC Safety Charter Signatories – Congratulations to all of you!

Special thanks to MSABC, WorkSafe BC, Bruce Power and Great Little Box Company for your sponsorship of the event – without your support it would not have been as great as it was.