Allan is a storyteller who has travelled to over 50 countries and worked on 4 continents. He holds a Master of Arts in Leadership Degree and has been a CRSP since 2010. In addition to his travels, he has over 15 years experience in environment, health and safety; 10 of those years working for Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions.

As an Occupational Hygiene Office with WorkSafeBC, Andrew focuses on educating employers and workers in keeping the workplace safe. Since 2018, Andrew has been assigned to the WorkSafeBC Process Safety Initiative. In addition, Andrew has worked with the WorkSafeBC Risk Analysis Unit (RAU) and has worked on multiple projects including ammonia, chlorine, and explosions and paint manufacturing. Prior to joining the Board, Andrew graduated with a Master’s Degree of Science from the University of British Columbia and currently holds two certifications -Certified Industrial Hygiene (CIH) and Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP).

Cam Mitchell is the President of Kasa Consulting, and a founding partner of Audeng International. He has a total of 16 years of health & safety experience, with varying levels of HSE responsibility. As a consultant and auditor, Cam has 9 years of experience. His experience includes Energy, Manufacturing, Construction, Transportation, Retail, Municipalities, and Mining.

 Dave Fennell has been practicing safety for 34. He retired from his roles as the Senior Safety Advisor for Imperial Oil and the Senior Technical Professional for Safety for ExxonMobil in 2015 and he has continued to be a motivator, facilitator, presenter and coach on safety since then.

He has a BSc. in Environmental Sciences, a diploma in Civil Engineering Technology and is a Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP). Dave has developed approaches to safety management that have produced results that are widely recognized and have been featured in several safety management videos. He is a regular guest lecturer at the University of Alberta on Behaviour Based Safety and Human Factors in Engineering and Safety. 

Dave has been labelled “The Risk Tolerance Guru” because of his research and the development of materials that answer the question “Why do we take risks?”. The video and materials on Risk Tolerance have been used around the world and have been translated into 9 different languages.

In 2013, The Canadian Society of Safety Engineering awarded Dave the distinction of being the Canadian Safety Professional of the Year. 

Dr. Joti Samra, R.Psych. is a national thought leader on issues relating to psychological health, wellness and resilience. She is the CEO & Founder of MyWorkplaceHealth, a full-suite national workplace consulting firm and Dr. Joti Samra, R.Psych & Associates, an in-office and online (virtual) clinical counselling practice with offices located throughout BC.

Dr. Samra is a highly-regarded expert in psychological health and safety (PH&S). Over the past two decades, she has been involved in numerous national initiatives that have contributed to policy change in Canada, and is a Founding & Ongoing Member of the CSA Technical Committee that developed the National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health & Safety in the Workplace (CAN/CSA-Z1003-13/BNQ9700-803/2013). This Standard is the first of its kind in the world, and is shaping policy development for workplace PH&S at the international ISO level.

Dr. Samra is the lead Research Scientist who created Guarding Minds at Work: A Workplace Guide to Psychological Health & Safety, in which the psychosocial factor frame adopted by the Standard was developed. She is also the developer of the Psychologically Safe Leader Assessment, an assessment and action planning resource that aligns leaders’ skills with the requirements of the Standard. Dr. Samra and her team have extensive expertise in helping organizations implement initiatives related to workplace PH&S including implementation of the CSA Standard; providing leadership development, training & coaching services across a broad range of areas, including emotional intelligence, psychologically safe leadership and mental health awareness; and, providing a breadth of services to enhance employee psychological health, wellness and resilience.

Dr. Samra has received a number of awards and accolades for her clinical and research work. She is proud to be the recipient of the Canadian Psychological Association’s New Researcher Award and the British Columbia Psychological Association’s Advancement of the Profession of Psychology Award. She is also the former President of the BC Psychological Association and past Chair of the BC Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards Committee.

MK, as he is called by his friends and peers, is EHS Analytics’ Data Science and Analytics Team Lead. EHS is a one-of-a-kind company whose purpose is to use data to solve one of the biggest challenges of industry – workplace injuries and fatalities. After a successful five-year academic research and teaching career, MK joined EHS Analytics to put his theoretical knowledge and skills to practical use. 

MK is an advocate of practical data science. Being a practical data scientist requires first-hand experience in the industry, helping identify problems and implement immediate solutions (check out the EHS Analytics blog to learn more about practical data scientists). With the help of his team, MK has built AI tools that can extract relevant attributes and understanding from OH&S data. Using these AI tools along with other data in the EHS Analytics DataHub, MK’s team is developing a predictor to forecast serious workplace injuries. If this sounds like science fiction to you, come to our session and learn how we are achieving this goal. 

