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New Accessibility Amendments to Ontario’s Building Code On December 27, 2013, Ontario Regulation 368/13 was filed to amend the new 2012 Building Code, O.Reg. 332/12. The effective date of the [...]

Announcing an exciting seminar at the impressive Steelcase Canada Facility in Downtown Toronto this December. Join Kathy Smythe of Steelcase Canada and Jane Sleeth of Optimal Performance this [...]

The ‘chipmunk test’, and 3 other tools for better workspace design. OPC’s response re this article reviewed by the IFMA Group; we are dismayed as Ergonomists in Canada & US that the [...]

How to design workspaces that support employee mental health – The Business Journals. Here is OPC Inc’s Ergonomic and Accessible Design experts reply to this theoretical based [...]

Your Brain On Exercise: 30 Minutes Of Physical Activity Makes Your Brain More ‘Plastic’. Need another reason to exercise regularly? If you exercise at least for 30 min at the proper intensity on [...]

There is a lot of “noise” these days in the world of Ergonomics about the need to use Sit to Stand workstations including the use of Portable Stands (see photo). At Optimal [...]

There is a lot of “noise” these days in the world of Ergonomics about the need to use Sit to Stand workstations including the use of Portable Stands (see photo). At Optimal [...]

Time’s up ONTARIO private employers!! With 4 companies having been fined by the Directorate, a large increase in Human Rights Tribunal cases, civil suits commencing (see settlement of suit [...]

Important ERGONOMIC update from OPC re Sit to Stand Workstations

FedEx sued for discrimination against workers with hearing disabilities Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments. OPC Inc recommends employers in Ontario take a close look at [...]