Funding from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) Café Scientifique program was used to hold meetings in St. John’s, NL and Edmonton, AB to:

1. Promote awareness of the PE approach
2. Introduce and begin distributing the toolkit
3. Create a forum for professionals, industrial stakeholders, researchers, and interested members of the public to reflect about the tools and the approach, and
4. Use feedback to inform strategies for promoting awareness of the online version of the toolkit

Cafe Scientifique Events:

St. John's, NL, September 20, 2012

How to implement a team approach to Participatory Ergonomics. David Antle, (Ergonomist, EWI Works International, PhD Candidate, McGill University), D. Darren MacDonald (Ergonomist, Tektol Consulting, Sydney, NS), Moderator: Linda Sagmeister (Ergonomist, Service NL, OHS Branch, Government of NL)

Edmonton, AB - April 3, 2013

How to implement a team approach to Participatory Ergonomics. David Antle, (Ergonomist, EWI Works International, PhD Candidate, McGill University), Deborah Goodwin (Alberta Health Services), Linda Miller (EWI Works International) with Barbara Neis (Memorial University) and Erin Walhom (Association of Canadian Ergonomists), Moderator: Christie Boone (OHS Consultant, City Of Edmonton).

CIHR Report - Cafe Scientifique (September 2013)

Contact safetynet@mun.ca for more information on these meetings.