OSBIE 2010 Risk Management Seminar

Date: Thursday, November 4, 2010
Location: SHERATON TORONTO AIRPORT HOTEL (view map & directions)

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Track & Session Profiles

Risk Management Track (RM)

High Risk Living and Schools: Roots behaviours and solutions
Peter Duncan - KICKS Organization

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 present 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.

Children's Aid Society Reporting basics for Educators
Brahm Goldenberg and Karla Kram of CAS Toronto

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Risk Assessment for Field Trips
Louise Melville, Canadian International Expeditions

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. 

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Claims/Legal (C/L)

What influences determination of Negligence?
Teresa Drijber, Director of Claims - OSBIE John Sharoun, Chief Executive Officer of Crawford Canada

John Sharoun, Chief Executive Officer of Crawford Canada, and Teresa Drijber, Director of Claims for OSBIE, will discuss various OSBIE cases which illustrate how other provincial guidelines and/or statues influences the courts decisions on whether or not the School Board has met the Standard of Care. 

Who you gonna call?? Your Adjuster!!
Scott Clements, Pinnacle Adjusters Group Shirley Obergan, OSBIE

Scott Clements, Owner Pinnacle Adjusters Group, and Shirley Obergan, Senior Claims Examiner at OSBIE, will present to our members the benefits of building a relationship with your property adjuster, the adjusting process, claim reporting, evaluating and settling a property loss. They will provide you with valuable tips, and suggestions to assist in facilitating a smooth claim process.

Unravelling the Mystery of the Litigation Process
Bruce Hutchison, Partner, Genest Murray LLP

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.   He will discuss 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.

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Operations/Maintenance Track (OT)

Tree Risk Assessment Workshop
Paul Hambidge, Treescape Ontario

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 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.

Minimizing Risks at the Pre-Tender Stage
Dražen Bulat, Miller Thomson LLP

Drazen will discuss the strategies for effective review and evaluation of the tender submissions as well as provide insight into clearly drafting the pre-tender documentation to prevent disputes. As a Partner with Miller Thomson, Drazen has extensive experience with risk management strategies to reduce the risk of an award being challenged within your organization. He will provide some sound risk management measures as well as addressing the issue of obligation of fairness. This naturally will all be wrapped up with sharing best practices and how do institutions address their risks at the pre-tender stage?

School Inspections 101: spot the hazard before a loss occurs
Jennyfer Payeur, OSBIE Julie Welsh, OSBIE

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.

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