Advisory Committee

	CRE-MSD’s Advisory Committee The Centre’s Advisory Committee is made up of 11 representatives of the Safety System, employer and union groups, and injured workers. The goals of the Advisory Committee are to: Identify and prioritize workplace research needs related to the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders Assist in evaluating the feasibility and applicability of proposed workplace research projects Provide links to workplaces that would be interested in participating in workplace research Assist in the interpretation and contextualization of workplace research findings Identify strategies for improving the dissemination of research knowledge generated by CRE-MSD
		Patricia Boucher Patricia has over 30 years of experience in the community and health care sector, 20 of which have been in the field of occupational health and safety and disability preventiont. She has a Bachelors of Health Science in Nursing (BHSc(N) )degree, a Masters degree in Health Service Management, is a Canadian Certified Occupational Health Nurse, a Canadian Registered Safety Professional and a Certified Disability Management Professional. Patricia is employed with the Public Services Health and Safety Association, Ontario, where she is Vice President of Prevention Services. She is also a Program Manager for the Disability Management Certificate Program at Mohawk College, Hamilton and an instructor for the Return to Work Coordinator Certificate On-line program through the National Institute for Disability Management and Research (NIDMAR). Patricia has extensive working knowledge of the development and implementation of Health and Safety Management Systems; Employee Health Services, Disability & Injury Prevention programs; and is a subject expert in Workplace Violence Prevention. Patricia speaks at many provincial, national and international conferences.
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		Elizabeth Mills Elizabeth Mills is the inaugural President and Chief Executive Officer of Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS), one of four newly amalgamated health and safety associations resulting from the restructuring of Ontario’s prevention system. WSPS, formed January 1, 2010, is a not-for-profit organization with a mandate to meet the health and safety needs of 154,000 businesses in the agricultural, manufacturing and service industries, representing 3.8 million employees across Ontario. An executive with over 16 years of experience and leadership in health and safety, Elizabeth Mills was previously CEO of the Ontario Service Safety Alliance (OSSA), having brought together a coalition of industry trade associations and volunteer organizations to found the not-for-profit association in 1997. Prior to OSSA, Elizabeth honed her government relations, policy development and operational planning skills working in a variety of senior roles in the not-for-profit and government sectors. A strategic thinker, change agent and leader of stakeholder coalitions, Elizabeth served as Director, Government Relations, Retail Council of Canada, from 1995 to 1997, and as Director, Policy Development, Automotive Parts Manufactures’ Association from 1993 to 1995, representing and lobbying for a broad base of companies, focusing on issues related to employment standards, health and safety, workers’ compensation and the environment. A native of Toronto, Elizabeth received her Bachelor of Arts, Political Science (1987) from Wilfrid Laurier University and her Master of Public Administration from Queen’s University, (1991).
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		Gino DiGioacchino Gino DiGioacchino is vice-president, merchandising, The Home Depot Canada. In his role, Gino is responsible for the overall strategic direction of merchandising, including global and domestic sourcing, visual merchandising and new store design and development. Gino began his career at The Home Depot in 2000 as a product merchant in the seasonal department, before becoming a global product merchant at the Atlanta Store Support Centre. While in the United States, Gino also assumed the role of director of strategic stores, before moving back to Canada to become director of merchandising for hardlines. Prior to joining The Home Depot, Gino held various positions in sales, marketing and merchandising with global product manufacturers. In 2009, Gino assumed accountability for The Home Depot Canada’s commitment to environmental sustainability. He oversees a strategic council of The Home Depot’s suppliers, charged with supporting the company’s efforts to bring innovative, environmentally responsible products to its customers. Gino is also chair of the Retail Council of Canada’s Sustainability Committee, with responsibility to promote environmentally sustainable business practices among Canadian retailers. A graduate of York University and the University of Western Ontario, Gino holds bachelor of arts degrees in mathematics for commerce and in administrative and commercial studies. He is also a graduate of both the accelerated and executive leadership programs from Emory University and is a certified Six Sigma black belt. Gino is chair of The Home Depot Canada Foundation, a registered charity dedicated to the development of affordable, sustainable housing and the creation of vibrant, environmentally responsible communities for Canadians. He also sits on a number of councils and committees related global purchasing and retail management.

