Welcome to the Biology Health and Safety website!
It has been a long-standing tradition to have a Health & Safety Office within the Department of Biology. Along with the the McGill Environmental Health & Safety, the Office supports "the continuous improvement of a safety culture at McGill University by providing advice, guidance, training, and technical support to the community. The safety culture encompasses a healthy and safe environment achieved through everyone’s understanding of their related responsibilities and compliance with all regulatory requirements and University safety policies." The mission of the Biology Health & Safety Office is to ensure that all Faculty, staff and students in Biology, as well as their visitors, are in a safe and healthy environment.
To find out more on how to work safely in a laboratory, what courses are offered and what regulations apply to this institution, please consult this website as well as the McGill Environmental Health and Safety Office.
News
- The next Biology Department Safety Session will be on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012, 9h30-11h30, in Stewart Building room W4/12. For registration, please contact Anna McNicoll in room W4/14 or fill out the following form and return to her by April 30th.
Message from McGill's Environmental Health & Safety Office (EHS)
As we approach the start of a new school year this is the best time to make sure your new students and researchers are well prepared to deal with the health and safety issues related to working in laboratories.
To assist in this process, the Environmental Health and Safety Office offers a number of resources and services that I wish to highlight:
1. Lab safety orientation procedures and checklist: http://www.mcgill.ca/ehs/laboratory/laborientation
2. Orientation for new Principal Investigators: http://www.mcgill.ca/ehs/programs-and-services/newpi
3. Safety Training offerings at EHS: http://www.mcgill.ca/ehs/training/
4. COOL McGill presentation on Lab Safety Orientation for Graduate Students, see second presentation: http://cool.mcgill.ca/COOLLectureListing.aspx?Semester=TRAINING&Course=EHS
The EHS has recently migrated their web site to the new McGill “Drupal” platform. There may be the possibility of encountering minor glitches; if you do, please take a few moments to advise ehs@mcgill.ca so they can correct it.
Visit the Safety Week website at: http://www.mcgill.ca/safety/safety_week/
Contact Information
Anna McNicoll
Health & Safety Office
Department of Biology
McGill University
1205 ave Docteur Penfield
Montreal, Quebec CANADA
H3A 1B1
tel.: (514) - 398-6406
Fax: (514) - 398-5069
email: anna.mcnicoll@mcgill.ca