CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. – This year’s Safety Matters Award, which the Workers Compensation Board of P.E.I. (WCB) gives to a graduating student in the province who applies occupational health and safety principles every year, recently went to Madelaine MacDonald, a student at Bluefield High School in North Wiltshire. MacDonald received the award at the WCB’s Annual Public Meeting on June 26, according to a July 20 announcement on the Board’s website. The WCB stated that MacDonald had been reinforcing safety culture in her job at a local bakery over the previous two years. She had made use of her safety training and acted as a role model for new employees, and her welding and carpentry instructor praised her for putting safety first. “This generation represents our future workers and employers of Prince Edward Island,” WCB chair Stuart Affleck said in a press statement. “That’s why it is important to foster an interest in safety from an early age, which can lead to safer workplaces in the future.” MacDonald is hoping to work in physiotherapy in the future, the announcement added.