Troy Winters

Background

About Troy Winters

A Certified Registered Safety Professional, and working as the Senior Officer, Health and Safety for the Canadian Union of Public Employees, the largest union in Canada with approximately members, in 3500 locals. Through work at the National office in Ottawa, I assist local unions and their staff with health and safety related issues and concerns, as well as shaping broader health and safety policy for the union. I also sit on numerous national and provincial committees and working groups, including being a the Chair of Canadian Standards Association Strategic Steering Committee for Health and Safety and the Chair or Vice-Chair of multiple standard technical committee. Prior to being hired, I spent 10 years as a researcher and 5 as a Sessional Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Dalhousie University in Halifax N.S. My teaching and research covered areas including industrial ergonomics, biomechanics, and work design.