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Planning For Extreme Weather as an Athlete or Worker in CanadaThis Blog is based on the research project Jane Sleeth worked on with Dr R Shephard at the DCIEM called “Exercise in the [...]

In order to gain a true understanding of how each building works, Optimal’s auditors will audit of the building(s) when the building(s) is fully operational. Our auditor will visit [...]

  TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2014 How to make occupational health and safety training more effective: Findings from a field trial Dr. Ben Amick, Institute for Work & Health “In a recent [...]

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 [...]

Costing information from the Public Consultation Documents re Proposed ABES (Accessible Built Environment Standards) with the Ontario Build Code “A number of recommendations were analyzed [...]

http://youtu.be/ibCkN0S_3Ns Rachel Singer of Rogers Connected interviews JESleeth of Optimal Performance about the Ergonomics of Tablet and Smart Phone Use. There is a growing trend for specific [...]

Jane Sleeth & the team at Optimal Performance respond in Linked In regarding “does the Ministry of Labour for Ontario have Ergonomic Standards in place? Quick Answer – for over 23 [...]

A reminder from the OPC Inc Ergonomic team in the US and Canada;  stand consistently thru your work day if you have a sedentary job. Think about tasks that can be completed in standing such as [...]

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 [...]

Great to read in TORONTOist e magazine about Jutta Trevinaranus Director of Inclusive Design at OCADU in Toronto. Time for all designers, architects, engineers, facility managers and building [...]