Announcement – July 23, 2009 – We are pleased to welcome Andrew Chanady to the REA consulting team. Andrew recently completed the CADD technologist program at Centennial College, and prior to that had a career as a mold maker in an auto sector parts supplier Announcement – July 3, 2009 – Due to popular demand, REA has announced that it will be offering ArcFlash: An Electrifying Subject course for select dates in September and October.  Click HERE to sign up now. NEWS - Cal/OHSA Adds Aerosol Transmissible Standard – May 28, 2009 – As a direct result of the experiences with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Avian Influenza and the Novel Influenza H1N1, the California Division of Occupational Health and Safety and Health (Cal/OHSA) Standards Board has adopted a Aerosol Transmissible Standard and a Zoonotic Disease Standard.  Click HERE for more. Pandemic Influenza Services Information – April 29, 2009 – As with the SARS outbreak, REA is providing consulting and technical support services in the Health Care and Non-Health Care sectors in an effort to minimize the spread of disease.  For information on REA's experience and service offerings click HERE. NEWS – April 21, 2009 – Ontario government introduces new legislative amendments to tackle Workplace Violence.   For further details, go to the Government of Ontario Newsroom. Job Opportunity – April 21, 2009 – Senior Consultant - Mechanical Safety Engineering.  For more information click HERE. Announcement – February 8, 2009 – *20% Discount on courses The Confined Space Basic Skills Course [Feb. 25, 2009 - Ottawa] with coupon code: KJFD956 Asbestos Hazard Awareness [Feb 27, 2009 - Ottawa] with coupon code: KJFD956 Expires 5:00pm EST, February 12, 2009. Coupon not valid if course is rescheduled. Announcement – October 16, 2008 – 2009 Course Dates are now available!  Download the 2009 REA Course Calendar or find a course date HERE. Announcement – September 8, 2008 – REA is pleased to offer The Confined Space Basic Skills course on October 2, 2008 and November 13, 2008 in Markham.  For more information click HERE. Announcement – March 3, 2008 – We are pleased to announce that REA consultant Patrick Lam has been awarded the Anne-Liis Otis-Goodman Prize by the University of Toronto Department of Public Health Sciences (www.phs.utoronto.ca). The prize is awarded to the graduating student achieving the highest overall grades in the Master of Health Science program in occupational hygiene. Announcement – January 17, 2008 – We are pleased to welcome Patrick Lam to the REA consulting team. Patrick is a recent graduate of the Master of Health Science program in occupational and environmental health at the University of Toronto Department of Public Health Sciences. He also possesses a Bachelor of Applied Science degree (Engineering Science) from the University of Toronto. Patrick will be based at our Markham office, providing services in occupational hygiene, project safety, and industrial safety engineering. Announcement – January 3, 2008 – REA is pleased to announce that it is now a value-added reseller of the EHS Auditor™ and related software products of Conformance Check Inc. (“CCI”). Conformance Check (www.conformancecheck.com) has been a market leader in audit support software since 1994, with an extensive customer list that includes many Fortune 500 companies. EHS Auditor™ is a MS Windows application preloaded with audit criteria based on US and Canadian federal, provincial/state and municipal EHS regulations, as well as key industry standards and codes such as ISO 9000, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, Responsible Care. Company-specific criteria can also be uploaded. EHS Auditor builds and manages audit and inspection plans, and supports web-enabled non-conformance corrective action processes to support comprehensive quality and compliance management. Announcement – November 22, 2007 - We are pleased to advise that REA Senior Consultant Joanna Tam has achieved the Certified Industrial Hygienist (“CIH”) designation, conferred by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (www.abih.org). Qualification as a CIH requires a university degree in industrial hygiene or a related field, five years of professional practice experience, peer references by CIHs, and successful completion of an 8 hour comprehensive examination. All staff at REA extend congratulations to Joanna. Announcement - October 29, 2007 - Paul Bozek appointed Assistant Professor at University of Toronto Paul Bozek, Senior Occupational Hygiene and Engineering Consultant at the REA Markham office has been promoted from part-time Lecturer to full time Assistant Professor of Occupational Hygiene, in the Graduate Department of Public Health at the University of Toronto. In his new role Paul will be teaching graduate degree students and carrying out research at the Gage Occupational and Environmental Health Unit. Paul has been with REA since the early 1990s, and will continue to carry on his consulting practice with the firm on a part-time basis. All the staff of REA congratulate Professor Bozek and wish him success as he nurtures the OHS leaders of tomorrow. Announcement - October 15, 2007 - Harold Oxley receives business excellence awards in Barbados Harold Oxley, Managing Director of the REA Envirohealth office in Barbados, has received two awards for business excellence by the Barbados Small Business Association (BSBA). Earlier in October the Barbados Development and Investment Corporation announced that Harold had received BSBA’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” award, as well as a second award for “Outstanding Performance in General Services”. All the staff of REA congratulate Harold on these achievements. Click HERE for more info. Announcement – July 31, 2007 - Jeff Harris REA is pleased to welcome Mr. Jeff Harris BSc MHSc to the firm, effective July 9, 2007. Jeff is a graduate of the University of Toronto School of Public Health Sciences, where he completed a masters degree in occupational hygiene. For the past two years Jeff worked with the Ontario Safety Association for Community and Health Care (OSACH), where he was responsible for consulting and training services in the Greater Toronto Area and parts of Northern Ontario. He also has prior occupational hygiene experience with a large integrated oil and gas company in Alberta. Jeff will be based at the Markham office. His practice will include health and safety program services for the health care sector, EHS training, and occupational hygiene. Announcement - We're Moving! April 1st, 2007 we are moving our Toronto location to Markham, Ontario CBC News Takes In-Depth Look at Workplace Safety Workplace Hazards SARS Commission Recommends Improvements in Hospital Safety Culture (see pgs 43-47)