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Mark I could not agree more re. Legislative Compliance versus the right thing to do from a corporate perspective. I also agree that 70% of all businesses as in all regulations will try to meet [...]

“The City of Vancouver is planning a new building bylaw that, for the first time in Canada, will require all new homes to be adaptable for seniors and people with disabilities. The city [...]

“The City of Vancouver is planning a new building bylaw that, for the first time in Canada, will require all new homes to be adaptable for seniors and people with disabilities. The city [...]

The population is aging in Canada, the US and Europe. Death rates continue to fall and life expectancy is increasing. Fertility rates are low in Western countries—where they are below replacement [...]

Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2009 May;41(5):998-1005. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181930355. Sitting time and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Katzmarzyk PT, Church TS, Craig [...]

Optimal Performance has been very busy marketing the AODA Act it would seem often to be on behalf of the MCSS at times. Given that hundreds of medium and even large companies still do not even [...]

Optimal Performance has been very busy marketing the AODA Act it would seem often to be on behalf of the MCSS at times. Given that hundreds of medium and even large companies still do not even [...]

  HI David thanks for the follow up; the OBC 2006 has always had some components of “barrier free design” in it. The OBC which is currently undergoing its third & final review [...]

1. One recommended style for pulls on file drawers will always allow for a Power Grip to occur whereby all fingers are used and there is clearance between the handle and the back of the drawer [...]

For those professionals that like to take an evidence based approach to injury and accident prevention the science that informs us all about this is Human Factors Design. Engineers use it, [...]