{"author_name":"IHSA Safety Podcast","author_url":"https://art19.com/shows/ihsa-safety-podcast/episodes/3e87e116-69a7-4d95-b48e-f14cf6027d0d","description":"<p>Standards impact many aspects of our professional and private lives. In the province of Ontario,&nbsp;within occupational health and safety,&nbsp;we have begun leveraging training standards such as Working at Heights and Joint Health and Safety Committee training, as well as management system standards such as COR® and ISO 45001, to help establish a high level of consistency.&nbsp;In this episode of the IHSA Safety Podcast, we are joined by&nbsp;Elias Rafoul, Vice-President of Accreditation Services at the Standards Council of Canada.</p><p>The Standards Council of Canada, established more than 50 years ago, is a&nbsp;unique organization&nbsp;that oversees both standards and accreditation, ensuring that programs&nbsp;align&nbsp;with national values and&nbsp;promote&nbsp;inclusion and diversity. There are standards for everything, and Elias provides valuable information on&nbsp;topics&nbsp;such as:</p><p>-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Standards' history</p><p>-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;How the Standards promotes Canadian innovators</p><p>-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The benefits of having a workplace management system in&nbsp;a business</p><p>-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The many&nbsp;accreditation programs the Standards provides</p><p>Free Resources:</p><p><a href=\"http://www.scc-ccn.ca/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Standards Council of Canada website</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/standards-council-of-canada\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Standards Council of Canada LinkedIn page</a></p><p><a href=\"https://iaf.nu/en/home/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">International Accreditation Forum (IAF) website</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.iso.org/home.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ISO - International Organization for Standardization</a></p>","html":"<iframe src=\"https://art19.com/shows/ihsa-safety-podcast/episodes/3e87e116-69a7-4d95-b48e-f14cf6027d0d/embed\" style=\"width: 720px; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" width=\"720\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"></iframe>","provider_name":"ART19","provider_url":"https://art19.com","title":"Standards Council of Canada","type":"rich","version":"1.0","width":720,"height":200}