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VANCOUVER

OCTOBER 13, 2023    ANVIL CENTRE

WORLD CLASS HEALTH, SAFETY, AND PERFORMANCE—IN B.C.

Join us October 13, 2023 at the Anvil Centre in New Westminster, B.C., for a full day of keynotes, expert sessions, and workshops.

Make It Safe Vancouver contains more than six technical hours of content and eight hours of invaluable connection with industry experts, local leaders, and the health and safety community.

Discover new strategies and tools to strengthen your safety culture.
Make your committee or worker rep training a new and interesting experience this year!
Network and learn from health and safety experts—and from other companies and people who put safety first.

Why Attend

Join us at Make It Safe Vancouver 2024 for two days of hands-on learning, and invaluable connections. Get inspired and up to speed in the conference keynotes and breakouts, and learn practical skills in a full day of hands-on workshops for leaders, safety and HR professionals, and safety committees.
Discover new strategies and tools to strengthen your safety culture.
Make your committee or worker rep training a new and engaging experience!
Network and learn from health and safety experts—and from companies and people who put safety first.

Keynotes

People | Planet | Profit
Leader Insights
 OCTOBER 9, 2024 | 9:00AM-9:45AM PST

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Industry Panel
 OCTOBER 13, 2023 | 1:15PM-2:30PM PST

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Conference Program

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7:30AM
Registration Open
07:30 - 08:30 AM
Audience:

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8:30AM
Opening | Make It Safe Vancouver 2023
08:30 - 09:00 AM
Patrick Giesbrecht
Patrick Giesbrecht
Principal
Giesbrecht & Co
Lisa McGuire
Lisa McGuire
Founder and Former CEO
Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC
Audience:
jhsc
leadership
people
safety

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9:00AM
Keynote
Reimagining Safety Training in Virtual Reality
09:00 - 09:45 AM
Joey Caturay
Joey Caturay
CEO
Dapphaus
Lisa McGuire
Lisa McGuire
Founder and Former CEO
Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC
Al Galli
Al Galli
E2E Ops Value Stream Manager
Husky Technologies
Audience:
jhsc
leadership
people
safety

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9:45AM
Break
09:45 - 10:00 AM
Audience:

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10:00AM
Safety Culture and the JHSC
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Rosa Diaz
Rosa Diaz
Training & Development Manager
Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC
Wayne Arondus
Wayne Arondus
CEO
Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC
Audience:
jhsc
leadership
people
safety

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Leading with EQ
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Dr. Steve Conway
Dr. Steve Conway
Director of Leadership and Psychological Safety
Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC
Audience:
jhsc
leadership
people

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Building Effective Return to Work Programs
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Tanya George
Tanya George
Sales & Client Care Team Manager
TeksMed Services Inc.
Audience:
people
safety

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11:00AM
Break
11:00 - 11:15 AM
Audience:

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11:15AM
Task Analysis: An Essential First Step in Preventing MSIs
11:15 - 12:15 PM
Audience:
jhsc
safety

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Building High-Performing Teams and Committees
11:15 - 12:15 PM
Laura Villacrusis
Laura Villacrusis
Partner
Kwela Leadership and Talent Management
Audience:
jhsc
leadership
people
safety

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People + Sustainability: The Role of Health and Safety in Sustainability
11:15 - 12:15 PM
James Donaldson
James Donaldson
CEO
BC Food & Beverage
Wade Godin
Wade Godin
VP of Sales - Distributors & Artisan
Puratos Canada
Paul Sahota
Paul Sahota
Senior Manager, People & Culture
Daiya Foods
Braden Smit
Braden Smit
Health and Safety Manager
West Coast Reduction Ltd.
Audience:
leadership
people
safety

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12:15PM
Lunch
12:15 - 13:15 PM
Audience:

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1:15PM
Keynote
Industry Panel: Building World Class Safety Engagement and Culture
13:15 - 14:30 PM
Lisa Greaves
Lisa Greaves
Health and Safety Manager
Stuyver's Bread
Jaime Pacreu
Jaime Pacreu
Plant Manager
Kerry Canada
Lesley Noland
Lesley Noland
COO
Starline Windows
Lisa McGuire
Lisa McGuire
Founder and Former CEO
Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC
Audience:
jhsc
leadership
people
safety

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2:30PM
Break
14:30 - 14:45 PM
Audience:

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2:45PM
Courageous Conversations: The Tools to Talk About DE&I
14:45 - 15:45 PM
Janet Mannella
Janet Mannella
Vice President of Operations
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
Audience:
leadership
people
safety

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Leaning into Lean: Improving Safety, Productivity, (and…Happiness?) through 5S
14:45 - 15:45 PM
Bruce Ennis
Bruce Ennis
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt & Process Improvement Guru
BE Quality Inc.
Audience:
leadership
safety

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Supervising Safety: Effective Safety Management
14:45 - 17:00 PM
Wayne Arondus
Wayne Arondus
CEO
Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC
Audience:
leadership
people
safety

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3:45PM
Break
15:45 - 16:00 PM
Audience:

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4:00PM
Debunking ESG Myths for Safety Leaders
16:00 - 17:00 PM
Rajiv Jalim
Rajiv Jalim
Director, ESG Solutions Engineering
Figbytes
Maxime Ouellet
Maxime Ouellet
Chief Growth Officer
CONFORMiT
Audience:
leadership
people
safety

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Machine Safeguarding: Protect Your People and Your Equipment
16:00 - 17:00 PM
Stuart Hutchison
Stuart Hutchison
Control Systems Designer
UBSafe
Audience:
safety

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5:00PM
Closing
17:00 - 17:10 PM
Audience:
jhsc
leadership
people
safety

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All-Access
Bundle Deal

Get more learning, more connections, and more time to Make It Safe with a 3-day all-access bundle ticket. Join your peers live at Make It Safe Vancouver, then tune into Make It Safe Online and on demand for a full year.


As an added bonus, your all-access pass also gets you extended access to more conference sessions from Make It Safe 2002-more than 40 hours of expert sessions and industry panel discussions to listen and learn on your schedule.

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Partners

We are grateful for the sponsorship, participation, and endorsement of these industry and health and safety organizations across Canada and worldwide-our partners whose support helps make Make It Safe possible. Together, we are taking steps to build healthy and safe workplaces.
Allied Partner
Acera Insurance
Marquis Sponsor
HUB International
Gold Sponsor
Schoox
Silver Sponsor
Safety Meta World
Safety Sponsor
WorkSafeBC
Safety Sponsor
University of Fredericton
Bronze Sponsor
Recognition Sponsors
Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals
Disability Management Institute
EyeSafeBC
Black Press Media
Business in Vancouver
Media Sponsors
 
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