This development project was aimed at enhancing safety leadership practices in B.C. workplaces through the measurement of safety climate in workplaces. It builds on a an approach to safety leadership which focuses on enhancing the capacity of individual leaders and ensuring that there is a regular flow of safety information to them

The researchers explored ways to partner with B.C. firms to conduct research on workplace safety leadership development, an approach that focuses on enhancing the capacity of individual leaders and ensuring that there is a regular flow of safety information to them. The planned research would focus on the measurement of workplace safety climate, and enhancing safety leadership practices in B.C. workplaces

A research proposal was developed, and further research planning in collaboration with B.C. employers will build on the learnings of this project

In partnership with the Workers’ Compensation Board of Manitoba