Erin Oliver

Erin Oliver is the vice-president of health and safety at Algoma Steel. Oliver is both a regulated kinesiologist and a Canadian Registered Safety Professional. She previously owned a company that participated in or led many investigations, including critical and fatal incidents, and developed programs, training and structures for employers and associations to strive toward prevention.

Oliver has been a participating member of the Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (BCRSP) and a past president for the Ontario Kinesiology Association (OKA). She also took an active role with the OKA Board through the regulatory process that saw kinesiology move from a self-governed profession to a regulated one in Ontario.

Oliver has participated in many occupational health and safety associations and committees throughout North America, including at the Institute for Work & Health. She has also sat on the Ontario Prevention Council, including acting as council chair.

She has a degree in kinesiology from Laurentian University and advanced education in mental health, forensics and business management. She has been a professor at University of Guelph-Humber and at University of Toronto in the kinesiology departments.