The Fleet Safety Council (FSC) Conference Committee is happy to announce the full agenda for the 34th Annual Educational Conference scheduled for October 24, 2025.
The annual event will be taking place at Millennium Gardens Banquet Centre in Brampton. The one-day educational sessions are preceded by the FSC’s annual networking events taking place on Thursday October 23.
While this year’s conference has been wrapped up, the information on this year’s presentations is vital and interesting. This year’s topics addressed critical areas of health and safety that stretch beyond traditional issues as well as key matters that are at the centre of many safety related discussions across Ontario.
Awards
This year’s conference kicked off with the social event Thursday October 3 where several awards were presented. New this year was the addition of IHSA’s transportation-related awards, which were handed out at the event.
The IHSA Ken Hellawell Transportation Award was presented to the family of Nick Nicholson, who received the award posthumously. Nick may be remembered as a vibrant member of the Hamilton-Niagara Fleet Safety Council Chapter and one of the founding members of the organization that has become the Fleet Safety Council.
Along with this special award, several transportation firms received honours for their efforts in improving health and safety. The IHSA Transportation Achievement Awards are based on the firm’s experience data for the three years immediately preceding the year of the award. They are given to member firms which have operated with a lost-time injury (LTI) frequency below the overall rate group LTI frequency average each year for three consecutive for each category.
Chapter award
The Toronto chapter of the Fleet Safety Council awarded its annual Safety Professional of the Year award to Mike Trace. Mike has been that chapters administrator and has recently retired from IHSA.
Conference
The conference was an information-packed day as always, with a variety of speakers. We’ve included links to the various presentations below.
Presentations
Yes, You CAN Make People Care About Safety – Kevin Burns
Each year our Fleet Safety Educational Conference gets bigger and better. That wouldn’t be possible without the great support we get from our sponsors! We’d like to thank each and every one of them for their support. Make sure to visit the various booths and displays at the conference to learn more about these organizations.
Along with these sponsors, we receive support that allows us to host social events for the purposes of networking and socializing. Thanks to ABS Safecom and TruckRight for helping us host our bowling activity and cocktail event. For details on these events and the conference, read our conference brochure.