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Adaptation Canada 2020 : Raising our Game on Resilience

Topics: Built Environment, Climate Change
Adaptation Canada 2020 is Canada’s national conference on climate change adaptation. Building on the success of the 2016 conference in Ottawa, Adaptation Canada 2020 rolls out February 19-21 for…
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Building Safe & Inclusive Communities: The Public Health Approach

Topics: Built Environment, Children's Environmental Health, Drinking Water, Equity, Food, Indoor Air, Public Facilities, Radiation, Recreational Water
The annual conference is designed to help attendees learn new methods of fostering safe, healthy and inclusive communities by showcasing the latest work and research within the realm of public health…
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CANUE - Extreme Heat, Forest Fires and the Role of the Built Environment

Topics: Built Environment, Climate Change
This summer, record-breaking hot temperatures in British Columbia were met with a higher-than-average number of wildfires across the province. Extremely hot days caused by climate change are expected…
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Conversation series: From risk to resilience: A health equity approach to pandemic preparedness, response and recovery

Topics: Built Environment, COVID-19, Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Response, Equity
National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH), Office of the Chief PHO of Canada This 5-part conversation series is anchored in findings from the chief public health officer (CPHO…
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Impact of Prolonged Shutdown on Buildings from a Water Quality Perspective

Topics: Built Environment, Drinking Water, Water
The COVID-19 pandemic brought a new set of challenges to our society. To help slow down the spread of COVID-19, businesses, schools, universities, and other facilities were shut down or are sparsely…
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Moving the needle on local climate action: Sackville’s Mayor’s Roundtable on Climate Change

Topics: Built Environment, Climate Change
Located on the traditional territory of the Mi’kmaq people along the Bay of Fundy, Sackville, New Brunswick is vulnerable to many climate risks, including increased extreme weather events, sea-level…
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NCCEH Environmental Health Seminar Series - Public Health Surveillance of Housing Conditions: Recent Data From Montreal and Thoughts on Improving Impacts on Policy

Topics: Built Environment, Surveillance, Practices and Procedures
The BCCDC/NCCEH Environmental Health Seminar Series provides an opportunity for learning and knowledge exchange on a variety of environmental health topics. The seminars can be attended in-person or…
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The Ontario Public Health Convention (TOPHC)

Topics: Indigenous Environmental Health, Built Environment, Biological Agents, Cannabis, Children's Environmental Health, Contaminants and Hazards, Drinking Water, Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Response, Surveillance, Equity, Food, Indoor Air, Personal Service Establishments, Practices and Procedures, Radiation, Recreational Water, Tobacco Reduction, Water
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