Committee Leadership Conference

Join safety leaders from across the province at SAFE Work Manitoba’s annual Committee Leadership Conference. The repeatedly sold-out event features a lineup of speakers who will inspire you to implement workplace safety and health best practices and provide you with ideas to make your workplace safer.

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

8:30 AM to 4 PM

Victoria Inn Hotel & Convention Centre, Winnipeg

Agenda and sessions

View the 2025 CLC agenda here.

Conference pricing

Group rate of six or more: $225
Individual: $275

Meet the speakers

Tina Varughese

Globally recognized human connection expert and bestselling author, Tina Varughese inspires audiences with humour, humility, and humanity. She transforms workplaces to foster environments where employees feel empowered to share ideas, ask questions, take risks, and communicate openly without fear of judgment or retribution. Through her proven tools and techniques, Tina helps organizations build cultures of collaboration, curiosity, and compassion—remaining adaptive, agile, and authentic to pave the way for impactful change.

Tina is the author of the bestseller, 50 Shades of Beige: Building Bridges While Breaking Bias. Her work has been featured in the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, CBC Eyeopener and HR Reporter. Recognized by Ignite Magazine as a Top Ten Notable Speaker, her clients include Pfizer, Carnival Cruises, Hockey Canada, Kraft-Heinz, 3M, and the Million Dollar Roundtable. She has also served on McMaster University’s Future of Canada Council and as the Past-President of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (Alberta).

Her uniquely interactive, energetic, and entertaining keynotes draw on her extensive experience managing Alberta’s immigration office and running her own successful relocation and settlement firm. Tina’s practical, tactical, hilarious, and thought-provoking keynotes inspire attendees to think, behave, act, and communicate with intention.

A mother of two, partner to one, and friend to many, Tina encourages all to strive for a better tomorrow, today.

Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod

Hal and Joanne bring their passionate and energetic approach to healthy living to all their presentations! Attendees instantly connect with Hal and Joanne, as many have grown up seeing them on TV. They come away with the inspiration, motivation and means to take immediate steps for positive change in their health and attitude. In turn, this can help them be successful in their personal lives and careers.

To celebrate their 25 years of healthy living, teamwork and positivity, they appeared on CTV’s The Amazing Race Canada as Team BodyBreak. They were one of nine teams being challenged physically and mentally as they competed and travelled across Canada. Why Hal and Joanne? The Amazing Race Canada Executive Producer, John Brunton, called them “special” and “unique”. They have also enjoyed being part of a wide range of corporate, university and special events, from being Oktoberfest Parade Grand Marshals to Hosts of the Regina Grey Cup Family Zone to Leading a Walk for Heart Day to Celebrating Canada Day on a cruise with the fans of Radio Indie88 to Participating in McMaster University’s Soul Food Fair.

Hal’s love for baseball as a youth led him to a scholarship at the University of Colorado. He went on to represent Canada at the Baseball World Championships in Japan in 1982. He finished his business degree and worked in Canada and the US. Besides having a successful baseball and business career, his extensive sales background and enthusiasm for staying fit helped launch and sustain BodyBreak’s longevity. In his “spare” time, you might find him golfing, playing hockey or walking on his treadmill.

Joanne was a member of the Canadian Track and Field Team and a four-time National and seven-time Provincial hurdle champion. She also represented Canada at several international competitions, such as the World Cup, Commonwealth and Pacific Conference Games. Her business and health background in the insurance industry helped to further BodyBreak’s success. Joanne now enjoys trail running, cycling and playing golf.

Hotel accommodations

The Victoria Inn Hotel & Convention Centre offers a preferred conference rate of $155 per night. To reserve, contact the hotel at 204-786-4801 and reference SAFE Work Manitoba or group number #339030. The preferred rate is only available until October 5, 2025.