		John H. Murphy John Murphy is founder and president of Resource Environmental Associates (REA), a 35+ person group with offices in Toronto, Ottawa and Barbados. REA provides consulting, engineering, training and contracting services in occupational and environmental health and safety. John’s work focuses on three areas: (1) EHS program evaluation, auditing and development ; (2) environmental infection prevention and control; and (3) EHS litigation support. Prior to founding REA in 1991, John held staff positions in occupational health and safety with the City of Toronto, University of Toronto, and GE Canada. He has served on several governmental committees concerned with occupational health and safety, including the Ontario Ministry of Labour’s Joint Steering Committee on Hazardous Substances, and the WSIB Occupational Disease Advisory Panel. He was a co-founder and first ED of the Business Council on Occupational Health and Safety in Ontario, and was a director of the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering from 1994 to 1998, where he was primarily responsible for establishing the Certified Health and Safety Consultant designation program. From 1997 to 1999 he was retained by the WSIB to help establish two new safe workplace associations: the Healthcare Health and Safety Association of Ontario, and the Education Safety Association of Ontario. He is currently a member of CRE-MSD’s Advisory Committee, and a member of the Examinations Committee of the Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists. John has a Masters of Health Science from the University of Toronto’s Department of Public Health Sciences, and CIH and ROH designations. He holds an MBA degree from the Rotman School of Business at U of T, has done post-graduate studies in environmental epidemiology at the University of Western’s Faculty of Medicine, and is a Graduate Member of the United Kingdom Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. He has received a variety of academic and professional awards, including the Donald T. Fraser Memorial Medal from the University of Toronto in 1986, the Warren A. Cook Award for Best Published Paper in the AIHA Journal in 1992, and the Robert A. Richardson Award for Excellence in International Business Studies from the Canadian Exporters’ Association in 1994.

		Keith McMillan Keith is the National Representative, Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union, (CEP) Ontario Region, specializing in Health and Safety. He has been active in the field of health and safety for 20 years as a union representative, holding positions as Certified Health and Safety Representative for CEP Local 672, President of CEP Local 672 and President of Sarnia and District Labour Council. He initiated the CEP Fiberglas Canada Compensation Project which has returned over $2,000,000 in benefits to workers. His interest in CRE-MSD is to represent all CEP membership and improve workplace H&S in general.

		Michelle Morrissey-O’Ryan Michelle Morrissey-O'Ryan is Vice President of Construction Services, Engineering and Construction Services at Hydro One Networks Inc., Ontario's electricity transmission and distribution company. She provides active and dynamic leadership and strategic direction to a large and progressive construction organization. In her role she promotes, inspires and ensures the safe and efficient execution of all work. Her mandate includes the delivery and completion of a large and complex work program made up of multi-million dollar capital projects and programs to build and maintain critical infrastructure across the province utilizing a unionized “casual” workforce. Ms. Morrissey-O'Ryan also played a lead role in guiding Hydro One's health, safety and environmental management systems in her previous role as Vice President of Health Safety and Environment. She ensured that the necessary policies, strategies, standards, programs and safety performance targets for more than 4,000 regular and the up to 2,000 casual employees were in place. Her portfolio also includes the Work Methods and Training group within Hydro One. This group is responsible for developing and maintaining the extensive work procedures utilized within the company, as well as the administration and delivery of the trades and technical training. Hydro One's program includes an extensive apprenticeship program. Ms. Morrissey-O'Ryan earned a Masters of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Waterloo, and has many years of field experience in health, safety and work methods in the utility sector. She served on the Provincial Labour Management Safety Committee, the Association of Electrical Utility Professionals and the Ontario Energy Association Occupational Health and Safety Joint Sector Committee. She is also a past President of the Business Council on Occupational Health and Safety in Ontario and was the Applied Health Sciences' Vice Chair on the University of Waterloo Advisory Council and now serves on the Applied Health Sciences - Dean's Advisory Council. She is also a past member of the CSA Strategic Steering Committee on OHS.

