{"id":2365,"date":"2017-01-16T10:11:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T18:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/safecarebc.ca\/?p=2365"},"modified":"2023-10-11T10:13:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T17:13:55","slug":"safecare-bc-welcomes-new-workplace-health-and-safety-programs-director-saleema-dhalla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/?p=2365","title":{"rendered":"SafeCare BC welcomes new workplace health and safety programs director - Saleema Dhalla"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bjy6af.p3cdn1.secureserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Saleema-Dhalla.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bjy6af.p3cdn1.secureserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Saleema-Dhalla-271x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5501\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SafeCare BC is pleased to welcome the new Workplace Health\u00a0and Safety Programs Director \u2013 Saleema Dhalla. She will be responsible for developing, coordinating, and delivering diverse workplace health and safety programs for British Columbia\u2019s long-term care and home support sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saleema Dhalla completed her Masters of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene in 2010 at UBC. She began her career in the geochemical industry, implementing a safety program to account for various occupational\u00a0exposures and improve worker safety. In her most recent role, Saleema designed and executed systems at the provincial and national levels to reduce workplace injuries and improve employee well-being. Saleema also led the development and execution of a province-wide initiative that standardized and improved the safety program at 300 locations across BC, gaining COR certification and thus providing significant cost savings.\u00a0 Saleema has also consulted many businesses in many sectors, including healthcare, finance, and heavy industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In her personal time, Saleema enjoys being active. As a certified Indoor Cycling Instructor, Saleema enjoys creating a fun environment that allows her students to work to their physical limits. She also enjoys reading, baking, and spending time with her family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to SafeCare BC, Saleema!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SafeCare BC is pleased to welcome the new Workplace Health\u00a0and Safety Programs Director \u2013 Saleema Dhalla.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-2365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-15 20:43:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2365"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2366,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365\/revisions\/2366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2365"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftopic&post=2365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}