In the health and safety world, this is one of the most important weeks. Safety and Health Week sharpens everyone’s focus on the ways to ensure all workers come home safe and healthy every day. Threads of Life is proud to be part of Canada’s Safety and Health Week initiatives, and to work with our partners, volunteers and members to ensure those goals are sustained every day, all year round. |
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Finding a passion for injury prevention |
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Bill Bowman would never call himself inspiring – but for many people he is. Bill was just 19, working a summer job before going back to school. He was thrilled to be hired by a manufacturing plant, making enough to pay for tuition, books, and even “all the fun things you do at university.” But on one of his last shifts, Bill was injured operating a brake press. His arm was crushed and ultimately had to be amputated. Bill was untrained as an operator on that machine, and the foot pedal for the press was unguarded. No more football for Bill, no more “fun things” for a while.
Every year in Canada, thousands of workers are injured. During Safety and Health Week, May 1-6, we all need to share Bill’s passion for changing workplace cultures – and figure out how to carry that focus forward throughout the year.
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Celebrate 20 years with us! |
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2023 marks 20 years since Threads of Life was established. On June 16, we will hold an event to honour two decades of hope and healing, and to look ahead to the future. Watch your email for an invitation next week, and if you have any questions, please hit ‘reply’ to this email and let us know. |
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It's not too late to make your steps! |
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What better way to mark Safety and Health Week than by participating in an event that focuses both on prevention of future tragedies and on supporting those already affected? That’s the purpose of Steps for Life-Walking for Families of Workplace Tragedy. A number of community events have already taken place, but there are still many to come in communities across the country. It’s not too late to register – find your community here. If your local walk has already happened, you can join our National Online Steps for Life Event and walk on your own. And it’s certainly not too late to donate to support an individual or team, or to support Steps for Life as a whole. Every dollar raised and donated helps to support families affected by workplace tragedy and to raise awareness of the importance of health and safety.
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Thank you for the healing |
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At Threads of Life, we believe that sharing their stories helps our family members heal. For our volunteer speakers, part of that healing is knowing that by telling their personal experience, they’re helping to prevent the same tragedy happening to someone else. This busy spring season, dozens of Threads of Life speaker volunteers are making close to 50 presentations in schools, workplaces, conferences, safety meetings and public ceremonies, reaching thousands of people. This wouldn’t be possible without the organizations which fund our speaker’s bureau through grants, donations, fundraising, or through their financial contributions to bring a speaker volunteer to their own event. Thank you all for being part of the healing, and part of a safer and healthier future. Learn more about our speaker’s program here.
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Volunteering Weaves us Together | Threads of Life
The theme for 2023 National Volunteer Week brought to mind the idea of the Butterfly Effect. The Butterfly Effect is a theory based on the thought that something as simple as a butterfly flapping its wings can cause a hurricane on the other side...
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4 Ways to Make Your Walk Day Shine | Threads of Life
Steps for Life 2023 is happening across the country over the next three weekends! Every Steps for Life walker in a yellow T-shirt is walking for the same reason: to show support for Threads of Life families affected by a workplace tragedy, all...
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