Human Resources Development Canada

Human Resource Development Canada has offices in every province. It also has a web site where you can access descriptions and requirements for many careers, including that of environmental technician. What other environmental career opportunities can you locate Prepare a brief report of your findings, and present it to the class. 

CPhA has taken the leadership position in addressing the shortage problem in the profession by initiating the development of a proposal for a labor market study to help pharmacy understand the current manpower shortage and its causes and develop tools to forecast future needs. Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) commissioned an initial phase of the study, which is a literature search and key informant interviews to identify gaps in the available data. This study, A Situational Analysis of Human Resource Issues in the Pharmacy Profession in Canada, is available on the CPhA web site. The next step is development of a proposal for funding from HRDC for a comprehensive human resources study of the pharmacy profession in Canada to develop the foundation required to properly manage current and future pharmacy human resources. 

Human Resources Development Canada - workplace standards and safety regulations Transport Canada - packaging and transport of hazardous materials Environment Canada - environmental emissions and assessments Ontario Ministry of the Environment - environmental emissions and hazardous waste Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario - workplace accident and injury. 

Sources United States FRA (1995a,b), FHWA (1995), Department of Commerce (1995). Canada Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1995), Statistics Canada (1995), American Automobile Manufacturers Association (1996), Human Resource Development Canada (1998). Great Britain Health and Safety Executive (1995). 

Human Resource Development Canada. (1998). Occupational Injuries and their Cost in Canada. Ottawa, Ont. Government of Canada. 

Most industrially developed nations have government agencies that assess risk to human health and the environment resulting from the manufacture and use of chemical substances. Industry, consultants, academics, and the research community also undertake such assessments. For example, in the U.S., the Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) devotes considerable resources to risk analyses in its review of commercial substances that are or will be released to the environment. Canada has a similar system, and so do most nations in the European Union and Japan. As the number of potentially hazardous substances introduced into commerce grows, maximizing the efficiency of these assessments becomes increasingly important. 

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