Conference Program

Friday, June 1st, 2012
6:30 - 7:30 a.m.	Walk / Run Program Location: Hotel Foyer
7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Registration / Information
7:00 - 8:15 a.m.	Continental Breakfast Location: Waterfront Ballroom Foyer
8:15 - 8:30 a.m.	Welcome - WorkSafeBC Opening Remarks - CARWH Location: Waterfront Ballroom C [Simultaneous interpretation available]
8:30 - 10:00 a.m.	Keynotes Location: Waterfront Ballroom C [Simultaneous interpretation available] Mieke Koehoorn: How do I love data? Let me count the ways . . . The use of routinely collected data for work and health research David Walters: An inspector calls? The role of regulatory inspection in times of change
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.	Refreshment Break / Poster Viewing Location: Waterfront Ballroom Foyer
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Ergonomics Location: Waterfront Ballroom C [Simultaneous interpretation available]
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Increasing OHS knowledge through analyses of workers' compensation data Location: Waterfront Ballroom A
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Innovations in workplace occupational health and safety systems Location: Waterfront Ballroom B
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Vibration: Exposures, outcomes & interventions Location: MacKenzie I
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.	Lunch Location: Waterfront Ballroom Foyer
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.	Work injury assessment & consequences Location: Waterfront Ballroom C [Simultaneous interpretation available]
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.	Symposium: Work & health in the complex world of construction Location: Waterfront Ballroom A
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.	Vulnerable populations Location: Waterfront Ballroom B
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.	Health & safety in healthcare Location: MacKenzie I
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.	Joint occupational health and safety committees: A 90-minute interactive session using an online resource tool Location: MacKenzie II
2:30 - 3:00 p.m.	Refreshment Break / Poster Viewing Location: Waterfront Ballroom Foyer
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.	Occupational cancer: Awareness, compensation, work life Location: Waterfront Ballroom C [Simultaneous interpretation available]
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.	OHS and precarious employment Location: Waterfront Ballroom A
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.	Return to work Location: Waterfront Ballroom B
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.	Perspectives on a diverse province: OHS in British Columbia (Session co-sponsored by BCEOHRN) Location: MacKenzie I
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.	Networking Reception / Poster Session Location: Waterfront Ballroom Foyer
7:30 - 10:00 p.m.	Dinner Location: Waterfront Ballroom C
Saturday, June 2nd, 2012
6:30 - 7:30 a.m.	Walk / Run Program Location: Hotel Foyer
7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Registration / Information
8:00 - 8:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast Location: Waterfront Ballroom Foyer
8:30 - 10:00 a.m.	Plenary: Best student presentations Location: Waterfront Ballroom C [Simultaneous interpretation available]
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.	Refreshment Break Location: Waterfront Ballroom Foyer
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Workers' compensation: Coverage, costs, practices Location: Waterfront Ballroom C [Simultaneous interpretation available]
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Symposium: Agricultural exposures, lymphatic cancers, and pesticide exposure assessment Location: Waterfront Ballroom A
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Symposium: Innovations in occupational cancer surveillance Location: Waterfront Ballroom B
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Innovative methods in OHS Location: MacKenzie I
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.	CARWH Annual General Meeting Location: MacKenzie II
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.	Lunch Location: Waterfront Ballroom Foyer
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.	Symposium: Gender, work and health - Findings from the CIHR team in gender, environment and health Location: Waterfront Ballroom C [Simultaneous interpretation available]
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.	Innovations in OHS training Location: Waterfront Ballroom A
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.	Symposium: Challenges & opportunities in cross-jurisdictional comparative research Location: Waterfront Ballroom B
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.	Symposium: An economic evaluation framework: Building rigour and comparability in occupational health and safety decisions in the healthcare sector Location: MacKenzie I
2:30 - 3:00 p.m.	Refreshment Break Location: Waterfront Ballroom Foyer
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.	Keynote: Gender, work and health Location: Waterfront Ballroom C [Simultaneous interpretation available] Pat Armstrong: Structural Violence: An Alternative Approach to Workplace Health Panel: Pat Armstrong, Zena Sharman and David Kuhl Session chair: Nicole Power This session is co-sponsored by The Institute of Gender and Health.
4:00 - 4:30 p.m.	Closing Remarks Location: Waterfront Ballroom C