Risk Management Seminar
Risk Management Seminar 2010 Presentations Handouts
Risk Management Track
Session 1 - High Risk Living and Schools: Root Behaviours and Solutions
Many youth, and the adults influencing them, are at a high risk of dangerous or criminal behaviours as an offender, a victim or both. These same people also suffer from the most problems in our schools. Causes transcend specific community boundaries, as do the solutions. The strategies presented in this workshop are practical, inexpensive and based on skills integral to functional living. These are applicable to parents, educators and police officers. Although educators are not responsible for the problems, with these strategies they can take some ownership in solving them.
Presenter: Peter Duncan, For K.I.C.K.S. Organization
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Session 2 – Children's Aid Society: Reporting Basics for Educators
The Children’s Aid Society of Toronto is one of the largest child welfare organizations in Canada. It is an incorporated not-for-profit agency governed by a volunteer board of directors and funded by the Province of Ontario.
Their legal mandate is to protect children from harm. Because of their belief in the importance of early intervention, they also provide assessments, crisis intervention, counselling and services to prevent child abuse and neglect.
Below are the topics that will be discussed during the presentation.
1. Information about child welfare.
2. Duty to report concerns about child abuse and neglect.
3. What to do if a child discloses to you.
4. What happens after you make a report to child welfare?
5. Recent changes to the work in child welfare.
6. How you can help.
Presenters: Brahm Goldenberg and Karla Kraan, CAS Toronto
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Session 3 – Risk Assessment for Field Trips
In a society where what people want is the appearance, but not the essence of risk, how can schools protect their most valuable assets, their students, and yet still give them the opportunity to experience adventure? This is the risk paradox which schools face today.
This workshop will look at the tools for assessing field trip related risks and how to complete a risk assessment.
Key areas of interest include:
- Defining key terminology; threats, hazards and risks
- Looking at the legal context for assessing risks
- 5 step plan to assessing risk
- Creating a risk assessment document
- Understanding different types of risk assessment
- Evaluation of the risk assessment document
Presenter: Louise Melville, Canadian International Expeditions
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Claims/Legal Track
Session 1 - What influences determination of Negligence?
Teresa Drijber and John Sharoun, will discuss various OSBIE cases which illustrate how other provincial guidelines and/or statutes influences the courts’ decisions on whether or not the School Board has met the Standard of Care.
Presenters: Teresa Drijber, Director of Claims of OSBIE and John Sharoun, Chief Executive Officer of Crawford Canada
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Session 3 – Unravelling the Mystery of the Litigation Process
Bruce Hutchison, Partner, Genest Murray LLP, will guide our members through the various aspects and stages of the Litigation Process. His discussion will help you understand the process and your role at the various stages of the Litigation Process. His presentation will include the recent changes in the Rules and how they may affect you. He will discuss things such as: evidence preservation, statements, affidavits of documents, undertakings, your role at Examinations for Discovery, your role at Trial, etc., as well as some tools that OSBIE has available for you to review in order to prepare yourself for your involvement in Litigation
Presenter: Bruce Hutchison, Partner, Genest Murray LLP
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Operations Track
Session 1 - Tree Risk Assessment Workshop
Trees are an essential component of the outdoor environment of our schools, providing environmental benefits and an important learning resource for teachers and students. But, for property managers, are trees assets or liabilities? What are the risks from trees on and adjacent to school properties to staff, students and the public, and, can they be assessed and managed effectively? Tree risk assessment and management practice has improved dramatically over the past 10 years with our greater understanding of tree biomechanics and revised risk assessment methodologies.
This workshop will cover:
- Trees as assets
- Perceptions of tree risk versus the actual risk of harm
- The biomechanics of trees
- What is a hazard tree
- Factors to consider in tree risk assessment
- Methods of assessment
- Consistency and uniformity
- Risk management of trees; case studies from two school boards in Ontario
- Cost benefits of tree condition and risk assessment
Presenter: Paul Hambidge, Treescape Ontario
Session 2 - Minimizing Risks at the Pre-Tender Stage
Our speaker, Draen Bulat will discuss the strategies for effective preparation, review and evaluation of tender submissions, as well as provide insight into clearly drafting the tender documents to minimize risks and prevent disputes. As a Partner with Miller Thomson, Dražen has extensive experience with risk management strategies and he will suggest some risk management measures for the tender process and will also address the owner’s obligation of fairness. This naturally will all be wrapped up with sharing best practices and tips for how institutions can address and mitigate risks at the pre-tender stage.
Presenter: Dražen Bulat - Miller Thomson LLP
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Session 3 - School Inspections 101
Please join Jennyfer Payeur and Julie Welsh of OSBIE’s Risk Management department to learn what type of hazards are causing losses in Ontario schools. Annually, OSBIE inspects over 400 schools as part of our H.E.L.P. program and often times the same hazards are spotted over and over again. As such, we have ample information to share in order to make every school as safe as possible. In addition, we’ll discuss the importance of documented maintenance routines and share personal experiences from school audits..
Presenter: Jennyfer Payeur and Julie Welsh – Risk Management Department - OSBIE
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