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Built Environment


Recognizing the health impacts of the natural and human-made surroundings in which we live, work, and play.

A local food environment policy framework: How to take action and measure change in Ontario

Topics: Built Environment, Equity, Food
Government policies targeting the availability, affordability, and marketing of foods can shape the food environment. Local governments are often the first to implement innovative healthy food…
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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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COVID-19 Precautions for Multi-unit Residential Buildings

Topics: Built Environment, Contaminants and Hazards, COVID-19, Indoor Air, Infectious Diseases, Practices and Procedures
The transmission of COVID-19, which occurs primarily through close contact with an infected person, has made it necessary for large proportions of the world’s population to self-isolate in their…
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Indigenous Food Safety and Security: Community Adaptations in the Wake of Climate Pressures

Topics: Indigenous Environmental Health, Built Environment, Food
Indigenous people have long relied on traditional foods, as they are nutritionally, culturally, and economically important to individuals and communities, and are an important aspect of food…
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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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Sicker, Fatter, Poorer

Topics: Built Environment, Contaminants and Hazards, Indoor Air, Outdoor Air
Dr. Leonardo Trasande a pediatrician, professor, and world-renowned researcher, will tell us a story of how our everyday surroundings are making us sicker, fatter, and poorer.  He uncovers evidence…
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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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Whole in One: Six Ways Food Can Transform Cities and Institutions

Topics: Built Environment, Food
This workshop will outline six ways that food can transform cities and institutions. The day’s activities will include formal presentations and discussions as well as networking and brainstorming…
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