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gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Ontario
Trillium Foundation,
an agency of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, which receives annually $100
million in government funding generated through Ontario's charity casino
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About
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What is a Safe Community?
A Safe Community is
one that has been nationally designated by the Safe Communities Foundation of
Canada. The Safe Community works together with other community
organizations to plan and organize programs that will make the city safe to
live, work, learn and play.
The Safe Communities
Foundation was created as a result of one family's tragedy. In November
1994 Sean Kells was pouring a highly flammable chemical from one ungrounded drum
to another when it exploded and ignited. Sean was not told that what he
was doing was dangerous and that he should be taking precautions.
Sean was killed the
third day of his part-time job at the age of 19. It wasn't an accident; it
was preventable. Since that tragic day, Sean's father Paul Kells, has make
it his goal to help prevent any other family from experiencing the loss and pain
that he and his family have experienced.
There are currently
32 Safe Communities in Canada and they are continuing to grow and thrive.
You can find more information on other Safe Communities if you click on the
button titled Safe Communities. If you are interested in becoming a Safe
Community please contact the Safe
Communities Foundation.
Kingston
Partners for a Safe
Community was established in 1997 to provide Kingston and area with the support,
tools and networks to develop and maintain successful health and safety programs
for the small business employer and young people in their youth transition
years.
Our goals include:
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assist local employers in reducing the number and cost of
WSIB claims, |
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increase Health & Safety and Injury Prevention awareness
among youth, |
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build upon community injury databases, and |
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coordinate the efforts of well established, safety focused
organizations in the community, while at the same time removing the
duplication of efforts. |
Our initiatives
include:
| the Safety Group
Program, |
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Delivery to youth a number of high interest, educational
interactive activities such as: Racing Against Drugs, Heroes, Young Worker
Awareness Program, Risk Watch, and Summer Safety Days, |
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Evaluation of Health & Safety attitudes and practises
through survey research, and |
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Creation of a Central Resource Centre for safety material. |
Our accomplishments include:
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three time recipient of Safe Communities Foundation Award of
Excellence; |
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awarded CAUBO; |
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four consecutive years running Racing Against Drugs,
exposing 8,000 students to the programs anti-drug message; and |
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four consecutive years running the Safe Communities
Incentive Program, graduating 130 firms from the Safe Workplace Awareness
Program. |
Steering Committee
The role of the steering committee:
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Provide a leadership role for the Kingston: Partners for a
Safe Community project, |
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Ensure that the project remains self-sustaining in future
years, |
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Oversee the appropriate allocation of project funding to
member employees, organizations and authorized activities, and |
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Communicate the objective of the project and form the focal
point for health & safety organizations in the community. |
Executive
President
Wiebke Wilkens, Wilkens Health & Safety
Solutions
Vice President
Frank Cuvelier, DuPont Canada
Secretary/Treasurer Dave White, Leland Associates
Steering Committee Membership
Brenda
Vrooman,IAPA
Joe Marshall,OPP
Charles Boyles,Kingston Police
Wendy Hartwick, Kingston Fire & Rescue
Heather Quance,KFL&A Health Unit
Diane
Hannah,WSIB
Sandy Fraser, RCMP
Mike Lott,Unique Consulting
Allen Cramm,EA
Philip Johnston, Friendship Construction
Julie VandenAkker, FVCARS
Anita McPhail, MOL
Darren Harvey, Military Police
Yvonne Evoy, Red Cross
Andy Mills, KBAC |
Rhonda
Bridger, OSSA
Ross Tretheway, KBAC
Paul Allore, MOL
Doug
Bird, K&DSC
Bob Scott, Kingston Chamber of Commerce
Garry
Littlefield, CAA
Tanya Flanagan, SE Ontario District Health Council
Pat Willar, WSIB
Ted
Holden, Limestone District School Board
Rachel Koven, SCF
Shirley Bothwell, Crime Stoppers
Mike
Lawler, DuPont Canada
Donna Gard, Hartford Fibres
Corey Banks, Hotel Dieu Hospital Emergency Services |
Project Co-ordinator
Steacy
Morrison
Safety Group
Co-ordinator
Richard Palimaka
Participants & Supporters
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Social Planning Council of Kingston and Area
Addiction Research Foundation
Kingston Construction Association
KFL&A Health Unit
K.A.E.D.C.
Downtown Kingston
City of Kingston
Safe Community Foundation
Limestone School Board
Algonquin School Board
Kingston City Police
Ontario Provincial Police
RCMP
Kingston Fire & Rescue
District Health Council
St John Ambulance
Canadian Red Cross
Kingston Bicycling Advisory Committee |
Industrial Accident Prevention Association
Safe Workplace Associations
Ministry of Labour
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
Queen's University
Toronto Dominion Bank
The Royal Bank
Bank of Montreal
CIBC
Bank of Nova Scotia
Independent Businesses
DuPont Canada Inc
Alcan Inc Kingston Works
Lafarge Canada Inc
Hospitals of Greater Kingston
Hotel Dieu Hospital Emergency Medical Services |
Get Involved
As a not-for-profit
organization we are always in need of volunteers to help implement the programs
we run. If you are interested in joining our group either as a volunteer
for one particular program or to become part of our steering committee please
contact the President, Wiebke Wilkens at 546-9814, or by email at wiebkewilkens@on.aibn.ca.
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