What is Minerva Canada Safety Management Education Inc.?

A non-profit volunteer-run organization, Minerva Canada, aims to be a global leader in health and safety management education by influencing the curriculum of post-secondary institutions to ensure that future business leaders create healthier and safer workplaces.
The only organization of its kind, it:

advocates for increased inclusion of health and safety concepts in business and engineering curricula
educates the educators by providing business and engineering professors and instructors in universities and colleges with practical, curriculum-ready tools and initiatives
forges partnerships with governments, associations and accreditation boards
connects educators with Canada’s business enterprises to learn what industry seeks from new graduates entering the workforce and how health and safety management concepts are being applied in the workplace.

Several of Minerva’s resources and activities are provided free of charge to educators, financially supported by our roster of blue-chip corporate, organizational and government sponsors.

Latest News

December 4th webinar showcases some of our future safety leaders
The winner of our 2024 Minerva Canada Rising Star competition along with two of the finalists participated in a panel discussion by sharing their perspectives on a wide range of Health and safety topics. The webinar recording can be found here.

Toronto Metropolitan University student wins the 2024 Minerva Rising Star award
Aliakbar Eslamibaladeh, a recent PhD graduate and researcher at the Toronto Metropolitan University’s Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science, was announced winner of the 2024 Minerva Rising Star Award at the October 10th Canada’s Safest Employers Awards dinner. His passion in Safety Engineering fueled his desire to pursue advanced studies focused on mastering dedicated safety design procedures and critical safety systems. His winning submission described one of his projects for a company within the energy sector. Congratulations Aliakbar. Details and invitations will be sent out shortly.

Minerva launches its 2024 Case Study competition
Minerva is pleased to partner with the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC), Service Hospitality and the Conference Board of Canada (CBoC) in launching its 2024 case study competition. It’s open to all post secondary students in Canada as well as graduates from Canadian universities and colleges in the last 2 years and now in the workplace. The rules, regulations and case study for this competition are shown here. Registration and submission of responses to the case study for the competition shall be done online through the CIAC. Submissions are due by December 20, 2024. Winners will be announced at the CBoC conference in February 2025.

New Minerva Management Certificate Online Courses
Development of four new management certificate online Health and Safety courses is underway. A basic and advanced course will be available for managers, supervisors as well as for safety practitioners. Courses will include some of Minerva’s existing modules as well as three new modules on Professional Ethics and Conduct, Effective Communications and Employee Engagement, Effective Committees. See here for a listing of modules in each course. Courses will be launched in Q1 2025 and available on the Bluedrop Skills Pass platform.

Sign In on the Minerva storefront to access Minerva’s online Health and Safety courses
Interested students, professional association members, and employees whose school or organization does not have a Minerva licensing agreement can now access the four Minerva online courses and its introductory course online – see here for listing of all the courses and its modules.
The process is simple to register for the training – select the course, create an account and pay online, and then start training at your own time and convenience. A certificate is issued upon completion of the training. More details on course fees, discounts, and registration can be found here.
Minerva’s financial sponsors are provided with free access to the courses for a certain number of their employees.
Please contact Minerva Canada at minerva@safetymanagementeducation.com to discuss licensing arrangements and course fees.

Health and Safety Professionals Canada partners with Minerva Canada
Minerva Canada is pleased to partner with the Health and Safety Professionals Canada (HSPC) in delivering its online Health and Safety courses to its members. See here for more details and how to register. HSPC members will receive a 20% discount on all courses and receive the fourth course free if they decide to work for the H&S certificate by successfully completing all four courses. HSPC members interested in registering for a course should email helpdesk@csse.org to receive their exclusive discount code. Non-HSPC members can also register for the online courses..

Upcoming Events

December 20, 2025 : Last date for Submissions to Minerva Case Study Competition.
January 2025 : New Minerva management certificate courses in Health and Safety launched.
March 2025 : Panel discussion, announcement of Case Study winners at CBoC conference.

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