Calling all Students - Workplace Safety Video Contest

September 12, 2012

MANITOBA, CANADA JOIN FORCES ON INNOVATIVE PROGRAM EDUCATING STUDENTS ABOUT WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH

Provincial and federal labour ministers have jointly launched a national video contest that builds on Manitoba’s SAFE Schools Grant program to help educate students about the importance of workplace safety and health, Family Services and Labour Minister Jennifer Howard announced after a meeting of federal, provincial and territorial labour ministers wrapped up this week.
“I was thrilled to be able to share stories of the success we’ve had with Manitoba’s SAFE Schools grant program with my colleagues from across Canada,” said Howard.  “Our young people have seen their ideas for safer work places shared with other students, employers and labour officials.  It is very gratifying to see that other students across the country will soon have this opportunity as well.”
The new national social media contest, It’s Your Job!, is intended to challenge young people, 18 to 24 years of age, to create videos demonstrating the importance of workplace safety and rights, Howard said.  The winning projects will be entered in an international film festival in Germany.
This is the second year for the SAFE Schools Grant program in Manitoba.  Ten grants of $2,000 each are available to 10 high schools that submit applications for projects that raise awareness of safety and health among youth.  Examples of successful projects from 2011-12 include videos, board games and calendars.  Details on the 2012-13 SAFE Schools grant initiative were delivered to all Manitoba high schools earlier this year and schools are invited to submit project ideas or completed projects by Oct. 31.
While there has been notable success in reducing workplace injuries in Manitoba, young workers remain among the most vulnerable to get hurt at work, the minister added.
In consultation with the Safe Workers of Tomorrow Safety Centre, the Minister’s Advisory Council on Workplace Safety and Health evaluates proposals and selects 10 successful projects.  Completed projects may be displayed during the 2013 Day of Mourning event and may be profiled on the SAFE Manitoba website.
More information on Manitoba’s SAFE Schools Grant program and the national social media contest is available at http://safemanitoba.com/2000ways.aspx.

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Tec Voc Receives Safety Grant

 

Labour and Immigration Minister Jennifer Howard presents grant of $2,000 to the Tec Voc Safety Game creative team and principal Gordon Crook. Tec Voc is one of 10 schools selected to receive grant support under the SAFE Schools Grant contest as part of the province's action plan to keep young workers safe.

 

SAFE SCHOOLS CONTEST GRANT RECIPIENTS NAMED

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Projects Building Awareness of Safety, Health Among Manitoba's Youth: Howard

As part of the province’s action plan to keep young workers safe, 10 entries have been selected and will receive $2,000 grants under the SAFE Schools Grant contest, Labour and Immigration Minister Jennifer Howard announced today.
“The SAFE Schools Grant contest was launched to encourage and educate students and youth on safety and health,” said Howard.  “The grants will help the participants complete innovative projects to incorporate safety in the classroom.”
The contest invited students, classrooms and schools to submit videos, songs, posters and their ideas and proposals to promote SAFE work.  Entries were reviewed in consultation with the Minister’s Advisory Council on Workplace Safety and Health and the Workers of Tomorrow Safety Centre.  Completed projects are to be provided to the province by Feb. 29.  Projects will be shared with other schools to increase awareness of safety and health among Manitoba’s youth and showcased during the 2012 Day of Mourning activities.
“Encouraging young people to think about workplace safety and health while in the classroom will educate them about the importance of safe work practices,” said Education Minister Nancy Allan. 
The SAFE Schools Grant contest was launched in April 2011 to engage Manitoba’s youth in the promotion of safety and health.  Grant recipients include the following schools from across Manitoba.
Winnipeg:

• Tec Voc High School,
• Children of the Earth High School, and
• John Taylor Collegiate.

Brandon:

• Crocus Plains Regional Secondary School. 

Rural and northern Manitoba:

• Stonewall Collegiate,
• one grant to be shared by the Frontier School Division’s northern schools and another by its southern schools,
• Rossburn Collegiate,
• Carman Collegiate, and
• The Helen Betty Osborne Ininiw Education Resource Centre.

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