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Energy Safety Canada is a not-for-profit industry association dedicated to improving safe work performance. Murray Elliott is the association's president and CEO. He joins COS Talk to discuss how safety in Canada's energy sector has been changing and evolving for decades.

Tom Welton with Workplace Safety North describes what it was like to work in the forestry sector in the 1980's and how the industry significantly reduced workplace injuries over the past four decades.

Tom Welton with Workplace Safety North describes what it was like to work in the forestry sector in the 1980's and how the industry significantly reduced workplace injuries over the past four decades.

A recent survey of members of the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario reveals violence in the classroom has become one of the most pressing safety issues in the education sector. ETFO president Karen Brown talks about the challenges and possible solutions to curb the violence directed at teachers.

Canadian Occupational Safety senior editor, Shane Mercer, is joined by two guests to talk about the National Day of Mourning. Anne Tennier, president and CEO of the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety talks about the origins of the day and how it is marked in Canada. Shirley Hickman, executive director for Threads of Life, discusses the impact of the day on workers who have been killed, hurt or made sick by their jobs, and what it means to families who have been left behind.

COS senior journalist, Shane Mercer, speaks with Jamie Kneen, the national program co-lead with Mining Watch Canada about how technology is eliminating hazards in mining while creating new ones. This episode of COS Talk is part of a series marking 60 years of publication for Canadian Occupational Safety.