Environmental Management OCHS 4520

Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:

• Explain the relationship between workplace health and safety, public health and safety, and environmental issues.
• Discuss the concept of environmental stewardship as it applies to current business practice.
• Identify the key government agencies (federal, provincial and local) involved in environmental management and protection in Canada and describe their interactions with public and private sector business.
• Identify the key nongovernmental organizations involved in environmental activism in Canada and describe their interactions with government and public and private sector business.
• Discuss the legal requirements for and role of product stewardship programs in Canada.
• Identify key types and sources of air pollutants from business sources in Canada.
• Access and interpret Canadian air pollutant emission statutes and regulations.
• Identify the key types and sources of water pollutants from business sources in Canada.
• Access and interpret Canadian water pollutant emission statutes and regulations.
• Identify key types and sources of soil pollutants from business sources in Canada.
• Access and interpret soil pollutant emission statutes and regulations.
• Identify key types and sources of soil pollutants from business sources in Canada.
• Access and interpret soil pollutant emission statutes and regulations.
• Identify the key types and sources of solid and hazardous wastes from business sources in Canada.
• Access and interpret Canadian solid and hazardous waste management and disposal statutes and regulations.
• Explain and on behalf of an employer effectively work as part of an in-house environmental assessment compliance team as per the current federal and provincial environmental assessment processes.
• Explain and on behalf of an employer effectively work as part of an in-house environmental site assessment team completing Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments as per CSA Z768 and Z769.
• Explain and on behalf of an employer effective work as part of an in-house team implementing and managing an environmental management system as per the ISO 14000 series of standards and CSA-ISO14001 and 14004.
• Suggest ways in which environmental management can be effectively integrated into OHS management systems and practices.
• Successfully answer the environmental practices competency questions on the current CRSPEX.
• Provide an employer with the necessary skills to fill the modern position of safety, health and environment (SHE) practitioner.
• ​Discuss the role of Indigenous peoples in environmental stewardship and protection in Canada and describe their interactions with the government, public and private sector business.
• Discuss the challenges and opportunities of new technologies on the environment ranging from government policy, carbon pricing, climate change, a circular economy and new materials.

Effective as of Fall 2022