Ambercroft Training Centre

Health and Safety
www.csao.org	Construction Safety Association of Ontario The Construction Safety Association of Ontario (CSAO) works for the elimination of occupational injuries, illness, and death in the province’s construction industry. Established in 1929, it is the industry’s primary source of health and safety know-how.
www.liuna.org	Laborers' International Union of North America The Laborers are one of the fastest-growing unions in North America. Laborers fight for more opportunity for workers and employers, and for better wages, good benefits and safe jobsites.
www.ccohs.ca	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) is a Canadian federal government agency based in Hamilton, Ontario, which serves to support the vision of eliminating all Canadian work-related illnesses and injuries.

www.csa-international.org	CSA International We test products for compliance to national and international standards, and issue certification marks for qualified products. Certification marks tell potential customers and users that a product has been evaluated by a formal process-involving examination, testing and follow-up inspection-and that it complies with applicable standards for safety and performance.
www.whsc.on.ca	Workers Health and Safety Centre Our unique perspective on occupational health and safety separates us from other training service providers. We avoid band-aid solutions and victim blaming tactics. Instead we help get to the root of the problem to control hazardous work conditions or better yet eliminate them altogether.
www.tssa.org	Technical Standards & Safety Authority Our goal is to make people's lives better by enhancing public safety. A full-service safety provider, TSSA carries out a broad spectrum of tasks on behalf of governments, businesses and the general public.
www.wsib.on.ca	Workplace Safety and Insurance Board We're here to serve the people of Ontario by promoting safe and healthy workplaces, and by providing a comprehensive and viable support and insurance system for injured workers and employers. As members of the WSIB team, we are committed to fulfilling our mission with caring and excellence.
www.buildingtrades.ca	Building and Construction Trades Department Our goal is to help construction workers: Receive fair wages, benefits and job-site standards, secure safe and healthy work site conditions, obtain training and skills upgrading, use their political voice, defend the dignity of all craft work.
http://canadianlabour.ca	Canadian Labour Congress The Canadian Labour Congress is the largest democratic and popular organization in Canada with over three million members. The Canadian Labour Congress brings together Canada's national and international unions, the provincial and territorial federations of labour and 137 district labour councils.
www.ilpi.com/msds	Material Safety Data Sheet A Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) is designed to provide both workers and emergency personnel with the proper procedures for handling or working with a particular substance.
www.ofl.ca	Ontario Federation of Labour The Ontario Federation of Labour is the province’s “house of labour”, or central labour body. Just as workers unite in a union to protect their rights, so also do unions unite in central labour bodies to further their aims and objectives.
www.1-800-222-1222.info	Poison Help Use this web site to read about poison centers and poison prevention. This web site does not provide information about diagnosing and treating poisonings.
www.ilocis.org	Workplace Health and Safety Information Comprehensive, timely and accurate coverage of the core allied fields encompassing occupational health and safety.
www.laborers-agc.org	Labourers Learn Website
www.labourstart.org	LabourStart LabourStart is an online news service maintained by a global network of volunteers which aims to serve the international trade union movement by collecting and disseminating information - and by assisting unions in campaigning and other ways.
www.lhsfna.org	Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North America The Laborers’ Health and Safety Fund of North America exists to: Enhance jobsite safety and health, Improve the competitiveness of LIUNA signatory employers and Strengthen the Laborer's International Union of North America (LIUNA).
www.lecet.org	LIUNA's Tri-Funds The Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust (LECET) brings the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) and its signatory contractors together to address issues of importance to both. Laborers and their employers share a lot of common ground.
www.ohcow.on.ca	Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers Inc. The mission of the occupational health clinics for Ontario Workers Inc. (OHCOW) is to prevent occupational illnesses and injury, and to promote the highest degree of physical, mental and social well-being of all workers.
www.cobtrades.com	Central Ontario Building Trades The Central Ontario Building Trades represent over 45,000 skilled trades men and woman in central Ontario.

Government Sites
www.gov.on.ca	Ontario Government
www.canada.gc.ca	Canadian Government
www.osha.gov	U.S. Department of Labor
www.labour.gov.on.ca	Ministry of Labour Established in 1919 to develop and enforce labour legislation, the Ministry of Labour's mission is to advance safe, fair and harmonious workplace practices that are essential to the social and economic well-being of the people of Ontario.
www.cdc.gov/niosh	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness.