CTS 10-12: Forestry: Safety

This brochure has useful information about bears in the parks and how to be safe when encountering a bear.

This brochure provides lots of useful information about cougars and what to do if you encounter a cougar in the wild.

Information for staying safe while visiting the backcountry in Alberta

This workbook examines the equipment, rules, and regulations that keep us safe while on the water.

Fire safety practices to follow when you are camping or staying in Alberta parks.

Sound advice for preparing for any hike.

This book will go over some of the basic fundamentals of knot tying, how to tie them and when and where they may be useful.

Advice about being safe while hiking or camping during electrical storms from the government of Canada

Tips from Parks Canada about what to do when you encounter a bear

This site has health, safety and employment standards information for young workers, and for their employers, supervisors, and teachers.

Find OHS legislation, training resources, compliance information, safety programs, and more.

This is a four minute safety video with a somewhat grim (but humourous) take on workplace hazards.

This video from Alberta Workforce Essential Skills describes PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) and workplace safety.

This 4 minute video provides an introduction to WHMIS and workplace hazards.

This site, part of Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, is specific to young workers. Find information and tools for joining the work force on a safe footing.

It's difficult to know where you are at sea with no visible landmarks and the stars above you are in constant motion. How did we figure out navigation?

Learning how to use a map and compass to travel in unknown terrain can be fun and rewarding. It could even save your life

A series of videos that teach the basics of map and compass use, triangulation, and strategies for getting unlost!

Have you ever gotten lost? Don't panic, have some bannock! Wilfred Buck, a Knowledge Keeper and science facilitator, tells a story of how he got lost in the bush and shares how he used orienteering to get out safely using his knowledge of sky science

Watching this video will teach you to use a map and taking directional bearings with a compass.

Orienteering is easy for anyone to start and fun to do. You learn to navigate, develop confidence and discover new places.

Recognizing that many potential GIS users are nonspecialists or may only need a few maps, this book is designed to be accessible, pragmatic, and concise.