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Emergency contacts

Fire/Police/Ambulance 9-1-1
Hazardous Material Response 9-1-1
Campus Mobile First Aid - UBC members 604-822-4444
Campus Security & First Aid - student and visitors 604-822-2222
UBC Hospital Urgent Care 604-822-7662
Poison Control Centre 604-682-5050
Police RCMP 604-224-1322
Ambulance 604-872-5151
Trouble Calls -- including after hours emergencies 604-822-2173

Zoology Admin Office 604-822-3384
Access & Diversity 604-822-5844
Ambulance (E-Comm) 604-872-5151
AMS  Safewalk 604-822-5355
AMS Sexual Assault Support Centre (SASC) 604-827-5180
Building Operations Call Centre (Trouble Calls) 604-822-2173
Counselling Services - Employee & Family Assistance Plan (Faculty & Staff) 1-800-387-4765
Counselling Services (Students) 604-822-3811
Equity & Inclusion Office 604-822-6353
Fire Department (Fire Prevention) 3-1-1
Office of the Ombudsperson for Students 604-822-6149
RCMP - University Detachment 604-224-1322
Safety & Risk Services 604-822-2029
Sexual Violence Prevention & Response (SVPRO) 604-822-1588
Student Health Services 604-822-7011

See the Biological Sciences emergency response plan HERE

See the Beaty Biodiversity emergency response plan HERE

Please visit the Safety & Risk Services (SRS) directory.
If you’re looking for someone in particular or if you have health/safety questions on a specific subject:

  • Hazardous waste questions contact people in the Environmental Services category.
  • Biological, Chemical, or Radiation questions, including safety courses, contact people in the Occupational and Research Safety category.
  • If you have question regarding online privacy and information security, contact people in the Privacy & Information Security Management (PrISM).

Please contact any member of the Safety Committee if you have any safety questions or concerns:

Patrick Tamkee 604-822-3377 tamkee@zoology.ubc.ca
Katie Pikor 604-822-3384 zadmin@zoology.ubc.ca
Katie Beall 604-822-0862 brcadmin@biodiversity.ubc.ca
Bruce Gillespie 604-822-3387 gillespi@zoology.ubc.ca
Lydia Fong   ljmfong@zoology.ubc.ca
Mindy Chow
 
mchow@zoology.ubc.ca
Jackie Carpio   finclerk@zoology.ubc.ca
Sylvia Heredia   sylviah@zoology.ubc.ca
Joanne Denny   denny@zoology.ubc.ca
Nick Tochor   flighttech@zoology.ubc.ca
Gigi Lau   glau@zoology.ubc.ca
Bob Shadwick   shadwick@zoology.ubc.ca
Wayne Maddison   wayne.maddison@ubc.ca

Due diligence means taking all reasonable care to protect the well being of all employees. To meet the standard of due diligence, our Department takes all reasonable precautions in the circumstances to carry out departmental work and safety and health responsibilities. This is the standard of care required to comply with the safety and health regulations and orders made under the BC Workers Compensation Act and enforced by the WorkSafe BC. The courts will recognize a formal defense of due diligence in prosecutions. In practice, the WorkSafe BC will also recognize a defense of due diligence and may relieve employers of monetary penalties for violations of the regulations-if employers can establish that they were duly diligent.

For more information, read "Safety Supervision" by Paul Nakagawa from UBC Safety & Risk Services.

No member of the faculty, staff or student should be doing any activity if they believe that the activity would create an undue hazard to themselves or to others. Current regulations make it clear that all employees must be trained and have relevant hazard information on the materials they are working or exposed to.

When a faculty, staff or student member has reasonable cause to believe that the activity they are about to do would create undue hazard to the health or safety of any person, including themselves, they have the right and responsibility to:

Report the circumstances of the unsafe condition to his/her supervisor (or principle investigator). The supervisor will investigate the matter and ensure that any unsafe condition is remedied without delay or if in his/her opinion the report is not valid he/she shall inform the person who made the report.

Department of Zoology
4200 - 6270 University Blvd.
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
604 822 2131
E-mail info@zoology.ubc.ca
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