List of health and safety committee members
Last updated: 1 February 2021
Introduction
At the University of Ottawa, there exists a single joint occupational health and safety named the University Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee (UJOSHC) which includes support from five Functional Occupational Health and Safety Committees (FOHSC).

University Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee (UJOHSC)
The UJOHSC is predominantly concerned with university-wide issues, with emphasis on
(i) policy recommendations
(ii) activities which concern several FOHSCs, and
(iii) coordination of information received from the FOHSCs.
The UJOHSC has seventeen (17) members but only sixteen (16) voting members:
Co-Chairs : Vacant and Vacant
The Vice‐President, Finance and Administration, or his/her delegate |
Karina Adam | Ext. 5168 |
The Vice‐President, Research, or his/her delegate | Terry Campbell | Ext. 1242 |
Two (2) employees appointed by APUO |
Ext. 3620 Ext. 3908 |
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Two (2) employees appointed by APTPUO | Esther Senneville Omer Livvarcin |
N/A N/A |
One (1) employee appointed by IUOE, Local 772A | Vacant | N/A |
One (1) employee appointed by IUOE, Local 772B | Vacant | N/A |
Two (2) employees appointed by OSSTF | Scott Dick Gabriel Ramsay |
Ext. 1983 Ext. 2510 |
Two (2) members appointed by CUPE, Local 2626 | Seema Shafei Agnes Bezerra |
N/A N/A |
One (1) employee appointed by CUPE, lifeguards | Vacant | N/A |
One (1) employee appointed by PIPSC | Alain Le Hénaff | Ext. 6257 |
One (1) employee elected or nominated and representing the Non‐Unionized Employee Association (NUEA) |
Vacant | N/A |
The Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee Inspector (non‐voting) |
Vacant | Ext. 2256 |
In addition, the following persons attend meetings of the UJOHSC as resource people:
Two (2) employees representing Office of Risk Management | Mike Histed Céline Clément |
Ext. 5273 Ext. 3052 |
Two (2) employees representing deans | Silvana Gandolfini Vacant |
Ext. 5485 N/A |
Two (2) employees representing directors | Vacant Vacant |
N/A N/A |
The director of the Office of Human Rights | Noël Badiou | Ext. 5163 |
Assistant Director; Health and Wellness | Lise Griffith | Ext. 1472 |
Certified Members for the University of Ottawa are:
Representing workers of the University of Ottawa | Ext. 1983 Ext. 3908 |
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Representing management of the University of Ottawa | Denis Bouchard | Ext. 3543 |
Office Functional Occupational Health and Safety Committee
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 Vacant
Two (2) employees appointed by and representing the deans or directors from all areas | Pierre Thibault Marc Albert |
Ext. 5831 Ext. 4750 |
Three (3) employees appointed by APUO | Alexandra Gregory * Agnieszka Szczotka Vacant |
Ext. 3908 Ext. 3607 N/A |
Two (2) employees appointed by APTPUO | Keith McCuaig Sheri Zhang |
N/A N/A |
Three (3) persons appointed by CUPE, Local 2626 | Radamis Zaky Farzaneh Davarzani Suttinee Poolsup |
N/A N/A N/A |
Two (2) employees appointed by PIPSC | Tom Hayes Vacant |
Ext. 3051 N/A |
Three (3) employees appointed by OSSTF | Alain Léger Elizabeth Campbell-Brown Vacant |
Ext. 6026 Ext. 3564 N/A |
One (1) employee elected or nominated and representing the Non‐Unionized Employee Association (NUEA) | Vacant | N/A |
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
Laboratory Functional Occupational Health and Safety Committee
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 Vacant
Two (2) employees appointed by and representing the deans or directors from faculties or services which have laboratory environment settings, machine shops, or industrial settings | Sean Kirkwood Nada Nagy |
Ext. 6030 Ext. 4685 |
Three (3) employees appointed by the APUO | James Gomes Dan-Sorin Necsulescu Louis Trudel |
Ext. 8426 Ext. 6270 Ext. 4128 |
