About Cheryl Pocklington About
Cheryl Pocklington is a regulatory leader with extensive experience in mining health and safety regulation, including investigations within complex regulatory environments. She is at the forefront of modern regulatory practice and is known for bridging frontline insight with innovative policy.
Cheryl helps regulatory organizations evolve their practice through person-centred, complexity-aware approaches that strengthen inquiry, deepen system understanding, and support more effective, fair, and context-driven prevention outcomes. With over 20 years in British Columbia’s mining sector, her work is driven by a commitment to improving workplace safety and understanding how incidents emerge within complex systems. She promotes learning-focused approaches, and her expertise in human factors has informed regulatory inspections, safety audits, and complex incident investigations. Passionate about modernizing regulatory practice, Cheryl believes that while enforcement has its place, deeper gains come from understanding the people involved in everyday work. Cheryl collaborates with regulators and enforcement agencies to foster a culture of learning and growth, advocating for approaches that learn from both failures and successes to strengthen regulatory effectiveness. Passionate about evolving regulatory practice to meet the complexities of today’s workplaces, she brings a fresh perspective through Regulating Differently and welcomes conversations on reshaping how we can regulate for today’s complex workplaces.
Where I'll Be Events
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HSE Mining Learning Summit – Canada
1st December 2026 & 2nd December 2026