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When shelter in place isn’t an option - environmental health guidance for encampments during the COVID-19 pandemic
August 27, 2020
Presenter: Jade Yehia (Regional Built Environment Consultant, Island Health) This presentation synthesizes available evidence on environmental health risks associated with the physical environment…
COVID-19 management during public health emergencies
April 15, 2021
The goal of any public health emergency is to help as many people as quickly as possible. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a new dimension to emergency management. Not only has COVID-19 made it…
Mobilizing extreme cold response plans for people experiencing homelessness
March 9, 2022
Although climate change is expected to lead to warmer winters in general, evidence shows that rapid arctic warming is contributing to an increase in extreme cold events. These events can be a…
Environmental public health guidance for encampments during the COVID-19 pandemic
July 29, 2020
To prevent the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, public health guidance promotes physical distancing, staying home when ill, good hand hygiene and environmental…
Floods: Prevention, preparedness, response and recovery
April 26, 2023
Climate change is driving an increase in daily extreme precipitation in Canada, which when combined with other landscape factors, such as urbanization, deforestation, and loss of wetlands, can result…
Keeping our cool: Preventing overheated buildings in the climate crisis
July 20, 2023
Abstract In the face of worsening heat waves, typical weather, power outages, urban heat, etc., how will our buildings perform and shelter us over their lifecycle? To capture the health and…
Earthquake resources for environmental public health professionals
May 31, 2023
Earthquakes result when tectonic forces cause sections of the crust to move suddenly against each other, sending out seismic waves that cause imperceptible to violent shaking on the surface. This…
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…
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…
Post-disaster emergency response: Supporting people who use substances
November 3, 2022
Introduction There have been over 30,000 recorded deaths attributed to toxic substances across Canada since 2016. The toxic drug supply has had a devastating impact on communities across Canada that…