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Dan Strand admits he went through an evolution of understanding that WorkSafeBC’s job is more than just building programs and that it also supports leaders in establishing a better safety culture.

This involves building workers’ confidence in safety programs. “The worker’s voice is so important,” says Strand, Director of Prevention Field Services at WorkSafeBC. “I have an understanding of how programs evolve, and how that voice needs to be brought to the table so that [workers] feel they’re part of the solution.”

Strand oversees a team of around 380 occupational safety and hygiene officers that are located all around the province inspecting workplaces.

As opposed to OHS organizations in certain other provinces, in B.C. workplace compensation and prevention are under the same umbrella. “We’re all one happy family here,” says Strand.