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Over 50,000 Nova Scotians work in some aspect of the province’s community and health care sector.

We believe that:
-A healthy and safe workplace is every person's right.
-All workplace injuries are preventable
-Every person has a role and responsibility for workplace heath and safety

Our Vision:

Safe and healthy people; safe and healthy workplaces. The health and well-being of the health and community services workforce and the quality of their work environment has a profound impact on the efficiency and effectiveness of the service they deliver and support they provide. AWARE-NS is dedicated to delivering programs and services that promote effective practices for health and safety throughout these sectors and ensuring that health and safety educational resources are available. We understand that our stake- holders depend on our research and insight to develop new and innovative ways to strengthen safety awareness in their workplaces. Because of this, we have developed our website and our OHS Online Learning Campus to meet these needs and make it easy to find and share resources.

09/29/2026

Registration is open, and seats are going fast!

🍂 AWARE-NS is hitting the road for our 3rd Annual Fall Tour: Beyond Compliance: Building a Strong Safety Culture. 🍂

Ready to move beyond "checking the box"? Four stops. One conversation about what safety culture actually looks like in practice.

📆 Join us in Baddeck, Halifax, Springhill, or Yarmouth on Oct 27 or Oct 29 for a half-day session built for leaders, supervisors, JOHSC members, safety reps, and anyone who helps make work safer.

Grab your spot before they fill up!

https://learn.awarens.ca/in-person

09/23/2026

Details are in! 🍂 Our 3rd Annual Fall Tour stops are official!

Registration for Beyond Compliance: Building a Strong Safety Culture is live, bringing you real conversations about moving past the checklist and building a strong safety culture.

📆 Sessions run across all four health zones
October 27: Halifax & Baddeck
October 29: Springhill & Yarmouth

Reserve your spot at learn.awarens.ca/in-person, don't wait to save your seat!

AWARE-NS gratefully acknowledges the support of the Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration in making this tour possible, and is a proud partner with Safer Workplaces Together (WCB Nova Scotia), collaborating in building safer workplaces across the province.

09/16/2026

Mark your calendars! 🍂 AWARE-NS is hitting the road for our 3rd Annual Fall Tour!

This year's session - Beyond Compliance: Building a Strong Safety Culture!

📍 Coming to all four zones:
October 27: Baddeck + Halifax
October 29: Amherst + Yarmouth

This year's tour is part of our ongoing strategic partnership with Safer Workplaces Together, an initiative by WCB Nova Scotia bringing sectors together to support safer workplaces across the province.

AWARE-NS would also like to thank the Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration for their continued support of the Fall Tour.

Registration opens next week, stay tuned!

09/08/2026

Check out our upcoming training sessions. We'd love to see you there! To register, go to: https://learn.awarens.ca/in-person

09/02/2026

The AWARE-NS AGM is fast approaching! Only one week left to register! Visit: https://lnkd.in/e36rqQ-X to confirm your attendance.
Join us on September 10th, 2026, at NSGEU, 255 John Savage Ave, Dartmouth from 9am-12pm.
Keynote speakers include:
🔵Todd Leader, Leadership Consultant and Mental Health Expert, More Than Knowledge: A 360 View of Mental Health in the Workplace
🔵Maria Medioli, Executive Director, Disability Support Program, Department of Opportunities and Social Development, The Human Rights Remedy Update

We can't wait to see you!!!

08/26/2026

Okay, September… we see you! 👀

There is a LOT happening at AWARE-NS next month - and plenty of opportunities to learn, connect and keep building safer workplaces across Nova Scotia.

Six training sessions throughout September, including 🥁(drumroll!) our very 1st virtual SAFERi: Safety Leadership session.

Our 2025-26 Annual General Meeting is September 10. We have lots to share! Join us as we reflect on the past year, share what we’ve learned from the sector, hear from some fantastic speakers and talk about what’s ahead for AWARE-NS.

Take a look at what’s coming up and get registered!

08/11/2026

Check out our upcoming sessions! Go to https://learn.awarens.ca/in-person to register. 😀

08/04/2026

Save the date! Please join us for the AWARE-NS Annual General Meeting on September 10th, 2026, at NSGEU, 255 John Savage Ave, Dartmouth. Registration is now open at https://learn.awarens.ca/in-person. Agenda and guest speakers to be announced soon!

07/28/2026

🎙️NOW LIVE: We're on the Kitchen Table Care Chats podcast hosted by Stephanie Gogan and Samantha Romkey!

OHS Advisors Beth Barczyk, Jonathan Murley, CRSP, and Mohammadreza Jannati, CRST, MOHS, COR® sat down for a conversation about AWARE-NS, the work we do across Nova Scotia, and the communities we support. Together, they talked about why this work matters and what we want more Nova Scotians to understand about our mission.

Grab a coffee and join the AWARE-NS team at the kitchen table 👇

🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/gzKJHS6w
🎧 Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gzJeejAh
▶️ YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gvDF7vF4

07/24/2026

Join us for three upcoming virtual pop-up courses:

• JOHSC Day 1 and Day 2

• Psychological Health and Safety

Visit awarens.ca and select the Classes/Events tab for session details and registration.

Address

127 Chain Lake Drive
Halifax, NS
B3S1B3

Website

http://www.awarens.ca/

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