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Day of Mourning • April 28, 2012
Across Canada, April 28 has been designated the Day of Mourning, a time when workers, families, employers, and others come together to remember those who have lost their lives to work-related incidents or occupational diseases.
Every year, WorkSafeBC, the B.C. Federation of Labour, and the Business Council of British Columbia co-host a public ceremony to honour the occasion.
Watch webcasts from the ceremony at the Vancouver Convention Centre
- George Morfitt, Chair, Board of Directors, WorkSafeBC
- Honourable Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government
- Jim Sinclair, President, BC Federation of Labour
- Michael Lovett, injured young worker
- Rosemarie Lachnit, mother of fatally injured worker
Other ceremonies
- Day of Mourning ceremonies in B.C. (PDF 111kb)
Other information
- Day of Mourning webcast
- News Release
- Backgrounder (PDF 186kb)
- Fact Sheet (PDF 532kb)
Speaker profiles
- Cindy Brewer - Kelowna (PDF 63kb)
- Gord Tuck - Lake Cowichan, Nanaimo, Parksville (PDF 36kb)
- Heather Prenty - Abbotsford (PDF 30kb)
- Jessica Vliegenthart - Kelowna (PDF 42kb)
- Lisa Arlint - Lake Cowichan, Nanaimo, Parksville (PDF 29kb)
- Mark Johnson - Nelson (PDF 33kb)
- Matthew Bowcott - WorkSafeBC Richmond (PDF 24kb)
- Mel Camilli - Victoria (PDF 36kb)
- Michael Lovett - Vancouver Convention Centre, Kamloops (PDF 64kb)
- Nick Perry - Prince George (PDF 35kb)
- Phil Huxley - Victoria (PDF 26kb)
- Rena Hamming - WorkSafeBC Richmond (PDF 25kb)
- Renee Ozee - Prince George (PDF 26kb)
- Rosemarie Lachnit - Vancouver Convention Centre (PDF 30kb)
- Terry Woodman - Kamloops (PDF 30kb)
Media alerts
- Burns Lake (PDF 171kb)
- Kelowna (PDF 71kb)
- Prince George (PDF 58kb)
- Vancouver (PDF 191kb)
- Victoria (PDF 62kb)
Visit the online memorial
You're invited to visit the Day of Mourning website and dedicate a flower in memory of someone who has died as a result of job-related illness or injury.
Order decals and posters
You can request complimentary Day of Mourning decals and posters through WorkSafeBC's online order form.
Day of Mourning poster (PDF 3.1mb)
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