Michael Fears has twenty years of occupational health and safety experience across a wide range of industries, including construction, oil and gas, education, and healthcare. He is a seasoned TapRooT investigator and has been a COR® auditor across several provinces. A recovering academic, he has studied and taught at universities and institutes in Calgary, Ottawa, and Moscow. He has been a long-time contract instructor with the University of Calgary in the Occupational Health & Safety program and sits on an examination committee for the Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals. Michael is based in Calgary, Alberta and is a senior safety manager with a national engineering firm.