Jane Sleeth
Jane Sleeth is managing director and consultant with Optimal Performance Consultants, an ergonomic, accessibility and disability prevention firm located in Toronto and Vancouver. You can contact her at J.sleeth@optimalperformance.ca or visit www.optimalperformance.ca
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Ontario’s accessibility legislation: the next steps
Wednesday, 18 April 2012 12:42
For private and public employers who are now in compliance with the Customer Service Standard under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disblities Act (AODA), now is the time to plan to meet the next requirements under the more complex Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation (IAR). The IAR requires businesses in Ontario to provide disability-inclusive information and communication, employment and transportation services.
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Way finding takes accessibility to the next level
Thursday, 16 February 2012 15:01
I was hiking along what was supposed to be a marked trail with three friends in Muskoka, Ont., when, about 30 minutes into the hike, we realized we were lost. It was only by carefully attempting to retrace our steps that we eventually found our way back to the main road.
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Accessibility lessons Ontario can learn from the West
Wednesday, 29 June 2011 14:58
For many years I have been trying to show employers, union representatives, senior managers and employees how ergonomics is really about designing the workplace for all people — from employees to clients.
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ROI for early ergonomic intervention
Tuesday, 07 December 2010 10:28
The application of ergonomic and accessible design has considerable positive value when done in the early phases of a design/build, an office renovation project or equipment purchase — including IT purchase of hardware and software. However, despite the excellent business case for the early use of ergonomics in the design phase, we still get resistance from other professionals responsible for the tasks outlined above.
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Back pain: medical condition or thriving business?
Friday, 03 September 2010 11:35
Three out of four Canadian adults experience some form of back or neck discomfort at some point in their lives. These people represent a large and lucrative market for unscrupulous and less-skilled practitioners, of which there are too many in the medical, rehabilitative, insurance and pharmacological fields.
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Bad decisions based on bad assumptions
Wednesday, 18 March 2009 19:00
Anyone in the business of health and safety needs to truly understand a very important concept called “cause-and-effect”. By understanding this concept and how statistics can be manipulated to buttress any and all arguments about work-related musculoskeletal injuries, I am hoping to open up a dialogue. I hope this dialogue will help us understand how the boards and labour ministries in Canada make flawed decisions every day about work-related MSI.
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