“It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.”    W. Edwards Deming

Heather is a Human Factors Specialist/Ergonomist in the Risk Analysis Unit at WorkSafeBC.Heather trained in Human Factors and System Safety at Lund University in Sweden.Her key areas of focus include musculoskeletal injury prevention, improving the worker and mobile equipment interface and managing the risk of fatigue across multiple high-hazard industries.Since 2016 she’s been pioneering the topic of fatigue risk management at WorkSafeBC defining a path forward and developing resources to help employers effectively mitigate risks related to fatigue.Heather and the Human Factors team at WorkSafeBC work with many stakeholders supplying guidance and best practices towards understanding the gaps in the workplace system and how best to mitigate physical and cognitive risks and enhance overall system performance. 

Ian is currently the damage prevention and emergency services manager, for FortisBC Inc. with responsibility for the company’s programs to reduce third party damage and maintain system integrity.

In his time with FortisBC and predecessor companies, Ian has spent time as the Emergency Planning Manager and Training Manager. He is a member of both the Common Ground Alliance and BC Common Ground Alliance Damage Data reports and Evaluation Committees. He was also a member of the CSA standard Z 247 – Damage Prevention Standard for Energy and Utility Networks. Ian was awarded a Career Achievement in Promoting Industry Safety by the Canadian Gas Association.

Paul is a Safety Educator who places emphasis on servant leadership and believes that effective mentorship methodologies will develop the next generation of safety leaders and practitioners.  Paul’s professional focus is in Behavior Based Safety program development and implementation and has 18 years of experience in the Civil Engineering, Geotechnical, Construction and Environmental sectors.  This included safety planning and implementation for Rail, Transportation, Defense, Energy, public utilities and municipal infrastructure.

Rob Rosete has been practicing Health and Safety for 15 years and has worked in the aviation, environment, oil and gas, and municipal sectors. Rob has achieved the Canadian Registered Safety Professional designation (2009) and joined the AMHSA team in 2018 as a Senior Health and Safety Advisor.

 He supports AMHSA members with the maturity/development of their Health and Safety Management Systems (HSMS) and support’s AMHSA’s internal HSMS.

Sam is a passionate health and safety professional who has worked in local government for over 30 years. He started out as a labour with the City of Port Coquitlam, graduated from BCIT, OHS Program (honours) in 1997 and shortly after began his safety career with the City of Vancouver as an OHS Coordinator. He has been the Manager, Occupational Health & Safety for the City of Surrey for over 20 years, he is responsible for managing the City of Surrey’s Occupational Health & Safety Management System. Sam is the Past President and a current director on the board of the Employers’ Forum to WorkSafeBC. He is chair of the Employers Forum Prevention Committee and is an active employer representative on WorkSafeBC’s Policy & Practise Consultative Committee. He has been a member of the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering and American Society of Safety Engineering since 1996. He has also been an active member of BCMSA since 2000. Sam enjoys his family and friends time especially on his 5-acre Blueberry farm in Pitt Meadows.

Under my company, Glacierview Consulting Ltd, I am a Certified External Auditor for the COR program, certified by the BC Municipal Safety Association. With over 30 years in Corporate Administration in challenging environments such as public transit, healthcare, local government and the private sector, I bring a broad range of experience to this role and hold a Certificate in Public Administration with Honours. I spent 10 years with the Town of Smithers in the capacity of Director of Corporate Services with a portfolio that included the management of Human Resources, Corporate Administration and the Occupational Health & Safety program. I developed the comprehensive Safety Management System that led the Town to achieving COR Certification in 2010, becoming only the second municipality in BC to do so. After my retirement in 2016, I recertified with the BCMSA as one of their eight Certified External Auditors. In addition to my Auditor status, for the past four years, I have conducted gap/needs analysis’ and developed Safety Management Systems from the ground up, or improved existing systems, including associated policy/program development for several small to medium municipalities and regional districts – all through the lens of achieving COR.

Dave Bergner is a retired Public Works Superintendent and former Traffic Operations Manager with two municipalities in the Kansas City, MO area. He was responsible for all roadway, stormwater  and traffic control devices maintenance and other functions including winter road maintenance, emergency operations and fleet and facilities services.  Dave, who has a M.A. in Management,  is a Lifetime Member of American Public Works Association and is designated as a Public Works Leadership Fellow and Certified Public Works Professional.  He has also served on a number of Transportation Research Board committees and is currently Chair of the Maintenance Operations Personnel committee. Dave and Mike Hale are completing work on a new Pothole Prevention and Patching Practices guidebook for APWA.

Mike Hale retired in 2012 as Supervisory Civil Engineer for the Overland Park, KS Public Works Engineering Division.  His responsibilities included managing the annual Pavement Maintenance Program budget and the Neighborhood Street Reconstruction, Street Overlay, and Sidewalk & Curb Repair programs plus surveying operations. During his 35- year career, he was involved in the design, construction, maintenance and rehabilitation of streets, bridges, storm-water systems, sidewalks, and structures.  

Mike has a BSCE  from University of Missouri - Rolla and a MSCE from the University of Missouri -Columbia. He is licensed in Kansas as a Professional Engineer and a Professional Land Surveyor.