September 20 - September 23, 2021

Canada is hosting a global workplace health and safety congress in 2021.

The Institute for Work & Health (IWH) and the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) are the national co-hosts of the XXII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, being held virtually Sept. 20 to 23, 2021.

The World Congress, sponsored by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Social Security Association (ISSA), is the world’s largest event for the international occupational health and safety community.

The theme of the 2021 World Congress is Prevention in the Connected Age: Global solutions to achieve safe and healthy work for all.