Health and Safety
UBC strives to provide a safe workplace for all employees, students, and visitors.
Our Faculty has a Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee (JOHSC), which is an advisory group consisting of employer and worker representatives working together to improve occupational health and safety in our workplace.
What is JOHSC?
The Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee (JOHSC) is an advisory group consisting of employer and worker representatives working together to improve occupational health and safety in the workplace. The Committee’s role in the workplace includes:
- promoting safe work practices
- assisting in creating a safe and healthy workplace
- recommending actions which will improve the effectiveness of the occupational health and safety program
- promoting compliance with the Workers Compensation Act (WC ACT) and the Occupational Health & Safety Regulation (OHSR), as set by WorkSafeBC.
You can learn more about the role of the JOHSC at UBC.
The LFS JOHSC meets monthly, on the first Thursday of the month at 11am in MCML 350. For more information about LFS JOHSC, such as membership, meeting minutes and more, please click the link below.
- Terms of Reference
- JOHSC-Terms-of-Reference-October 2022 - updated October 2022
Local Safety Teams (LSTs)
The Faculty of Land and Food Systems have four Local Safety Teams (LSTs). They play a key role for health and safety in the workplace, and provide information, recommendations and support to the LFS JOHSC. For more information of LSTs, please click the appropriate link below.