Yellowknife, NT / Iqaluit, NU (November 13, 2025) – The Workers’ Safety & Compensation Commission (WSCC) is pleased to announce the projects selected for funding under the Occupational Health and Safety Funding Program for 2026.
A total of just over $1M will provide funding to five organizations to help reduce work-related injuries and illnesses through education, capacity building, and training initiatives.
Organization Name | Initiative Title | Project Description | Communities Served |
|---|---|---|---|
| ilinniapaa Skills Development Centre | Expanding Standard First Aid OHS Capacity in Nunavut | This project will provide training to people in Kivalliq region, prioritizing Inuit employers, workers, youth, and community members with limited resources. It will deliver two WSCC-approved Standard First Aid training events in each community for a total of 12 sessions to certify participants in essential emergency response skills. | Kivalliq region |
| Advanced Medical Solutions | First Aid Instructor Development | Two First Aid Instructor Development courses will be held in Yellowknife and Iqaluit, each certifying six participants from 5 Northwest Territories communities, and 3 Nunavut communities. This will expand capacity for Standard First Aid training across the North. | NT: Inuvik, Fort Simpson, Norman Wells, Yellowknife, and Hay River NU: Cambridge Bay, Rankin Inlet, and Iqaluit |
| Arctic Energy Alliance | Chainsaw Safety | This initiative provides in-person Firewood Safety Courses (including Chain Saw Level 3 with Felling Component) to people in three NWT communities. | Behchokǫ̀, Inuvik, Fort Smith |
| Arctic Response | OHS Training Bootcamp | Provides workers in small communities across the North a condensed training timeline for legally required safety courses, including Supervisor Safety Training, Joint OHS Committee Training, Confined Spaces, Fall Protection, Spill Response Level 2, and H2S Alive. | Employers and workers in small communities across both territories. |
| Northern Safety Association | Improving Access to COR® Certification for Employers | Expanded access and delivery of the Certificate of Recognition Program (COR ®) to employers and workers across the North by updating and modernizing auditing tools and online learning options. | Employers in all industries across both territories. |
| Northern Safety Association | Modernizing Safety Training for Online and In-Class Delivery | Redesign and modernize over 30 safety courses, both online and in-class, to reduce training barriers for all workers across the North. This will also include developing new courses in partnership with the WSCC in response to industry demand, increasing workplace safety. | Employers and workers across both territories. |
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“The OHS Funding Program was launched this summer with the goal of expanding occupational health and safety services, education, and training to communities across the North. We were heartened to see the interest it generated and the range and creativity of the proposals we received. Congratulations to the selected projects which will see expanded Standard First Aid course delivery across the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, chainsaw safety courses for parts of the Northwest Territories, First Aid Instructor Development courses and improved online access to legally required workplace safety training across both territories.”
- Rick Hunt, WSCC President and CEO.
For more information on the application and selection process, please visit the WSCC website.
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Maggie Collins
Communications and Public Affairs Manager
Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission Northwest Territories and Nunavut
T: (867) 920-3854