		John Vander Doelen Provincial Coordinator Ministry of Labour

		Catherine Fenech Catherine Fenech represents the injured worker community and is the founder of the annual RSI Awareness Day, which raises awareness about debilitating musculoskeletal and repetitive strain injuries (RSI). She is involved in her local joint health and safety committee, lobbies the government, participates in research studies and appears as a guest speaker across Ontario to advocate for workers. Catherine's work is profiled in Activists of the highest order, an article published by OPSEU

		Anne Duffy Anne Duffy is the Provincial Ergonomist for the Ontario Ministry of Labour. She has over 20 years of experience dealing with health and safety in the workplace. She is a Canadian Certified Professional Ergonomist and a Canadian Registered Safety Professional. As the MOL's Provincial Ergonomist, Anne is the senior Ministry expert on ergonomics within the Operations Division of the Ministry. In this capacity, Anne acts as a resource to Ministry staff, communicates with stakeholders and is a partner in ongoing provincial health and safety initiatives. Anne is currently involved in a number of initiatives including: the Minister's Pains and Strains campaign the Occupation Health and Safety Council of Ontario's (OHSCO) MSD Prevention strategy she is an advisory committee member for the Centre for Research Excellence in Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Institute for Work and Health's Ontario Patient Lift Evaluation Study she is a technical committee member for the Canadian Standard Association's Ergonomics Standards Prior to joining the ministry in 2006, Anne was a Health and Safety Consultant specializing in Ergonomics at the Ontario Safety Association for Community and Healthcare. Anne's career has also included working as a private ergonomics consultant and as an ergonomist with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board.

		Alec Farquhar Alec Farquhar is Managing Director of the Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW). Alec came to OHCOW from the Ministry of Labour where he was the Director of the Occupational Health and Safety Branch. He led the branch through an organizational review and restructuring to better equip it for an agenda of multiple initiatives. Alec has extensive experience in both workers' compensation and occupational health and safety. From 1992 to 2005 he was the Director of the Office of the Worker Adviser- leading that organization through several strategic reviews, improving service delivery and focusing resources on the clients most requiring service. Alec has a long history of working with vulnerable worker communities including immigrant workers women and young workers. He has extensive experience in legal clinics, community organizing and supporting injured workers in taking collective action. He is fluent in Italian and French which has helped him connect directly with the francophone and Italian-Canadian communities. A graduate of Princeton University, Alec also has an L.L.B. from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.

		Susan Fuciarelli Susan Fuciarelli is the Director of the new Disability Prevention Branch at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB). Susan has been with the WSIB for the past 23 years and has taken on many leadership roles in the realms of adjudication, health care, permanent impairment assessment, and return to work services before joining the Prevention Division early in 2008. As the past Director of the Ergonomics program, Susan supported a first time initiative designed to promote MSD prevention and good ergonomics practices within an identified company. The intervention involved education sessions and practical mentoring in job analysis and ultimately led to a reduction in injuries at the site. In her new role within the Prevention Division, she will lead the Disability Prevention program whose primary focus is to prevent disabilities in the workplace by successfully influencing, assisting, and enabling employers at the worksite to develop and implement Prevention and Return to Work programs. Susan is an active participant on various sub-committees with the Occupational Health and Safety Council of Ontario (OHSCO) whose goal is to create healthy and safe workplaces and prevent all workplace injuries and fatalities. Susan looks forward to bringing her experience and knowledge to the CRE-MSD Advisory Committee.

		Past Members Linda Kelly, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) Tony Culyer, Past WSIB-RAC Chair David Robertson, Director, Work Organization & Training, Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) Ted Vandevis, President & CEO for the Electrical & Utilities Safety Association of Ontario Linda Kelly, Director, Program Development, WSIB Jean-Yves Savoie, IRRST, Past WSIB-RAC Chair Robert Norman, University of Waterloo, Past WSIB-RAC Chair Sherri Helmke, Executive Director, Employers' Advocacy Council Geoff Kempster, Director, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Marianne Levitsky, Director, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Cam Sherk, United Food and Commercial Workers Canda Jonathan Tyson, Ergonomist, Association of Canadian Ergonomists

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