Council of Governors

The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) is governed by a tripartite council representing governments (federal, provincial and territorial), employers, and labour, which assists in delivering a trustworthy and complete occupational health and safety service, and ensures that the information CCOHS disseminates is unbiased.

Chairperson

Gary Robertson

Assistant Deputy Minister
Compliance, Operations and Program Development, Labour Program
Employment and Social Development Canada

Representing

Employer Associations

Joseph Bajzath

Director, Corporate Safety & Emergency Management
Air Canada

Nina Mankovitz

General Manager Health, Safety and Environment, Aluminium
Rio Tinto

Representing

Labour Associations

Troy Winters

Canadian Union of Public Employees

Senior Health and Safety Officer
Health & Safety, Research, and Job Evaluation
Canadian Union of Public Employees

Tara Peel

Canadian Labour Congress

National Representative, Health, Safety and Environment
Canadian Labour Congress

Sari Sairanen

Unifor

National Director Health and Safety
Unifor

Denis St-Jean

Public Service Alliance of Canada

National Health and Safety Officer
Public Service Alliance of Canada

Representing

Provincial and Territorial Governments

Shelly Dauphinee

New Brunswick

Vice President, WorkSafe Services
WorkSafeNB

Phillip Germain

Saskatchewan

Chief Executive Officer
Saskatchewan Workers' Compensation Board

Jamie Hall

Manitoba

Chief Operating Officer
SAFE Work Manitoba

Shelley Rowan

Nova Scotia

Vice President, Prevention and Service Delivery
Workers` Compensation Board of Nova Scotia

Nomination pending (10)

President

Anne Tennier

President and Chief Executive Officer

Secretary-Treasurer

Kimberly Pirhonen

Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Secretariat

Ivy Lumia

Corporate Secretary