Nominations now open for the 2025 OHS Canada Honours
January 13, 2025
By OHS Canada
The awards table at 2023 OHS Honours.
Nominations are now open for the 2025 OHS Canada Honours, celebrating excellence in workplace safety. The prestigious awards program recognizes individuals and teams for their outstanding contributions to occupational health and safety and their commitment to creating safer workplaces.
“The health and safety community is tasked with a daunting job: helping every worker return home at the end of the day,” said Anne Beswick, group publisher for OHS Canada. “We’re inspired by the dedication, innovation and creativity demonstrated by the OHS Canada Honours nominees year after year, and I’m confident 2025 will be no different.”
This year’s awards program will feature five new team awards:
- Best Eye Protection Program
- Best Head Protection Program
- Best Hearing Protection Program
- Best Heat Protection Program
- Best Cold Protection Program
The fiercely contested OHS Culture, Best Safety Communications Program, Best Use of Safety Technology, Best Hand Protection Program, Best Ergonomics Program, Contractor Safety Management, Psychologically Safe Workplace, Holistic Employee Health, and OHS Team of the Year awards are also up for grabs in 2025.
Individual awards will recognize the OHS Professional of the Year, Community Leader, OHS Rising Star, OHS Lawyer of the Year, OHS Educator of the Year, and CEO of the Year.
Also returning are the Hall of Fame, which will see up to three new inductees, and the Top 25 Under 40, celebrating the young professionals making their marks through their dedication to health and safety and strong work ethic.
“It’s an honour to review every nomination and learn about the people, practices and programs that are moving the needle on workplace safety,” said Brandi Cowen, editor of OHS Canada. “I look forward to working with our volunteer judging panel to identify the best of the best again in 2025.”
OHS Canada is also looking to add judges to the panel. If you’re interested in being a judge, please contact Brandi Cowen at bcowen@annexbusinessmedia.com.
How to nominate
Nominations are open to anyone in Canada who meets the criteria for individual awards, as well as companies and teams demonstrating OHS success for team awards.
Detailed eligibility information is available here.
All nominations must be received by 11:59 p.m. EST on Sunday, June 8.
Gala celebration
The awards will be handed out at the Palais Royale in Toronto on Sept. 25.
The evening features a cocktail hour and dinner before the awards ceremony, providing an excellent opportunity for gala goers to network, share insights, and celebrate achievements in occupational health and safety.
Keep watching OHSCanada.com for more details about the gala.
Sponsorship information
For information on becoming a sponsor or attending the gala, please contact Silvana Maiolo, National Brand Sales Manager at OHS Canada.
She can be reached at smaiolo@annexbusinessmedia.com or 416-722-8403.
Past winners