Oct. 2, 2018

Meet your 2018 Shining Star award winners

Turnout strong for this year’s Safety and Wellness Week

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Jodi Egan, University Relations

Congratulations to the 2018 Shining Star Award winners. See all the winners of the Shining Star Awards on the Risk website.
Congratulations to the 2018 Shining Star Award winners. Christine Creswell and Rebekah Jarvis, University of Calgary

The campus community is safer and more informed after a successful Safety and Wellness Week, the annual event that celebrates and fosters the University of Calgary’s strong health and safety culture. 

Throughout the week, employees and students attended informative sessions on naloxone, bleed kits, and cannabis, and had coffee with the chief of Campus Security, while members of the executive team took a safety tour of Veterinary Medicine and Engineering and went on a nighttime ride-along with Campus Security. The week also included evacuation drills, which help members of UCalgary community increase their emergency preparedness.

Safety and Wellness Week kicked off Sept. 17 with the presentation of Shining Star awards, which recognize individuals across campus who show leadership and commitment in supporting the Risk portfolio’s initiatives and programs across campus. Rae Ann Aldridge, associate vice-president (risk), says the Shining Star awards are an important part of Safety and Wellness Week, since they celebrate the most important component of health and safety on campus. 

“We couldn’t do what we do in the Risk portfolio without the commitment and support from people like our shining stars,” says Aldridge. “A strong health and safety workplace culture is built when people understand their responsibilities and provide leadership in implementing the Risk programs. The Shining Star awards help us recognize those people for helping to make the university a safe and healthy place to work and study.”

Check out the Safety and Wellness Week photo gallery for a look at the Shining Star winners who attended the ceremony, along with highlights from the week. The complete list of Shining Star winners and their contributions to safety and wellness on campus is posted on the Risk website.

Satnam Dhanda, Specialist, Electonic Security Systems, Information Technologies. Dhanda is an integral team member for all four phases of the closed-circuit TV and electronic door access systems project, which all on campus benefit from
Lee Ferrari, Xu (Robin) Wang, Damian Goussis and Lisa Rowson, Facilities and University Relations. This dedicated team minimized the number of injuries during this past winter, decreasing injuries by a third.
Harry Friesen, Grounds Supervisor, Facilities Management. As a Special Events Committee member, Friesen works to find solutions while assisting Risk Management and Insurance in addressing risks related to traffic throughout campus.
Kyle Guild, Director of Operations and Volunteer, Student Medical Response Team. Guild finalized protocols and ensured adequate staffing so everyone on campus could have a safe, judgment-free space to wait out the effects of alcohol.
Linda Hastie, Manager of Nursing, Student Wellness. While leading the Student Medical Reponses team, Hastie was a driving force for opening the PASS room. Hastie trained staff and filled the room with all the necessary supplies.
Jenny Hawkins, Manager, Employee and Labour Relations, Human Resources. As an instrumental part of completing complex applications for Employment Practices Liability Insurance, Hawkins goes the extra mile for those who need support.
Betty Leal, Team Lead, Integrated Service Centre. As a team lead within the Integrated Service Centre, Leal supports anyone in the campus community who needs help accessing and completing their online health and safety courses.
Shannon Leskosky, Manager, Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine. With energy and enthusiasm, Loskosky developed new ways to lead, coordinate and support her team through key health and safety programs and audits.
Dominique MacDonald, Manager, Aquatic Centre. As an expert in all things risk and insurance, MacDonald is tirelessly committed to keeping everyone safe through problem-solving, knowledge-sharing and emergency preparedness.
Andrew Mardjetko, Program Coordinator, the Haskayne School of Business. In his role as the OHSMS coordinator for Executive Education, Mardjetko’s enthusiasm, work ethic and contributions to the wellbeing of others make him valued on campus.
Sarah Newcombe, Manager, Human Resources. Newcomb’s collaborative and flexible approach has made her an asset to her area — often ensuring the improved investigation of health and safety matters.
Nicole O’Brien, Operation Manager, Spyhill Veterinary Medicine. In addition to her role as Senior Emergency Warden and past Chair of the Safety Improvement Team, O’Brien goes above and beyond by contributing to the Risk portfolio.
Lukas Johnathan Vollmerhaus, Instrument Design and Maintenance, Faculty of Science. Along with creating training programs and utilizing Safe Work Procedures, Vollmerhaus has been updating all safe work procedures for his workshop.
Ian Whitehead, Senior Analyst, Metrics and Reporting, Information Technology. Whitehead developed an OHSMS SharePoint site to share metrics, reporting and training to take health and safety to the next level.
Members of the UCalgary community joined former deputy police chief and current Chief of Campus Security Brian Sembo for coffee, donuts and an informal conversation about safety and security at UCalgary and in the broader community
During Naloxone and Bleeding Kit Training, Campus Security’s Derek Holden shared his life-saving expertise in recognizing and responding to the signs and symptoms of an opioid overdose.
This lunch and learn featured Dr. Rebecca Saah, assistant professor, and Dr. Matthew Hill, associate professor, in the Cumming School of Medicine as they shared research about cannabis relating to youth, the brain and harm reduction.
In the health and safety tour was Linda Dalgetty, Vice President, Finance and Services; Catherine McLeod, Director Operations; Mike Leaist, Director, EHS; Michelle Moore, OHS Consultant Vet Med; and Nicole O’Brien, Spyhill Operations Manager
Laboratory personnel including workers, students and visitors are potentially exposed to hazards unique to laboratory settings and hazardous materials every day. This is why safety is an important part of learning, living and working.
Many faculties rely heavily on health and safety for day-to-day work and learning. Dr. Josephine Hill, Dr. Dru Marshall, Mike Leaist, Dr. Anders Nygren and PhD candidate Ross Arnold took a tour of the engineering to witness it firsthand.
Christopher Simon, Dr. Bill Rosehart, Dr. Anders Nygren and Dr. Dru Marshall make their way through the engineering labs for their health and safety tour
Evacuation plans are an important part of health and safety on campus. Evacuation drills were carried out from Sept. 10 to Sept. 20 as part of our annual emergency preparedness training for students, faculty and staff.
Evacuations occurred at all 52 regularly occupied buildings on university campuses. Residence buildings are drilled twice a year, the child care centers are drilled monthly. The average evacuation time was 6.25 minutes.
Evacuation drills allow students, faculty and staff to locate and use alternative routes under safe conditions, which ensures a building can be evacuated quickly and assists with any rescue efforts required during a real emergency

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