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Environments and Health Research Summit
Environments and Health Research Summit: CIHR Environments and Health Signature Initiative March 2024 update The Right to a Healthy Environment: Becoming law in Canada and the imperative of…
Human biomonitoring of environmental chemicals: Current use and future directions
January 25, 2024
Abstract Chemicals are everywhere – in air, soil, water, products and food – and can enter the body through ingestion, inhalation, and skin contact. Human biomonitoring evaluates the actual levels…
2024 Core Competencies for Public Health in Canada: EPHP
February 1, 2024
* Please note that due to the interactive nature, this engagement session will not be recorded and no presentation slides will be made available afterwards. Abstract In this engagement session,…
Extreme cold
January 11, 2024
Climate change is generally expected to lead to warmer winters, while paradoxically, arctic warming is also leading to more extreme cold events. However, defining extreme cold is difficult in a place…
Fermented foods safety guidance: A new resource for public health practitioners
December 11, 2023
Fermented food safety is a shared challenge for many public health practitioners across Canada. While many of these foods are generally safe, emerging fermentation trends such as the selling of…
2024 Core Competencies for Public Health in Canada
October 20, 2023
Upcoming Environmental Public Health Professional Session 2024 Core Competencies for Public Health in Canada: EPHP February 1, 2024, 12:00pm - 1:00pm PT Claire Betker & Lynda Tjaden National…
Bed bugs back in view
November 29, 2023
In 2023, widespread reporting of bed bug infestations in France and South Korea, alongside frenzied social media attention, has raised the profile of these troublesome arthropods once again. Bed bugs…
One Health Approach to Risk Assessment (OHARA)
December 6, 2023
Abstract Canada needs the capability for early detection, understanding and action to address One Health threats and reduce their potential wide-reaching impact. To fill this need, the Public Health…
Bed bugs
November 10, 2023
Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) are small, elusive, and resilient wingless insects that feed on the blood of mammals, including humans. They are reddish-brown and range in length from eggs of about 1mm…
INTerventions, Equity, Research and Action in Cities Team (INTERACT): Research and knowledge translation for scaling our understanding of health and the built environment
November 22, 2023
Abstract The INTerventions, Equity, Research, and Action in Cities Team (INTERACT) is a pan-Canadian collaboration of scientists, urban planners, public health practitioners, community partners, and…