Ken Diplock, PhD

Professor and Program Coordinator, Bachelor of Environmental Public Health, Conestoga College

Dr. Ken Diplock is the coordinator of the Bachelor of Environmental Public Health (BEPH) program at Conestoga College, where he is devoted to the education and training of future environmental public health professionals. Ken’s areas of focus include food safety, public health inspection and investigation practices, and environmental health. Before joining Conestoga, Ken was a certified public health inspector with the Region of Waterloo Public Health, where he was involved in several multijurisdictional foodborne outbreak investigations. Ken has been strongly engaged with the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI), serving as the Ontario Branch Food Safety Councilor (2006-08), Branch President (2010-2012 and 2024-Present).