Bruce Jackson
Candidate for Director at Large
Bruce Jackson began his career in occupational health and safety (OHS) almost 30 years ago while working at one of Weyerhauser’s wood products operations in Vancouver. He joined WorkSafeBC in 1997, where he held a variety of positions over his 20-year career. This included working as an industry specialist, occupational safety officer, prevention trainer, a manager in the education & development services department, and then senior manager of prevention quality. In November 2017, Bruce opened a consultancy service that provides auditing, safety management systems development, incident investigation, and safety training related services to industry.
Bruce earned his Canadian Registered Safety Professional certification in 2001 and chartered membership in Institute of Occupational Health and Safety in 2015. He’s a graduate of the BC Institute of Technology in both OHS and operations management, and holds two qualifications in adult education from Vancouver Community College, and a graduate degree in human factors and safety management systems from the University of South Australia.
Bruce joined the CSSE in 1999. Since then, he has been active in several roles in the organization, serving as Regional Vice President for the BC and Yukon Region, a Director of the BC Lower Mainland Chapter, a presenter at various CSSE professional development conferences, and a contributor to several CSSE publications. He was also the recipient of the CSSE’s National Volunteer of the Year Award in 2018.
Bruce’s vision for the CSSE includes re-establishing and maintaining strong connections with members across the country; ensuring that the new provincial/regional structure is effective, responsive, and successful; identifying and providing products and services that help enhance the competencies and skills that Canadian OHS professionals need; engaging Canadian educational institutions to expand their OHS program offerings; and developing a strategy for presenting a case to governments across the country to consider making OHS a regulated profession. Bruce hopes to accomplish this by leading and supporting various tasks and working groups and engaging external stakeholders to bring about meaningful change.