Board of Directors

Derek Budge, CRSP, is the Vice-Chair of the WSN Board. Derek is the Director – Health, Safety and Environment at Redpath Mining Inc. With Redpath for over 20 years, Derek moved to the North Bay corporate head office in 2005 after working in the field for Redpath at Kidd Creek in Timmins. Derek is responsible for ensuring Redpath’s management of health, safety, and environment is consistent and focuses on delivering world-class practices throughout global operations. 

 

Prior to Redpath, Derek worked as an underground miner in northern Ontario for almost 15 years with Noranda Minerals, and was a certified worker representative on the Joint Health and Safety Committee, and a member of the mine rescue team. He then held field safety supervisory and management positions at several mining operations throughout Ontario, progressively working toward more responsible safety positions at Redpath.

 

A member of the Ontario Mine Contractors Safety Association for over 20 years, including several years on the Board of Directors, Derek was recently recognized with a Lifetime Membership in the Association. For the past several years, Derek has served as chairperson of the Ontario Mining Association Mining Rules Committee and represents the Ontario mining industry as Industry Co-Chair of the Ontario Mining Legislative Review Committee.

 

Derek oversees health and safety on a global scale with Redpath Mining Inc. serving many of the world’s leading major mining companies. His previous experience in unionized and non-unionized operations gives him a unique perspective of workplace health and safety.

 

Sandra Haddad is past Chair of the Workplace Safety North Board of Directors, and as past Vice-Chair, she served WSN as a Board member for eight years and chaired three of the four sub-committees. 

 

Sandra has more than 25 years of exposure to occupational health and safety, including seeing the impact of injury as a senior adjudicator for Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) and working diligently as the WSIB program director for a national private-sector employer focused on prevention strategies. Sandra is past Chair of the Industrial Accident Prevention Association, past Chair of the advisory council to the Office of the Employer Advisor.

 

A member of the Canadian Society for Safety Engineering and registered member of the Law Society of Ontario, Sandra is also a designated Certified Health and Safety Consultant, and Certified Disability Management Professional through the International Disability Management Standards Council.

 

She is presently working on a certificate program focused at counselling of mental health issues.  She believes that “as a community, working together, we can all make a difference.”  

 

As a professional conducting business in the north and the owner of a business based in the north, Sandra knows the distinct differences and the challenges northern Ontario poses. Growing up in a northern city, and being the daughter of a hard rock miner, has provided Sandra with a direct understanding of resource-based industries (read the interview).

Andrew Tempelman is a Process Technician in the Pulp and Paper Industry at Resolute Forest Products in Thunder Bay where he enjoys taking an active role in workplace safety improvement. He is also the WSIB Coordinator at Resolute Forest Products since 2015. He obtained his Honours Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with a minor in Geology from Lakehead University in 2015 and has experience in mineral exploration in Northern Ontario. Owning a small business has given Andrew the opportunity to pursue his interests in planning and finance. He believes that workplace safety will improve continually until zero harm is achieved.