Safety education

Developed as part of Community Literacy of Ontario’s Reducing Risk/Protecting People project, this guide lists 42 different resources, including websites, articles, handbooks, videos, webinars, and podcasts.

This document is part of a resource package prepared by Alberta Workforce Essential Skills (AWES) to help staff members deliver safety training in the construction sector to workers whose first language is not English. Specifically, this guide is aimed at smaller organizations that may not be able to hire a workshop trainer.

This document is part of a set of resources designed for staff members who deliver safety training to workers whose first language is not English. This workbook and the accompanying facilitator’s guide can be used to deliver either one or two three-hour train-the-trainer workshops.

This facilitator’s guide is part of a resource package prepared by Alberta Workforce Essential Skills (AWES) for use with workers whose first language is not English. This guide and the accompanying participant workbook can be used to deliver either one or two three-hour train-the-trainer workshops. A self-directed guide is also available and would be useful for smaller organizations that may not be able to hire a workshop trainer.

This handbook has been designed to promote safety in the workplace for people with disabilities and to prevent injury or death; to educate employers and workers about the needs of people with disabilities in the workplace; and to provide employers and workers with practical solutions and strategies they can use in their emergency planning.

The world becomes a different place at 40 below: ice and snow covers the ground, your house and your car. Your breath freezes in the air. Inside, frost gets around the windows and doors. Whenever a door is opened, a blast of cold air rushes in, raising an icy fog. Living at 40 below is like living inside the worlds largest freezer.

Protecting Ourselves is an educational tool for facilitators to assist persons with disabilities in making the necessary changes in perception, attitude and practices that will ultimately empower them to act in a safe and informed manner when dealing with perpetrators of crime and violence.

The goal of this guide is to provide adult students with information about child rearing and prevention techniques to keep their children safe. It outlines preventive safety measures for home, car, day care, school, and bikes. It also discusses keeping children well through proper nutrition and vaccinations, and how to perform first aid if someone should become injured.

The purpose of this manual is to provide readers with a set of general policy and procedure templates that should be considered, adapted and modified as required for use in a Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) program. A template is meant to be a guide or a pattern that can be used to "shape" your work. These policy templates can be used as the starting point for drafting policy in your agency.

A Literacy and Economic Rights Resource Reader, designed to create awareness of human rights and to help with the learning process in adult basic education.