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COS Safety Manager of the Year! |
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| The show must safely go on! |
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Written by by Todd Phillips
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Thursday, 13 December 2007 |
Janet Sellery, the Stratford Festival of Canada’s health and safety manager, is the 2007 COS Safety Manager of the Year!
 When patrons take their seats at the Stratford Theatre they are transported to another time and place, witness tempests and sword fights, epic battles, and experience a full range of human emotions.
But the people who help stage these fantasies need to ensure they aren’t risking their own safety for our entertainment.
To mount the elaborate and awe inspiring productions we see at Stratford, there are dozens of craftspeople and artisans, stagehands, administrative staff, actors and directors and a team of creative people working off stage to produce top quality and artistically meaningful entertainment.
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When all your world's a stage |
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| In her own words: Janet Sellery, COS Safety Manager of the Year |
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Written by Janet Sellery
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Monday, 03 December 2007 |
Have you ever considered the hazards and controls involved with twelve people in gold flight suits tap-dancing on the wings of an airplane over a cloud of fog? This is an issue that our Technical Director, Elissa Horscroft, had to resolve so that this spectacular moment could be included in the curtain call of My One and Only at the Avon Theatre. Try to imagine a business where these kinds of issues are common.
I am surprised and honoured to receive this award because it shines a spotlight on the health and safety work that has been accomplished, both at the Stratford Festival and within the theatre community. After a critical injury involving an actor in 1995, I became very concerned about prevention and, in 1999, with no formal training, I made the transition from Stage Management to Health and Safety. I began my Occupational Health & Safety Certificate at Ryerson at the same time as I began to develop our program. Little did I know my job would grow to include policy development, emergency procedures, drills, training, claims management, Return to Work, public health, wellness and so on for our staff of approximately one thousand, of which 85% are seasonal contract workers.
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Training the trainers |
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| Mastering effective workplace training |
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Written by by Todd Phillips
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Monday, 03 December 2007 |
 Don Sayers has been in the training game for longer than he’d care to admit. And he’s learned a thing or two along the way about what makes training effective.
Sayers, the principal force behind Don Sayers & Associates, presented a three-hour workshop on effective safety training at the CSSE event in Victoria, B.C.
Wandering effortlessly across the stage, Sayers is clearly comfortable when he’s teaching and training — even training trainers. Get him talking about safety training and adult learning, and you’d better be ready for a far-reaching discussion.
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In her own words: Melony Erickson, 2006 Safety Manager of the Year |
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Written by Melony Erickson
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Monday, 08 January 2007 |
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 Meet Melony Erickson, the first-ever winner of COS magazine's Safety Manager of the Year Award! We asked Melony to tell us a little bit more about herself and her team.
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