Orillia - November

Joint Health and Safety Committee
November 7, 2023
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
OA 3041 Zoom
Minutes
Regrets: Tiffany Moore (Thunder Bay Health and Safety), Vicki Te Brugge
In Attendance: Theresa (T-Bird) Prisciak, Chris Gouett, Tim Rowe, Chris Glover, Rosa Fabiano, John Siecker, Allison Brooks, Carolyn Rimkey, , Sreekumari Kurissery
Guest: Sara Corcoran, Rebecca Craigie
1. Approval of Agenda
Approver John Siecker
Seconder Chris Gouett
Moved
2. Approval of the Minutes from last JHSC meeting – August 1, 2023
Approver Chris Gouett
Seconder Chris Glover
Moved
3. Housekeeping Items:
● Rebecca Craigie has joined as a guest of the committee today – Welcome Rebecca!
4. Student Health and Wellness (Sara Corcoran)
• Health Services and Counselling:

o Nurse Practitioner, on campus on Thursdays. Online booking, she is consistently booked but not overbooked. Students can get an appointment within 1 week.
o Counselling also switched to online booking - this seems to be working very well as students can book an appointment when it is convenient for them, and there are way fewer incidences of students having a hard time booking an appointment because of playing phone tag with the intake worker.
o Chiro and Naturopathic doctor appointments are running as usual.
o Flu shot clinics were held at HP on Nov 1st and Wellness Centre Nov 6th.

• Health Promotion

o SHW is running a No Stigma November, to revamp the Stop the Stigma Campaign. This campaign launched in September last year and is a campus wide effort to reduce the stigma related to mental health (actions so far have included a survey, sharing normative data, sharing student stories, and stop the stigma workshop)
o No Stigma November will include:

 More normative data - posters, table talkers, TVs
 Stop the Stigma tabling activities focusing on awareness of mental health resources, and when is the right time to get help beyond your usual coping strategies
 Peer Wellness Crafternoons - to encourage open and honest conversation about mental health
 Peer-led events in residence
 Faculty and Staff can participate by:

• Coming by out tabling activities
• Supporting Students in Distress (Nov 22nd) and Stop the Stigma (Nov 9th) Workshops
• SafeTALK - Nov 29th
• Checking out the Stop the Stigma Tool Kit which includes resources and strategies for staff and faculty to embed in their spaces that support student wellbeing.

o After November we will be transitioning into stressbusters and more passive programming throughout the exam period.

5. Items Arising from the Minutes (last meeting)
● Fire Plan

o The Fire Plan is on hold until the new Human Resources Business Partner starts

● Violence Incident at the University of Waterloo

o Follow up to last meeting. No further questions at this time

6. Injury and Accident Report
● Staff

o None to report at this time

● Sports related

o Two incidents off-site

▪ During intramurals a student was hit in the face with a ball
▪ During a hockey tournament a hockey player broke their collarbone.
▪ Athletics is following up with these incidents

● Contractors

o None to report at this time

● Students

o Accident with injury – no medical aid – When opening the door to the dining hall the student caught their foot on the door. The foot was cut and started to bleed. Dana Hospitality Staff provided a bandage and cleaned the cut. Student reported the incident to Security. No further action was known.

● Visitor

o None to report at this time

7. Lab Update
• Everything is going well
• Lab doors are to remain closed during sessions

o There are some who keep the door open during sessions
o These staff have been reminded to keep the doors shut
o Lab Staff have been checking the doors during the day however this takes time away from other duties
o Lab Staff will continue to remind staff to keep the doors shut. If this does not work then the next step is to contact the supervisor of the staff involved

• Completed training for Security Team regarding Lab Safety

o Security Team found this to be beneficial

8. Items for Discussion
• Protective Vests for Security Staff

o The vests have been approved
o The vest have been approved for under the shirt before. The Security Staff did not adopt this option because of a number of comfort issues with the vest
o Now external vests have been approved for use

 Security Staff are happy with this option
 The use of the vest is voluntary – if a Security Staff member wishes to have a vest the Security Department will pay for it
 Pictures of the vests were reviewed by the JHSC

9. Adjournment/Next Meeting.
● Next meeting February 6, 2024
● Meeting adjourned