Health and Safety Contacts

In the event of an emergency

Dial 2000 (on-campus) or 519-840-5000 (cellphone)

Environmental Health & Safety

  • MAIN OFFICE - Alexander Hall, Rm. 162 x 52047 or x53282
  • DIRECTOR - Georga Apolonatos x 53247
  • BIO SAFETY - Gausiya Khan x 53190
  • LAB SAFETY - Alicja Zachertowska x 54270 
  • RADIATION SAFETY - Ryan Das x 53774
  • RESEARCH RISK - Jennifer Wesley x 56401
  • OCC. HEALTH AND WELLNESS - Michael Dunstan x 52133
  • FACILITIES & OCC. HYGIENE - Manuela Racki x 58860

First Aid Stations

There are 3 locations on campus:

  • Alexander Hall x52647
  • Trent Building x52245
  • Powell Building x52131   

First Response Team

First Aiders (on site-SSC):

  • Debbie Chan, Rm 1242
  • Catrien Bouwman x 54710 SSC 3504
  • Carla Coakley x 58584, SSC 3457
  • Georgina Cox x 54991, SSC 4244
  • Laleh Hatefi x 53362, SSC 4478
  • Jenna Penney x 53448, SSC 3516
  • Shaun Sanders x 52535, SSC 3458
  • Rebecca Shapiro x 53390, SSC 3248
  • Elspeth Smith x 56583, SSC 3505
  • Siavash Vahidi x 53833, SSC 2253
  • Amanda Van Der Vinne x 56189, SSC 3519
  • Yang Xu x 54788, SSC 4453
  • Zhang, Sophia x 58055, SSC 4113

MCB Health and Safety Contact List (PDF List)

  • Tariq Akhtar (co-chair/faculty) ext. 54794 
  • Jamie Jones (co-chair/staff) ext. 53816
  • Laura Faris (admin/staff)
  • Satinder Gidda (staff)
  • Nina Jones (faculty)
  • Chris Meyer (staff)
  • Nicolas Rolfe (grad student rep)
  • Shaun Sanders (faculty)
  • Ian Tetlow (faculty)

This committee helps support the safety program in the department by identifying hazards, raising safety issues, and conducting workplace inspections.

In addition to our Departmental Committee (also called Local Joint H&S Committee LJHSC), the university has a Central Joint Health and Safety Committee.   These committees exist to represent your interests and the interests of your colleagues. If you have an issue you would like the committee to investigate, feel free to contact the committee chair.