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)