The Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee (JOHSC, for short) consists of eight members: four worker representatives and four employer representatives. The joint committee meets monthly, consulting in a cooperative spirit to identify health and safety concerns that affect UFV's workplace.
What you can expect from the JOHSC
- To be on the lookout for any unhealthy or unsafe conditions that could affect UFV workers, and be ready to respond
- To consider any concerns or complaints related to worker health and safety
- Make recommendations to improve occupational health and safety, the work environment, and the effectiveness of occupational health and safety programs and policies;
- Make recommendations for educational programs that will promote health and safety on campus and encourage compliance with health and safety regulations
- Ensure that incident investigations and inspections are carried out, participating when needed.
- To participate in investigations into Refusals of Unsafe Work
Get in touch with the JOHSC
The JOHSC meets every month so if you have a health & safety concern, we encourage you to connect with a co-chair of the JOHSC. Your concern will be kept confidential within the JOHSC, and your name won't be mentioned in the meeting.
Abbotsford / Clearbrook / Mission
- Maurice Bedard - Employer Co-chair
- George Ogolo – Worker Co-chair
Chilliwack / Trades & Technical Centre / Aerospace
- Lara Duke – Employer Co-chair
- Chris Flood – Worker Co-chair
The JOHSC members, terms of reference, and meeting minutes are available to you on the public network, under 'EHS program'.
How to access JOHSC documents:
- Make sure your computer is connected to the UFV network.
- Open File Explorer and open This PC.
- Open the employee drive.
- Open the folder marked public.
- Open the folder marked EHS programs.
- You should now see the the Joint Occupational Health Safety Committee folder.