Almost half of all workplace fatalities in Canada are due to harmful exposures.
A recent study shows workers in B.C. have limited awareness about their risks when exposed to potentially harmful products and materials. Results of the study have inspired a one-day workshop next week that will examine solutions to reduce workers exposure to carcinogens. The workshop, Reducing exposures to occupational carcinogens: Identifying priorities for workplace health and safety, was organized by the Cancer Prevention Centre, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and hosted by the CCS-UBC Cancer Prevention Centre at the University of B.C.
The organizers suggest this workshop will interest firefighters, health technologists, airline maintenance workers, researchers and industry members. The workshop takes place March 6 from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue, 580 West Hastings St. Registration is at 7:45 a.m.
March 3 to 8
The Redefining Normal Intercultural Dialogue Series launches March 3 with Water: Legacy and Transformation. That discussion features speakers wholl share stories about their history using water as a theme to address questions of ancestry. The discussion March 4 is dubbed Love, Relationships and Other Complications and deals with how taboos and stereotypes have impacted intercultural relationships past and present. The third in the series takes place March 8. Race, Gender and Representation is sponsored by the City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»and is being offered in conjunction with International Womens Day.
The series takes place at Performance Works on Granville Island. For more information visit urbanink.ca.
March 5
The Grandview-Woodland Area Council hosts its annual general meeting March 5 at 7 p.m. in the Learning Resources Centre at the Britannia Community Centre off Commercial Drive.
Jenny Kwan, the NDP MLA for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant, will speak on the key issues she sees the community is facing. All are welcome.
March 5
I might not be able to pronounce it, but apparently Tinkuy de Tejedores, Peru, is a hotbed for weavers.
The Greater Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Weavers and Spinners Guild hosts a free textile lecture, during which weaver Judith MacKenzie will tell stories of her experiences while participating at an event in Urubamba, Peru, where 400 weavers of the Americas gathered. All textile enthusiasts are welcome to attend the free lecture at 7:30 p.m. March 5 at the Kanata Co-Operative Community Building, 7155 Blake St.
March 5 and 6
The University Womens Club at Hycroft will host a Hycroft Antiques Appraisal Clinic open to the public, March 5 and 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Anyone over the age of 18 can have a qualified antiques expert assess their valuables or keepsakes, for non-insurable purposes.
This event is styled loosely on the TV show Antiques Roadshow, which according to BBC Canada enjoys 10 million viewers each week.
The University Womens Club at Hycroft is teaming up with art and antique experts Anthony Westbridge and Peter Blundell for the event. The appraisers will provide a verbal appraisal including age, history and value of each item. Attendees can get three similar items appraised by each expert, including up to three paintings or drawings by Westbridge, and or up to three collectibles by Blundell.
Participants need to register in advance and pay the admission fee of $35 for University Womens Club members and $40 for guests per appraiser. Antiques, collectibles and art are ideal for this event, but no guns, stamps, coins, furniture or jewelry will be accepted for appraisal. Appraisals will be by appointment only, and can be arranged by calling Hycroft at 604-731-4661 or emailing [email protected].
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