Minerva’s 50 case studies can be used to supplement Minerva’s online courses and Teaching Modules or as assignments. They were developed over a period of years with Minerva funding provided to various educators from Canadian universities and colleges to develop them. They cover various issues in Health and Safety (H&S) and were done for several student competitions sponsored by Minerva or to supplement some of its teaching modules.
The 50 case studies fall under one of 6 categories:
- Actual Case Studies (11)
- Case Studies used during the Minerva ICBC Business Student Competition (17)
- Case Studies used during the Minerva-CIAC Engineering Student Competition (3)
- Short Case Studies from actual incidents or fictional in nature (11)
- Other Case studies (5)
- Minerva Case Study Competition for all post-secondary students (3)
Some of the issues addressed in the Case Studies:
- Leadership, management systems
- Risk Management, hazards and mitigation
- Corporate safety culture
- Engineering design, human factors, ergonomics
- Workplace injuries, procedural non-compliance, return to work
- Workplace harassment, violence
- Manufacturing,transportation,pipeline,retail,mining,marine,chemicals,healthcare events
- Contractor management, construction safety
- Emergency Preparedness, Response
- Mergers, acquisitions
- Substance abuse
Some features of the Case Studies:
- Mostly developed by academia
- Combination of both actual and fictitious case studies
- Combination of short (2-3 pgs.) and longer (8-10 pgs.) case studies
- Questions accompany most case studies
- Instructor notes available for most case studies
List, Summary of the Case Studies:
- A list of the 50 case studies can be found here.
- A summary of most case studies and where it may be used within academic curricula can be found here.
How to Access the Case Studies
The Minerva Canada Case Studies can be found in the password protected part of this website. Any of the 50 case studies shall be made available by Minerva Canada when requested by universities, colleges, other organizations having a licensing agreement for Minerva Canada’s Online H&S courses or when requested by a Minerva sponsor.
These case studies provided to Minerva’s licensees or sponsors are for educational purposes only and cannot be reproduced free of charge without the permission of Minerva Canada. They cannot be distributed, sold for commercial purposes or modified without the express written permission of Minerva Canada.
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