Hosted by Health Canada
Health Canada invites you to participate in an upcoming webinar of the Heat-health Community of Practice (HCoP): Latest information and research to prepare for the 2026 heat season
Health Canada’s HCoP is a forum for public health professionals across Canada to learn and share best practices in protecting the health of Canadians from extreme heat events. We host multiple webinars annually with speakers from varying disciplines presenting on topics relevant to the health risks and protective measures needed to keep Canadians safe during heat events.
- Date: October 2, 2025
- Time: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Speakers and topics:
| Speakers | Topics |
| Nicola Epprecht – Manager, Policy Development, Climate Change & Health Office, Health Canada& | Climate Change and Health Capacity Building Program: HeatADAPT |
| Dr. Heather Olsen – Executive Director, National Program for Play Area Safety (NPPAS) | Creating Cooler and Safer Spaces for Play: A project to guide all Canadians for planning climate-ready playgrounds |
| Dr. Glen Kenny – Director, Human and Environmental Physiology Research Unit, University of Ottawa; | Extreme heat events are becoming the new normal - How laboratory-based heatwave simulation trials are helping us understand how best to protect vulnerable individuals. |
| Dr. JinHee Kim – Physician Lead, Population Health, Public Health Ontario | Heat-related mortality in Ontario, 1996-2018 – when and in whom does risk vary? |
| Dr. Angela Yao – (Senior Scientist) Dr. Sarah Henderson – (Scientific Director) Environmental Health Services, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control |
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| Jessica Sutinen – Epidemiologist, Climate Change & Health Office, Health Canada | Quantifying Heat-Related Illnesses and Deaths in Canada using Health Administrative Data, 1981-2022 (Deaths), 2004-2023 (Illnesses) |