Make It Safe 2025 sessions handpicked for you
Make It Safe is a Canadian health and safety conference and trade show series—with practical training and professional development you can put to work.
Make It Safe connects the safety community to learn together—covering relevant topics for today and future health and safety trends. Learn practical skills. Stay up to speed on regulatory changes, new products and tech. Meet a mentor. Connect with peers and build your network.
Attend Make It Safe events in person across British Columbia—in Vancouver, Kelowna, Nanaimo, and Prince George. Hosted by the Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC, these events serve our members around the province. Or join us at Make It Safe Online—presented in partnership with 20+ Canadian and international partner organizations.
- safety professionals
- safety committees
- business owners and leaders
- People and culture/HR
Cheat sheet below! Explore the 2025 topic options by audience at Make It Safe Vancouver and Make It Safe Online.
Safety Professional Track
These sessions aims to provide key hands-on and practical skills for OHS professionals to build their understanding of current best practices for safety.
Make It Safe Vancouver | Day 1 (AM)
- OPENING KEYNOTE | Crisis to Opportunity
- Leading Safety: 2025 World Expo Safety Symposium Panel
- Running Successful Meetings: JHSC Foundations
- Contractor Safety: Going Beyond Prequalification
- Technology Risk and Opportunity: Optimizing Roles for Performance and Safety
- From Risk to Resilience: How Businesses Built Their Safety Culture and Achieved COR/OSSE Certification
- Safety Quest: navigating Safety Committee Challenges
Make It Safe Vancouver | Day 1 (PM)
- Preparing for Emergency
- Youth Challenge Finalist Presentations
- What Makes a Strong JHSC Tick
- The Climate We Create: Leadership and Psychological Safety
- The Return-to-Work Lab: Building Your Workplace Recovery Toolkit
- Racking and Stacking Hazards in Your Warehouse
- Building High-Performing Successful Teams
- INDUSTRY KEYNOTE | Safer Together: Empowering Our Teams in a Changing World
Make It Safe Vancouver | Day 2 (AM)
- Workshop | Mental Health Management for Leaders (Part 1)
- Workshop | Eyes Wide Shut: We Don’t Have a Fatigue Problem
- Women in Safety Workshop
- CoLab | Working Together for Good
Make It Safe Vancouver | Day 2 (PM)
Make It Safe Online | Day 1
- OPENING KEYNOTE | Building a Disaster—Critical Lessons
- Manufacturing Safety Technology—New Trends in AI, Wearables, and Robotics
- Building Safety Culture
Make It Safe Online | Day 1 (PM)
- Ergonomics: Frontline Strategies
- Return to Work—Lessons for Employers from the Worker’s Experience
- Assessing Competency: Keys to Safe Work for Riggers and Overhead Crane Operators
- Operational Action Plan for SIF (Serious Injury and Fatality) Prevention
- JHSC Secrets: And The Not-So-Secret Keys to Making an Impact
- Sustaining 5S Practices for a Safer Workplace
- Sourcing and Selecting Inclusive PPE
- Effective Housekeeping and Dust Collection for a Safer Workplace
- After Hours with Dr. Nippin Anand: Are We Learning From Accidents?
Make It Safe Online | Day 2 (AM)
- INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE PANEL | Safer Together: Empowering Teams in a Changing World
- Leadership & Psych Safety
- JHSC Essentials
Make It Safe Online | Day 2 (PM)
Joint Health & Safety Committee Member Track
These sessions aims to help JHSC members meet their annual training requirement with new and different training topics every year.
This track has been developed to provide skills and best practices to help JHSC members be effective in building an engaged safety culture in their workplace.
Make It Safe Vancouver | Day 1
- OPENING KEYNOTE | Crisis to Opportunity
- Running Successful Meeting: JHSC Foundations
- Safety Quest: Navigating Safety Committee Challenges
Make It Safe Vancouver | Day 1 (PM)
- Youth Challenge Finalist Presentations
- What Makes a Strong JHSC Tick
- The Climate We Create: Leadership and Psychological Safety
- Racking and Stacking Hazards in Your Warehouse
- Building High-Performing Successful Teams
- INDUSTRY KEYNOTE | Safer Together: Empowering Our Teams in a Changing World
Make It Safe Vancouver | Day 2 (AM)
- Workshop | Eyes Wide Shut: We Don’t Have a Fatigue Problem
- Women in Safety Workshop
- CoLab | Working Together for Good
Make It Safe Vancouver | Day 2 (PM)
Make It Safe Online | Day 1
Make It Safe Online | Day 1 (PM)
- Ergonomics: Frontline Strategies
- Assessing Competency: Keys to Safe Work for Riggers and Overhead Crane Operators
- Operational Action Plan for SIF (Serious Injury and Fatality) Prevention
- JHSC Secrets: And The Not-So-Secret Keys to Making an Impact
- Sustaining 5S Practices for a Safer Workplace
- Sourcing and Selecting Inclusive PPE
- Effective Housekeeping and Dust Collection for a Safer Workplace
- After Hours with Dr. Nippin Anand: Are We Learning From Accidents?
