HSE Updates Week of 30 July 2025 – RAE, MHCC, ESC
Greetings,
Please review the applicable HSE Updates.
- Company Safety Meeting Presentation: deadline: two weeks following the Company Safety Meeting
- It is mandatory to review the Company Safety Meeting on SiteDocs and sign-off that you have done so. If the deadline has passed – you missed it but are still expected to review and sign-off the presentation in SiteDocs.
- 2025 Emergency Response Drills: All staff are required to participate/sign-off for their assigned branch(es)
- H&S Bulletin: Answer due by 8am last Friday of the month
- See attached: August 2025 Health and Safety Bulletin
- Health and Safety Committee: Next Meeting: usually Thurs before last Fri of the month
- If you can’t join the HSC meetings, you can still participate by providing feedback, questions, or concerns to hsc@raeengineering.ca. Please submit feedback prior to the next meeting so it can be brought forward.
- The HSC meets the last Thursday of each month at 1pm via Teams
- Previous HSC Meeting Minutes can be found in the Teams Channel, attached, and on SiteDocs
- Safety Rewards Program: Where your commitment to RAE’s Safety Culture is rewarded!
- Submit more cards! Be specific in how your coworkers are contributing to safety! The latest PRC winners are:
- $500 Best Card Winner: Brett Peterson
- $100 Safety PRC Draw: Jay Ravi
- If you have any questions or concerns about the Safety Rewards Program, or would like to sign-up to do a presentation, please email hsc@raeengineering.ca.
- Submit more cards! Be specific in how your coworkers are contributing to safety! The latest PRC winners are:
- Peer Recognitions: Due by Company Safety Meeting each month
MHCC
- MHCC has issued their latest The Catalyst Magazine | Revue Le Vecteur, attached, which features:
- From Isolation to Purpose: After battling loneliness and chronic pain, one woman discovered a new sense of belonging by supporting her unhoused neighbours—offering a lesson in the power of connection and mattering.
- A Cure for Loneliness?: Social prescribing can be used to counter isolation – for any age group. How an Rx for connection is helping communities.
- Fact Sheet: Transgender people and suicide prevention: Trans people face unique stressors and experience higher rates of discrimination and harassment than cisgender people.
- Join the Youth Council – Mental Health Advocates Needed: In search of Youth (aged 18 to 30) with live or caregiving experience related to mental health or substance abuse. Apply by 31 August 2025
- Learn more about the Youth Council recruitment efforts HERE.
Energy Safety Canada (ESC)
- Energy Safety Canada Online was issued which details of ESC News & Updates including:
- Updated: Dangerous Tree Control Guideline and Resources
- Share your insights: Workforce Pulse Survey
- Safety Alert: H2S Knockdown
- Upcoming Courses
- Industry News: WorkSafeBC Consultation on proposed amendments to the OHS Regulation