List of health and safety committee members

This committee will cover all areas excluded from the Laboratory Committee, the Facilities and Protection Committee and the Alta Vista Committee. It will cover computer laboratories, offices, classrooms, pools, common areas, kitchens, arenas, libraries, auditoriums, etc.

The Office Functional Occupational Health and Safety Committee has seventeen (17) members but only sixteen (16) are voting members:

Co-Chairs: Pierre Thibault and Sheri Zhang

The committee has the JHSC inspector as a non‐voting member selected by worker members from the UJOHSC. The committee also has non‐voting undergraduate student members appointed by the UOSU and non‐voting resource employees representing ORM

* receives accident/incident reports

The Laboratory Functional Occupational Health and Safety Committee will comprise specialized and technical employees from areas where scientific research, scientific experiments or preparation for scientific experiments are taking place. This will also include all areas which support laboratories but not those areas covered by the Alta Vista Committee, the Office Committee, or the Protection and Facilities Health and Safety Committee. To name a few examples, it will cover areas dealing with x‐ray, instrumentation, chemistry, biochemistry, hazardous waste rooms, storage rooms for chemical, biological or radioactive products, physics, animal care services, engineering, machine shops, woodworking shops, high temperature ovens, arts laboratories, autoclaves, radiation laboratories, etc.

The Laboratory Functional Occupational Health and Safety Committee has 16 members but only fifteen (15) are voting members:

Co-Chairs: Sean Kirkwood and Patrick D'Aoust

The IUOE 772A and 772B will be participating and will be invited when required or when the union deems it is required. In addition, the committee has the JHSC inspector as a non‐voting member selected by worker members from the UJOHSC. The committee also has a non‐voting undergraduate student member appointed by the UOSU and non‐voting resource employees from ORM.

* receives accident/incident reports

The Protection and Facilities Functional Occupational Health and Safety Committee represents all employees employed by Facilities and all employees employed by Protection Services, regardless of their principal work locations. The Protection and Facilities FOHSC is concerned with health and safety matters affecting the workplaces of the employees employed in this sector, as well as those affecting University of Ottawa premises which are not within a specific building (for instance, parking lots and University‐owned roadways). This committee will include areas affecting University of Ottawa premises which are not necessarily within a specific building (for instance, parking lots, underground parking, grounds and University‐owned roadways, outer building walls) as well as locations used by staff from Protection Service or Facilities but which are usually not accessible by the public (for example, the tunnel, electrical and mechanical rooms, housekeeping area, roofs, loading docks, confined spaces, etc.). This includes the principal work areas of employees from Facilities, woodworking shops, specialized shops, etc. with the exception of offices.

The Protection and Facilities Functional Occupational Health and Safety Committee has fourteen (14) members but only thirteen (13) voting members:

Co-Chairs : Jacques Nadeau and Zacharie Cadieux

In addition, the committee has the JHSC inspector as a non‐voting member selected by worker members from the UJOHSC. The committee also has one non‐voting undergraduate student member appointed by the UOSU and non‐voting resource employees representing ORM.

* receives accident/incident reports

The Alta Vista Committee represents all employees whose principal work location is in Roger Guindon and Peter Morand buildings. The Alta Vista Functional Occupational Health and Safety Committee will comprise specialized and technical employees from areas where scientific research, scientific experiments or preparation for scientific experiments are taking place, as well as office spaces such as computer laboratories, offices, classrooms, pools, common areas, kitchens, arenas, libraries, auditoriums, etc. It will not cover areas covered by the Protection and Facilities Health and Safety Committee.

The Alta Vista Functional Occupational Health and Safety Committee has fifteen (15) members but only fourteen (14) voting members:

Co-Chairs: Michelle Emard and Sandeep Patnaik

The committee has the JHSC inspector as a non‐voting member selected by worker members from the UJOHSC. The committee also has one non‐voting undergraduate student member appointed by the UOSU and non‐voting resource employees representing ORM.

* receives accident/incident reports

The broad mandate of the Psychological Functional Health and Safety Committee will be to allow for direct input and participation of the members concerning mental health and wellness at the University, and to identify best practices concerning such matters for all employee groups.

Co-Chairs: Marie Parish and Vacant

The composition of the PHSC for the unions/associations will have 18 voting members:

The composition of the PHSC for management will be as follows: