Revealed: Top Women in Safety 2022

As a profession that has for so long been dominated by men, safety needs to evolve to make sure that women wishing to enter the sector are given all the tools they need to succeed. And though there are still challenges, women have been making leaps and bounds to forge a place in occupational health and safety.

Here at Canadian Occupational Safety, we are proud to spotlight those women really making a difference through our Top Women in Safety 2022 awards. Our research team has tirelessly sifted through all of the nominations we received to reveal a roster of truly exceptional women. You can learn more about our methodology here.

We invite you to discover our full list of winners here, and would like to thank, in particular, our featured winners:

Andrea Martin, Fall Protection Specialist, 3M Canada

Zainab Nelson, President and Lead Occupational Hygienist, Exposure Control Consulting

Kendra Beaurivage, Director of Safety and Quality, Custom Helicopters

Kendra Forde, OHS Program Manager, Western Region, The Universal Group

Shannon Bolger, President, Benchmark Safety

Louise Caicco Tett, President, Health & Safety Professionals

Susan Goebel, Senior Health and Safety Lead, Exchanger Industries

Wendy Gaskill, Corporate Safety Manager, Chinook Scaffold Systems

Lee-Anne Lyon-Bartley, Executive Vice President, Health, Safety, Environment and Quality, Dexterra Group

Anima Doyle, Environmental Health and Safety Manager, LGC Group/Toronto Research Chemical

Marissa DesRoches, Safety Manager, Kiewit Energy Construction Co, ULC

Manasi Koushik, Director, Quality Assurance and Environment, Dexterra Group

Nada Vuckovic, Head of Environment, Health and Safety and Sustainability Officer, Siemens Canada

Kimberly Meadows, Director/Principal Consultant, Safety First BC

Sukhi Dhillon, Director, Environmental, Health and Safety, BGIS

Betty Carew, Health, Environment and Safety Consultant, B Carew HSE Consultin

Dr. Denise Koh, Chief Occupational Medical Officer, Government of Manitoba

Angie Trumpler, Facilities Construction and Safety Lead, Honda of Canada

Christl Aggus, Management Consultant Specializing in OHS, Principle Safety

Manisha Mistry, Senior Director, HSSE, CSA Group

Debbie Shelley, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Training, Global Training Centre

Pushpalatha Mathanalingam, Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Consultants

Tara Curley, Director, HSEQ, GFL Infrastructure

Mallory Corbett, Senior Manager, Environment, Health and Safety, Emergent BioSolutions

Rana Labban, Senior Manager, Environment Health Safety, EY