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Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Act (R.S. 1985, c. C-13)
The following reports are available at: http://www.ccohs.ca/ccohs/reports.html
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Annual Reports
Departmental Performance Reports
Program Evaluation and Cost Recovery Study: Assessing the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety,2001
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety - Modern Management Practices Assessment
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety - Modern Comptrollership Action Plan
Customer Satisfaction Research Report,2004
CCOHS 2005 Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement Study
CCOHS strongly supports the integration of comptrollership modernization principles in our implementation of Modern Comptrollership http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/cmo_mfc/index_e.asp. The capacity assessment and action plan were completed in 2002. The capacity assessment has been conducted to establish baselines against which progress can be measured and determines areas requiring attention. The details of these plans can be found at: http://www.ccohs.ca/ccohs/reports.html.
Government On-Line (GOL) http://www.cio-dpi.gc.ca/gol-ged/index_e.asp is the federal government’s multi-year project to provide Canadians with electronic Internet access to federal information and services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The program’s goals are to improve service delivery to Canadians, to increase citizens’ participation in government, to make the government more transparent and responsive to Canadians, and to spur Canada’s participation in the global e-commerce market place.
CCOHS has been proactive in the development of its Internet presence to deliver its programs and services on line for many years. Our website at www.ccohs.ca allows for instant access to information and e-mail access to services. Products and services can also be obtained on line through our e-commerce site. The CCOHS Internet site has extensive information available to a broad range of users and acts as a portal to several collaborative websites that makes information from all Canadian jurisdictions and many international resources instantly available to Canadians. The common look and feel guidelines have also been implemented http://www.cio-dpi.gc.ca/clf-upe/index_e.asp for CCOHS' website.
Our mission is to be the Canadian Centre of excellence for work-related injury and illness prevention initiatives and occupational health and safety information.
CCOHS is governed and directed by a tripartite Council of Governors comprised of members from labour, business and government leaders representing their respective constituents across Canada. The Council meets three times a year to review policy and monitor the progress of CCOHS.
In January 1997, the Council adopted the following set of guiding principles for the Centre’s future, which have been supported by federal, provincial and territorial Ministers responsible for occupational health and safety:
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Act allows the Centre to undertake a broad range of activities "to promote the fundamental right of Canadians to a healthy and safe working environment".
The Council of Governors intends these principles to guide the Centre for the short to mid term and to allow for continued growth in cost-recovery.
The Centre is to continue to serve as a source of excellence for unbiased technical information and expertise to support labour, employers, and governments in maintaining safe and healthy workplaces.
The Centre is to continue to provide critical analysis and interpretation of occupational safety and health information.
Further, the three caucuses recognize the critical importance of maintaining a free inquiry service to support the right of working Canadians to a healthy and safe working environment.
The Council urges all governments and other organizations to consider the Centre as a potential source of consulting and research services.
CCOHS Council of Governors holds strategic planning meetings approximately every three years to focus on the future direction of CCOHS. In its latest session in 2005, the Council reaffirmed the above guiding principles. They also agreed to focus on the following priorities: