Looking Forward to Another Successful Year
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In our June update, we celebrated how much we have grown year over year. The 2019-2020 school year is shaping up to be another successful year.
Since our last update, we have added 10 more schools and we are poised to hit a major milestone this year.
We have awarded more than 90,000 certificates to Safety in Schools students since 2011 and expect to celebrate
100,000 certificates
very soon!
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Updates to "Your Rights and Responsibilities at Work"
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SWIFT Learning has made some changes to the course “Your Rights and Responsibilities at Work” to align with recent legislative changes.
These changes include added information about:
- Working alone;
- Preventing violence in the workplace; and,
- Preparing for workplace emergencies.
Changes also include updates to the rules regarding adolescents and young workers, youth permits, layoffs and recall, and general holiday pay.
Users who enrolled in or started this course
before
September 1, 2019 will need to be un-enrolled and re-enrolled in order to access the updated course.
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SWIFT Learning has updated "WHMIS 1988 - 2015 (GHS)" and released it under the new title, "WHMIS 2015 (GHS)". The new course removes the WHMIS 1988 modules as this information is no longer needed.
Certificates earned by students who took "WHMIS 1988 - 2015 (GHS)" before this update remain valid. Students who earned a certificate before the course was replaced will still be able to access their certificate, but will no longer be able to access the course material.
"WHMIS 2015 (GHS)", which is now available on teachers' Manage Enrollments page. If students recently enrolled in the old course have not yet completed the course, we recommend enrolling them in the new course instead.
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Review Confirms New Workers Are at Greater Risk of Injury
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We often talk about young workers being at a higher risk of injury in the workplace. Research suggests that one of the factors contributing to this risk is young workers' relative "newness" to the job, however, until now no systematic review of the research on job tenure and risk of injury had been completed.
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A review conducted by the Institute of Work & Health *"IWH" Scientist Dr. Curtis Breslin, published in May 2019, found that risks of acute injury are indeed higher during workers' first year at a job, however, evidence is inconclusive about the risks of musculoskeletal symptoms or injuries during a worker's first year.
The research reviewed also confirmed the common refrain that workers who have been at a job for a month or less are at three times the risk of a lost-time injury as those who had been in their job for over a year.
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Psychological Health & Safety
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About 30 per cent of short- and long-term disability claims in Canada are attributed to mental health problems and illnesses. The total cost from mental health problems to the Canadian economy exceeds $50 billion annually.
It's no surprise then that Psychological Health & Safety has become an area of growing importance among employers, industry groups, health & safety professionals and governments.
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Partnering to Address Youth Mental Health
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Safety in Schools is working with our partner
Service Hospitality to make mental health awareness accessible to youth across Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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Service Hospitality worked with the Canadian Mental Health Association to develop a
presentation
to bring awareness to youth about anxiety and how it affects a person's mental health, delivering the presentation in Grade 8 classrooms across SK since 2017.
We are working together to redevelop this content as an online course that can be accessed through Safety in Schools anywhere at any time.
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User Support Process
Our new streamlined User Support Process breaks support requests into request types and uses standardized contact forms to ensure that requests contain all the information we need to quickly diagnose and resolve issues or provide the information requested.
- Learn more about our User Support Process
- Access support documents
- Submit a Request for Support
- Read our FAQ
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User's Troubleshooting Guide
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Our User Troubleshooting Guide helps users resolve many commonly encountered issues without the need to pause what you are doing and reach out for help.
Together, our streamlined support process and Troubleshooting Guide mean less time spent waiting for answers and providing information back and forth with our team so that you can get back to completing courses with limited delays.
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Other Guides and Resources
We aim to make our program as easy to use as possible for users, which is why we have made the following resources easy to follow and accessible any time from our
Support
page.
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Our Teacher's User Guide provides step by step instructions with screenshots showing teachers how to register, manage and enroll users and monitor their progress.
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This webinar includes a step by step demonstration of how to register, enroll and monitor the process of students and answers questions frequently asked by teachers.
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TC Energy has been our lead sponsor for several years running, recently signing on to another three years of funding to keep Safety in Schools growing.
TC Energy employees have been instrumental in helping us reach First Nations communities across Alberta as well as getting our team involved with the Alberta Common Ground Alliance and Canadian Common Ground Alliance.
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Sphinx InfoTech
provides infrastructure support that is crucial to the operation of our online program and communications.
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Birchcliff Energy
employees have chosen to support Safety in Schools with funds raised through an annual poker tournament the past two years.
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Our Safety & Respect Library was developed by a consortium of industry and educational partners.
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Safety in Schools was founded by Gemini SWIFT Learning (formerly Gemini Performance Solutions) and ComplyWorks Ltd. in 2010 and began offering a pilot program in one school in 2011.
Our Founding Partners provide ongoing financial, administrative and technological resources for program delivery.
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Gemini SWIFT Learning specializes in performance-based e-Learning software technologies and the development of highly effective online training content.
The SWIFT team works with Subject Matter Experts to create competency-driven, mobile adaptive learning courses and certification programs, quickly and effectively.
SWIFT Learning is based in Calgary Alberta.
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ComplyWorks offers customers, including small and mid-size businesses to Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprises, a Management Solution that connects individuals, contractors and suppliers with employing companies via a web-based system.
ComplyWorks is headquartered in Calgary Alberta, and has offices in the United States and South Africa.
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Safety in Schools Foundation of Canada
Suite 200 - 4838 Richard Road SW
Calgary AB | T3E 6L1
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