In this webinar
Join CRE-MSD and the Public Services Health & Safety Association (PSHSA) for a webinar exploring program resources that support client handling across select Canadian provinces. Building on two webinars delivered earlier in 2025, The Landscape of Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Regulation Across the United States: Trends and Gaps and The Minnesota Safe Patient Handling Statute, this webinar shifts the focus to Canadian contexts.
This webinar will share an overview of Canadian client-handling programs, approaches, key content areas, and available tools. Participants will also have the opportunity to highlight their own program gaps and needs, helping to inform future resource development for Ontario.
About the presenters
Sherri Bastos is the Director, Health, Safety and Wellbeing - Health and Community Care with the Public Service Health and Safety Association. She is a passionate and motivating health and safety professional, dedicating her 25 years of OH&S leadership experience to enhancing worker and public health, safety, injury prevention and wellbeing.
Sherri’s career has focused on directing provincial and national OH&S teams on best in-class OH&S prevention and claims management programs in hospital, long-term care, retirement and home care; within both the private and non-profit sectors. She is proud of successfully achieving leading health and safety strategic goals by focusing and valuing team collaboration, actively listening, fostering strong networking and partnerships, and contributing to innovative prevention ideas and programs. Sherri enjoys an active lifestyle with her husband and two children, enjoying their various sporting events and outdoor activities.
Sandra Excellent is a Health and Safety Consultant with many years of experience in Occupational Health and Safety. She has assisted organizations with implementing comprehensive health and safety programs, developing and delivering training for staff, and conducting ergonomic assessments to optimize workplace design and reduce risk. Sandra also specializes in creating detailed job demands descriptions and cognitive demands analyses to support safe work practices and accommodation strategies.
Sandra obtained her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto and holds a degree in Applied Science in Occupational Health and Safety from Toronto Metropolitan University. She completed her Master’s degree in Ergonomics (Human Factors) at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom. She is a Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) and a Canadian Certified Professional Ergonomist (CCPE). Sandra has been working with the Public Services Health & Safety Association for 17 years.
Registration
This is a free webinar. Please complete the registration form below to reserve your spot.
For assistance, please contact Betina Butler at bbutler@uwaterloo.ca.
Disclaimer: CRE-MSD receives funding through a grant provided by the Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development. The views expressed are those of the presenters and do not necessarily reflect those of the Centre nor of the Province of Ontario.