not so much "work safety" as it is "death preview"

Barb Tarbox visited my school in the months before she died to show us what dying from terminal lung cancer looks like, and credit to Barb, I do not smoke

in Alberta, they would have us kids draw graphic anti-drinking-and-driving messages on brown paper bags that liquor stores used over the holidays, so parents would see the bags and be reminded they would be orphaning their children

they still do this!

www.saddalberta.com/liquor-bag-c...

I bet you grew up in the safest household of all time

this is the least disturbing PSA I remember from my childhood, the core message of which is "if you get fat you will be unable to escape from sexual assault"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-hP...

every Canadian over 30 knows all the words to this Great Value muppets song about not eating grandma's heart medication

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AuL...

yeah not really a clear public service announcement so much as it is a robot taunting you that he can freely play in sawblades and you can't

there were so many PSAs about avoiding amputations on TV when I was a child that I genuinely did not think Canadian children were expected to make it to adulthood with all four limbs intact

www.youtube.com/watch?v=paEJ...

as a child I know I was definitely tempted to play in what appears to be an unmanned sawmill in the vacuum of space, but thankfully this PSA was there to set me straight

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km4f...

the Americans had those "this is your brain on drugs" PSAs, but Canadian children had this valuable reminder not to purchase loose uncapped heroin needles from paper-mache replicas of John Lennon

www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Ku...

that PSA specifically aired on children's networks, I guess to combat the rampant issue of Canadian children running through improperly cleaned industrial kitchens with giant pots of soup

do you know any Canadians who got boiled to death at work? I bet you don't, because we've all seen this PSA about 400 times

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOk2...

although Lilo and Stitch and The Ring came out so close together that it’s possible both casting directors independently went “we simply must have that little girl from Spirited Away”

tucking mémère into bed as she demands to go outside and spill blood for the FLQ