Two (2) employees appointed by the APTPUO | Mahmud Hasan Fadi Malek |
N/A N/A |
Three (3) persons appointed by the CUPE, Local 2626 | Bridget Price-Robert Jacob Drouillard Gilles Salameh |
N/A N/A N/A |
One (1) employee appointed by the PIPSC | Alain Le Hénaff* | Ext. 6257 |
Three (3) employees appointed by the OSSTF | Patrick D'Aoust Scott Dick Vacant |
Ext. 6154 Ext. 1983 N/A |
One (1) employee elected or nominated and representing the Non‐Unionized Employee Association (NUEA) | Vacant | N/A |
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
Protection and Facilities Functional Occupational Health and Safety Committee
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
One (1) employee appointed by and representing the director of the Facilities | Jacques Nadeau | Ext. 6619 |
One (1) employee appointed by and representing the director of Protection Services | Nicholas Lavoie | Ext. 4689 |
One (1) employee appointed by IUOE Local 772A | Vacant | N/A |
One (1) employee appointed by IUOE Local 772B | Vacant | N/A |
One (1) employee appointed by APUO | Vacant | N/A |
One (1) employee appointed by APTPUO | Gustavo Freire | N/A |
Two (2) employees appointed by OSSTF | Zacharie Cadieux Annie Massé |
N/A N/A |
One (1) person appointed by CUPE, Local 2626 | Heba Khalil | N/A |
One (1) person appointed by CUPE, lifeguards | Vacant | N/A |
One (1) employee appointed by PIPSC | Henryk Leminski | Ext. 2391 |
Two (2) employees appointed or elected by the Non‐Unionized Employee Association (NUEA) | Vacant Vacant |
N/A N/A |
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
Alta Vista Functional Occupational Health and Safety Committee
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 Vacant
Two (2) employees appointed by and representing the deans or directors from faculties or services | Michelle Emard Vacant |
N/A N/A |
Two (2) employees appointed by the APUO | Vacant Vacant |
N/A N/A |
Two (2) employees appointed by the APTPUO | Ruth Bradley-St-Cyr Mohammad Rafiee |
N/A N/A |
Two (2) persons appointed by the CUPE | Vacant Vacant |
N/A N/A |
One (1) employee appointed by the PIPSC | Sandeep Patnaik | Ext. 8324 |
Two (2) employees appointed by the OSSTF | Nazli Keskin Charles Mulcahy |
Ext. 8115 N/A |
One (1) employee appointed by IUOE, Local 772A | Vacant | N/A |
One (1) employee appointed by IUOE, Local 772B | Vacant | N/A |
One (1) employee appointed or elected by the Non‐Unionized Employee Association (NUEA) | Vacant | N/A |
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
Psychological Functional Occupational Health and Safety Committee
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: Vacant and Vacant
The composition of the PHSC for the unions/associations will have 18 voting members:
One (1) representative from APUO | Jennifer Dekker | Ext. 3107 |
One (1) representative from APTPUO | Gustavo Beritognolo | N/A |
One (1) representative from CUPE (Local 2626) | Mikaela Bubna | N/A |
One (1) representative from OSSTF | Michèle Lamarche | Ext. 1704 |
One (1) representative from PIPSC | Lyra Trstenjak | Ext. 3771 |
One (1) representative from CUPE (lifeguards) | Vacant | N/A |
One (1) representative from 772A | Vacant | N/A |
One (1) representative from 772B | Vacant | N/A |
One (1) representative from Non‐Unionized Employee Association (NUEA) | Vacant | N/A |
The composition of the PHSC for management will be as follows:
One (1) representative from Human Rights Office | Noël Badiou | Ext. 5163 |
One (1) representative from Research | Terry Campbell | Ext. 1242 |
One (1) representative from Faculty Affairs | Vacant | N/A |
Two (2) representatives from Human Resources | Karina Adam Kristie Faasen |
Ext. 5168 Ext. 1875 |
Two (2) representatives from Office of Risk Management | Michael Histed Céline Clément |
Ext. 5273 Ext. 3052 |
One (1) representative representing faculties | Vacant | N/A |
One (1) representative representing services | Julie Tam | Ext. 3985 |