Senior Consultants

Jane E Sleeth, Hon. B.P. & H.E., B.Sc.PT., C.P.T.

Jane Sleeth is the founder and Managing Director of Optimal Performance Consultants Inc., a national ergonomic design, accessibility, and disability prevention consultant firm.

Jane is author of the best selling book "Return To Work Compliance Toolkit" and "The Canadian Ergonomic Toolkit, A Guide To Keeping Employees Working Well".  She has recently completed the writing of a new book which will be released by Thomson Reuters in the fall of 2010 entitled "Preventing Back Pain".

Jane is a regular and sought after speaker at national and international conferences speaking no unique and innovative approaches to the management and prevention of injury, illness, and disability.

Jane holds an Honours Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and Physiology from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy also from the University of Toronto.

Jane has a considerable body of published work and articles in national health & safety; ergonomic; human resources and peer reviewed journals which dates back to 1989.  Most of these articles can be accessed and downloaded for your review and research within our website.

 

Carrie DeMaeyer, B. of P.E., Cert. Kinesiologist, CET
Manager - OPC Inc.  

Carrie is Senior Consultant and Manager of OPC Inc. (Ergonomic Consulting Services). She brings 21 years of rehabilitation & injury prevention experience to the OPC Inc. Team. Prior to joining OPC Inc. in 1999, Carrie worked in the rehabilitation medicine field for 11 years.  Specifically she worked with a national rehabilitation & health facility as clinical Kinesiologist, Program Coordinator and Clinic Manager.

With OPC Inc., Carrie has extensive experience in the areas of Job Demands Analysis; complex industrial assessment and design; office ergonomic design; Ergonomic Evaluation; and in the development and delivery of ergonomic training and education programs and workshops. Carrie is a much sought after speaker.  She has lectured at the annual O­ntario Kinesiology Association’s Annual Conference in the areas of: How to Perform Physical Demands Analysis; the Important Role of Functional Ability Evaluations in the Management of Disabilities; The Use of Gold Standard Ergonomic Practices in the Field of Rehabilitation.
She also teaches our Nuts and Bolts of Ergonomics Course and recently developed a new course for OPC called "Manual Material Handling Course: How Much Is Too Much"
On an o­n-going basis employees & employers regularly request Carrie to provide Lunch and Learn Ergonomic Sessions and hands o­n workshops. These requests occur as Carrie delivers the material in a unique and skillful way that captures the audiences' attention and brings about measureable learning and improved work behaviours in offices and industrial settings alike.

 
Anita Ellement, Hon. B.Sc. (Kinesiology), Cert. Kinesiologist, Sr. Ergonomic Consultant

Anita Ellement is Senior Ergonomic, Ergonomic Design and Job Demands Analysis Specialist at Optimal Performance Consultants.

Anita graduated from the University of Waterloo in 1991 with an Honours Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology, where she specialized in physiology and ergonomics. Following graduation Anita worked exclusively in the specialist areas of functional abilities testing & physical & job demands analysis within a clinical setting.  This rehabilitation perspective allows Anita to understand the outcomes of poor ergonomic design in the workplace as well as the human and employer’s costs associated with this.

Anita subsequently studied ergonomic assessment techniques; ergonomic & human factors design and has applied this extensively in heavy industrial; manufacturing and assembly type work settings.  Anita is now an Ergonomic Specialists with a unique combination of skills and knowledge which is not often found in an ergonomic consultant.

Anita brings significant experience in a wide variety of workplace settings including; offices and data entry settings; assembly operations; heavy industry. As part of this experience Anita is regularly part of the product and process design with the engineers and designers associated with our clients. Anita is also regularly involved and an integral part of engineering time & efficiency studies; and SIX SIGMA quality teams.

Anita’s broad experience in high pressure, just-in-time automotive and manufacturing environments has honed her skills in identifying costs effective and productive solutions that address the unique requirements of these workplaces.  This experience and knowledge has a wide application in any type of complex work environment in Canada and the US.

Olga Dosis, Senior Accessibility Consultant

Olga Dosis holds a Masters degree in Psychology, a Masters degree in Critical Disability Studies and has over 20 years of experience working with people with disabilities.  

During her career, Olga has been actively involved assisting small and large organizations with their accessibility initiatives.  She has supported the development and execution of training, conducting environmental scans of policies, practices and procedures, as well as accessibility built audits to assist organizations in becoming barrier free. 

Olga has written several papers on disability and the workplace and developed an evaluation and reporting mechanism to conduct thorough workplace accommodations.  Her extensive cross disability and accommodation knowledge has been indispensable in developing realistic plans and strategic direction to implement the requirements under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, Customer Service Standard. 

Olga's ability to synthesize cross disability and diversity issues and access the appropriate resources has been beneficial in spearheading access initiatives which are aligned with the Governments initiatives to advance public awareness.