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BACCHUS AND UNBC
HEALTH & WELLNESS
CENTRE CAMPAIGN °:

BACCHUS Canada is an
alcohol awareness
organization which works
exclusively for the post-
secondary market and,
throughout the year, offers
support and promotional
materials to universities and
colleges. This year
BACCHUS along with
Cadbury, its sponsor, have
created a campaign asking
that individuals “STAND
OUT” ina crowd by standing:
up for what they believe in -
being a designated driver.

Carmi Amicata, Executive
Director and Founder of
BACCHUS Canada likens
the designated driver to “The
condom of the Impaired
Diving Movement”. Carmi
writes: “Like the condom, we
are giving people an option
to continue doing something
that they want to do, only
safer. Safer Sex. It isn’t

HELLO POLICE?

perfect, but the condom is the
greatest weapon we have in
an era where people are still
having sex, but don’t want to
die from doing so. The
designated driver isn’t
perfect either. We just don’t
have the oppourtunity to talk
about why people are drunk
so often. What we do have is
the oppourtunity to save lives
by getting people home with
a sober driver. The
designated driver is only
good if you plan ahead. Like
acondom, you have to know
in advance that you'll need

one, pick one and then use
one. You also have to use one
every single time. Just like
there is no such thing a being
a little bit pregnant, a
designated driver can’t be a
little bit intoxicated. The
condom isn’t foolproof.
Neither is the designated
driver. In the same way a

condom can break, so can the
designated driver process.
The designated driver is
saving livers everyday.”
Carmi asks: “Stand.out in a
crowd by standing up for
what you believe in. Believe
in the designated driver.”

The UNBC Health &
Wellness Centre brings the
BACCHUS campaign to
UNBC_ during Safety
Awareness Week. UNBC
community members are
encouraged to demonstrate
individual and collective
support for designated
drivers by signing their
names to a banner which will
be displaed in the Northwood
Wintergarden. After signing,

please enjoy a
complementary chocolate
bar from Cadbury.

If you wish to learn more
about BACCHUS browse
the world wide web at
www.BACCHUS.CA,
(BACCHUS joined the web
September 15, 1996), or try
their email address:
BACCHUS_Canada@

campuslife.utoronto.ca

Although no specific events
during Safety Awareness
Week have been planned to
give information about
preventing slips and falls,
now that winter and all that
white stuff has arrived in
Prince George and around
campus, UNBC Health &
Safety would like to share a
few tips with you right now.

Rain, snow, and ice can
create slippery conditions
within the parking lot and
along walkways and stairs.
The best way to avoid a
serious slip and fall this

| winter is to recognize these
| hazardous conditions and

take the proper precautions.
High heel shoes or boots

/ should not be worn outside

during inclement weather.
Flat shoes with slip resistant
soles, or rain/snow boots are

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OOPS! AVOIDING SLIPS AND FALLS

best since they provide
traction. Use a tote bag to
carry your dress shoes to and
from work. It can save you a
fall, and protect your shoes
at the same time.

When walking across snow
or ice, be sure to take short,
flat steps. This allows the
heels and soles of your shoes
to contact the ground,
thereby providing you with
the maximum surface area
contact. When ascending or

descending stairs equipped
with handrails, please use
them.

Also, when entering the
buildings, please remember
to clean your footwear
thoroughly on the floor mats.
Snow and ice have a
tendency to stick to the soles
of your shoes and will melt
as your shoes warm up,
causing you to slip.

Once inside the building,
don’t walk too fast and avoid
making sharp changes in
direction. Always hold onto
handrails when using the
stairs. Watch out for deposits
of water (or other liquids
such as coffee or tea) or
debris left behind by others.
If you happen to spill a
beverage on the floor, report
it immediately to prevent
others from slipping and
falling.

FOOD SAFETY WORKSHOP
FOR APARTMENT DWELLERS

HANGOVER OR FOOD
POISONING?
HOW CAN YOU TELL?

Dan Armstrong is an
experienced Environmental
Health Officer from the
Northern Interior Health Unit
who has many practical
suggestions and sound
advice to promote food
safety for apartment
dwellers. Participants will
have the opportunity to learn
how to tell the difference
between food poisoning and
a hangover. In addition,
strategies to prevent food
poisoning will be discussed.

After -this one hour
workshop, an apartment
dweller may be able to amaze
friends, partenrs, significant
other and even parents with
their new food safe practices!
If not, at least she/he will
have a certificate to show

others and possibly a door
prize.

Please check at the Safety
Awareness Week
information tent tent in the
Northwood Wintergarden for

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the date, time and location of
this valuable workshop. You
are asked to register at the
same tent so that the
Workshop can be tailored to
the sizé of the group.