Kitchener, Ontario

2025 FEO "SYNERGY"
Conference

February 24 - 26, 2025

Janet Sellery

Janet Sellery
Janet SelleryFounder Event Safety Alliancejanet.sellery@esacanada.ca
Session Title: Synergy in Safety: Enhancing Occupational Health & Safety at Festivals and Events.

In the dynamic world of festivals and events, ensuring the health and safety of workers and performers is paramount. This session explores basic health and safety requirements, how to prioritizing health and safety during event planning and where to find free tools and resources to develop reasonable practices. Join Janet to discover how working together can create a safer, more successful festival experience for everyone involved.

Outcomes:

1. Gain a basic understanding of occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements for festivals and events
2. Explore how to prioritize OHS during event planning
3. Discover where to find free tools and resources to develop reasonable practices

BIO:

Janet is recognized as one of Canada’s leading experts in health and safety and the arts. Sellery Health + Safety was launched in 2009 to provide consulting, needs assessments, program development, training and research. A career highlight was working as the Health & Safety Manager for David Atkins Enterprises Productions for the Opening, Closing and Victory Ceremonies for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.


After a career in stage management, she spent nine years pioneering the health and safety program at the Stratford Festival, resulting in a successful WorkWell Audit in 2007. Also in 2007, she was selected by Canadian Occupational Safety Magazine as “Canada’s Safety Manager of the Year”. In 2012, she was honoured with the "Ron Epp Memorial Award for Professional Achievement" by CITT.

Janet is a graduate of Ryerson Theatre School and the University of Waterloo. In 2003, she completed her Occupational Health & Safety Certificate at Ryerson University and received her professional designation as a Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP). She is a member of the Ministry of Labour Live Performance Advisory Committee and has also volunteered on advisory committees for the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board and the Ontario Service Safety Alliance.

Janet is passionately committed to injury and illness prevention through risk assessment and health and safety education.

Specialties: Health & Safety Consulting and Training, Theatre, Musical Theatre, Opera, Music, Dance, Events