Health & Safety

The University’s Workplace Health and Safety Committee meets regularly. UWFA will post minutes from each of these meetings as they become available.

WHSC Minutes can be found here.

UWFA Covid Committee Educational Resources can be found here.

Health and Safety Fact Sheets
The Canadian Association of University Teachers regularly publishes fact sheets on issues relating to Health and Safety in the university context. A full listing of all CAUT Fact Sheets can be found on the CAUT Health and Safety website and below:

• Air Quality
• Animal Hazards
• Asbestos
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Computer Hygiene
• Cytotoxic Drugs
• Electromagnetic Fields
• Formaldehyde
• Gloves
• Handwashing
• Hepatitis
• Joint Health and Safety Committee Tips & Pointers
• Laboratory Safety
• Latex
• Lead
• Medical Gasses
• Mercury
• Mould
• Nano Safety
• Needlestick Injuries
• Noise
• Occupational Stress
• Precautionary Principle
• Reporting Workplace Hazards
• Violence
• Voice Dysfunction
• Working in a Static Position
• Workplace Investigations