Laura Gibbins, CRSP, BScN, CHSC, Dip OSH
Laura has been an Occupational Safety Officer at WorkSafeBC for 12 years. She started working as a nurse in the early 1980s but found that she was more passionate about worker health and safety. Laura then worked as a health and safety advisor and manager in the healthcare and social services sector along with construction, hospitality, manufacturing, and government agencies. She has also had the opportunity to teach health and safety in various post-secondary programs as an officer before joining WorkSafeBC. She holds the Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) and Certified Health and Safety Consultant (CHSC) designation.

Gina is a Canadian Certified Professional Ergonomist (CCPE), a Certified Health and Safety Consultant (CHSC) and a Certified Psychological Health and Safety Advisor (CPHSA), working in the ergonomics/human factors field for over 25 years. She is also Secretary for the College of Canadian Certification of Professional Ergonomists and a part-time instructor for Ergonomics in the BCIT Occupational Health and Safety Certificate program. She has shared her knowledge at multiple conferences, including the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Symposium and the American Society for Quality. Currently, she is a Product Owner at WorkSafeBC, working on developing systems for success in prevention.