Safety starts with leadership
A strong safety culture starts with you. At MacEwan University, leaders are responsible for their team's health and safety. This means leading with integrity, building trust and creating safe workplaces.
On this page, you can find key tools to help you promote safety in your day-to-day work and leadership training courses to strengthen your knowledge and confidence as a safety leader.
Champion safe work practices
Use these essential tools to build a culture of safety within your team. Refer to them often to guide discussions, identify risks before they happen and review incidents.
Turn safety awareness into action. These quick, ready-to-use resources make it easy to start and lead conversations that keep your team safe.
Identify and manage risks before work begins or changes. Assess hazards, protect your team and keep your workplace safe and compliant.
If an incident involves your team, you receive an email prompting you to complete a review. The new process makes it easy to act quickly and prevent future issues.
Build your foundation in safety leadership
These quick, focused micro-courses give you the tools to lead with confidence. Learn how to champion safety, meet your responsibilities and support your team every day.
Start with the essentials
We suggest starting with these three courses.
LEAD-HSE 103 7 minutes
Learn how to lead with safety in mind. This quick course helps you understand your HSE responsibilities, support your team and make safety part of everyday decision-making.
Delivery: e-learning
Prerequisites: none
LEAD-HSE 101 4 minutes
Discover the foundation of MacEwan’s commitment to health, safety and the environment. This short course explains your role in upholding HSE policy and fostering continuous improvement.
Delivery: e-learning
Prerequisites: none
LEAD-HSE 111 20 minutes
Understand your role as a leader in responding to, reporting and reviewing incidents at MacEwan. This short course walks you through the incident response process and how to take action to support a safe environment.
Delivery: e-learning
Prerequisites: none
Then complete these courses within six months
LEAD-HSE 102 8 minutes
Explore how MacEwan’s HSE Management System works in practice. Understand your role in applying its standards, guiding your team and maintaining a culture of safety.
Delivery: e-learning
Prerequisites: none
LEAD-HSE 104 21 minutes
Support a safe, respectful workplace by understanding how to recognize, prevent and respond to harassment or violence. Learn your responsibilities under MacEwan’s policy, how to address complaints through the Investigation Framework and how to model fairness and accountability for your team.
Delivery: e-learning
Prerequisites: none
LEAD-HSE 105 21 minutes
Learn how to identify, assess and control hazards to keep your team safe. This three-part micro-course—Leader’s Role, Hazard Identification and Hazard Controls—gives you the tools to navigate the hazard assessment process with confidence.
Delivery: e-learning
Prerequisites: none
LEAD-HSE 106 5 minutes
Understand your responsibilities when approving or coordinating university travel. Learn how to assess travel risks, apply the Travel Authorization Matrix and ensure proper planning, documentation and emergency readiness to keep travellers safe.
Delivery: e-learning
Prerequisites: none
LEAD-HSE 110 9 minutes
Learn how to use administrative controls to support safe work practices at MacEwan. This short course covers your role in developing and maintaining procedures that help reduce risk.
Delivery: e-learning
LEAD-HSE 109 17 minutes
Learn how to plan, conduct and document site inspections that keep your area safe and compliant. This three-part micro-course walks you through inspection preparation, hazard identification, corrective action tracking and record keeping, strengthening accountability and proactive safety leadership.
Delivery: e-learning
Prerequisites: none
LEAD-HSE 110 9 minutes
Learn how to use administrative controls to support safe work practices at MacEwan. This short course covers your role in developing and maintaining procedures that help reduce risk.
Delivery: e-learning
Prerequisites: none
Complete when assigned an incident to review:
LEAD-HSE 0226 25 minutes
This course prepares you to review Level 1 health and safety incidents at MacEwan University. You’ll learn what’s expected, how to complete your review and how to properly document and close the incident.
This training is required once you’ve been assigned a Level 1 incident to review.
Delivery: e-learning
Prerequisites: LEAD-HSE 111 - Incident Response and Review for Leaders
MacEwan’s Joint Worksite Health and Safety Committee
As a leader, you’re responsible for addressing health and safety concerns within your team. When issues extend beyond your area, the Joint Worksite Health and Safety Committee (JWHSC) is your next point of contact.
The JWHSC is made up of representatives from across MacEwan. It reviews broader concerns submitted through the Employee Health and Safety Concern Report and ensures they’re resolved.
For support or guidance, contact the Office of Health, Safety and Environment (HSE).
More resources for leaders
Biosafety compliance
Some campus areas require additional biosafety measures to protect people and the environment. Learn your responsibilities as a leader when handling biological materials.
Inspections
Keep your area safe and compliant through regular inspections. Find out who should inspect, what to look for and where to access the latest forms and checklists.