Make It Safe Online | Day 2 (AM)
Make It Safe Online | Day 2 (PM)
People Track
From sessions on return-to-work and working with external contractors to practical skills for growing teams, these sessions have been chosen to help those in Human Resources and People + Culture roles support and grow health and safety plans.
Make It Safe Vancouver | Day 1
- OPENING KEYNOTE | Crisis to Opportunity
- Leading Safety: 2025 World Expo Safety Symposium Panel
- Running Successful Meetings: JHSC Foundations
- Contractor Safety: Going Beyond Prequalification
- Technology Risk and Opportunity: Optimizing Roles for Performance and Safety
- From Risk to Resilience: How Businesses Built Their Safety Culture and Achieved COR/OSSE Certification
Make It Safe Vancouver | Day 1 (PM)
- Preparing for Emergency
- Youth Challenge Finalist Presentations
- What Makes a Strong JHSC Tick
- The Climate We Create: Leadership and Psychological Safety
- The Return-to-Work Lab: Building Your Workplace Recovery Toolkit
- Building High-Performing Successful Teams
- INDUSTRY KEYNOTE | Safer Together: Empowering Our Teams in a Changing World
Make It Safe Vancouver | Day 2 (AM)
- Workshop | Mental Health Management for Leaders (Part 1)
- Workshop | Eyes Wide Shut: We Don’t Have a Fatigue Problem
- Women in Safety Workshop
- CoLab | Working Together for Good
Make It Safe Vancouver | Day 2 (PM)
Make It Safe Online | Day 1
- OPENING KEYNOTE | Building a Disaster—Critical Lessons
- Teaching Accountability: The Skill and Will of Getting Things Done
- Building Safety Culture
Make It Safe Online | Day 1 (PM)
- Return to Work—Lessons for Employers from the Worker’s Experience
- Operational Action Plan for SIF (Serious Injury and Fatality) Prevention
- JHSC Secrets: And The Not-So-Secret Keys to Making an Impact
- Sourcing and Selecting Inclusive PPE
- After Hours with Dr. Nippin Anand: Are We Learning From Accidents?
Make It Safe Online | Day 2 (AM)
- INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE PANEL | Safer Together: Empowering Teams in a Changing World
- Unlocking Talent Potential in a Changing Workplace
- Leadership & Psych Safety
Make It Safe Online | Day 2 (PM)
Leadership Track
This Leadership Track was developed to help business executives and leaders better understand the current and future environment of the industry and safety.
Sessions in this track will equip leaders with the tools, resources, and learnings to help them plan and map their businesses health and safety journey.
Make It Safe Vancouver | Day 1 (AM)
- OPENING KEYNOTE | Crisis to Opportunity
- Leading Safety: 2025 World Expo Safety Symposium Panel
- Contractor Safety: Going Beyond Prequalification
- Technology Risk and Opportunity: Optimizing Roles for Performance and Safety
- From Risk to Resilience: How Businesses Built Their Safety Culture and Achieved COR/OSSE Certification
Make It Safe Vancouver | Day 1 (PM)
- Preparing for Emergency
- Youth Challenge Finalist Presentations
- The Climate We Create: Leadership and Psychological Safety
- Building High-Performing Successful Teams
- INDUSTRY KEYNOTE | Safer Together: Empowering Our Teams in a Changing World
Make It Safe Vancouver | Day 2 (AM)
- Workshop | Mental Health Management for Leaders (Part 1)
- Workshop | Eyes Wide Shut: We Don’t Have a Fatigue Problem
- Women in Safety Workshop
- CoLab | Working Together for Good
Make It Safe Vancouver | Day 2 (PM)
Make It Safe Online | Day 1
- OPENING KEYNOTE | Building a Disaster—Critical Lessons
- Teaching Accountability: The Skill and Will of Getting Things Done
- Manufacturing Safety Technology—New Trends in AI, Wearables, and Robotics
- Building Safety Culture
Make It Safe Online | Day 1 (PM)
- Operational Action Plan for SIF (Serious Injury and Fatality) Prevention
- JHSC Secrets: And The Not-So-Secret Keys to Making an Impact
- Sourcing and Selecting Inclusive PPE
- After Hours with Dr. Nippin Anand: Are We Learning From Accidents?
Make It Safe Online | Day 2 (AM)
- INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE PANEL | Safer Together: Empowering Teams in a Changing World
- Unlocking Talent Potential in a Changing Workplace
- Leadership & Psych Safety
Make It Safe Online | Day 2 (PM)
