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Credit: Adobe Stock/VioletaStoimenova. Most organizations do not lose judgment in one dramatic moment. They lose it quietly. A checklist becomes something to complete instead of something to think through. A procedure becomes something to follow instead of something to understand. A dashboard becomes something to trust instead of something to question. An AI summary becomes something to accept instead of something to verify. At first, nothing looks wrong. The form is complete. The process is followed.

Credit: Getty Images/ Sean Anthony Eddy. Sitting is unavoidable in many modern jobs. Office workers spend much of their day at computers, while those in control rooms, call centres, laboratories, and assembly environments are often seated while performing detailed tasks. Because sitting appears less physically demanding than standing work, it can be easy to overlook as a health concern. Sitting for long stretches of time can affect comfort, health, and overall well-being.

Credit: Getty Images/SIphotography. Workplace crises are not always quiet. Sometimes, distress escalates into behavioural volatility, explicit threats or physical risk. When this happens, organizations often split their response: security handles violence, HR handles mental health and everyone else hopes the handoff works. This separation creates dangerous gaps. Violence risk, domestic or intimate partner violence and threat scenarios do not emerge in isolation.

July 3, 2026 By OHS Canada HEMCO’s canopy hoods are designed to collect and exhaust corrosive vapours, heat, steam, and odours. They are available in 36-, 48-, 72- and 96-inch widths in wall-mount models in welded type 304 stainless steel. Wall canopy hoods include a wall mounting kit. Additionally, custom-sized canopy hoods can be manufactured to the exact size and design requirements.

Credit: Adobe Stock/AndreyPopov. I’d hazard a guess that most readers have experienced the relationship-busting stress associated with team lifting. You’ve moved a mattress, freezer, sofa or [insert item here] up a flight of stairs with a partner and realized that your partner “just doesn’t get me at all.” The most harmonious couple can fall apart when faced with a two-person lifting task.

July 2, 2026 By Nuala Reilly, CRST, NCSO Health & Safety Credit: Getty Images/photobyphotoboy. For decades, safety professionals fought to earn a seat at decision-making tables. We wanted leaders to understand that injuries, illnesses, fatalities, turnover, absenteeism, and psychological harm all carry significant costs to workers and to the business alike. So, we built the business case: quantifying incidents, calculating return on investment, and tracking costs.

VelocityEHS has released a landmark industry study revealing how environmental, health, and safety (EHS) professionals in the United States are navigating a period of significant transformation. The company’s In Transition: The New Reality of EHS report is built from exclusive insights gathered through a nationwide, validated survey of 1,008 EHS professionals in the United States, conducted in March 2026, and a subset of aggregated, anonymized benchmark data from VelocityEHS software usage.

Credit: Adobe Stock/wavebreak3. A forklift operator approaches a storage rack carrying a large pallet. Visibility is partially blocked by the load. The operator must judge fork height, estimate distance, align the forks with a pallet opening, and position the load accurately – all within a matter of seconds. None of these tasks are unusual. In fact, they occur thousands of times every day in workplaces across Canada.

Credit: Adobe Stock/Funster. The internal responsibility system (IRS) for workplace safety is arguably the most important, yet often misunderstood, concept in Canadian occupational health and safety law. Nova Scotia has even enshrined it in their provincial Occupational Health and Safety Act, but that text just speaks to the general principles of internal responsibility. This is important, but it doesn’t go far enough, or get specific enough.

I was roaming the streets of New York City on a recent vacation when I saw a sign that stopped me in my tracks. This wasn’t one of the 2,000 square-foot billboards lighting up Times Square, but rather a humble two-foot by three-foot sign affixed to the hoarding around a construction site in the city’s theatre district.