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Preventing harm through emergency preparedness, surveillance, health impact assessments and risk management and communication.

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Communicating the Risk of Infectious Diseases in a Changing Climate

Topics: Biological Agents, Climate Change, Infectious Diseases, Contaminants and Hazards, Practices and Procedures, Risk Analysis
A changing climate brings the threat of emerging, new infectious diseases and the resurgence of old infectious outbreaks. To ensure that public health professionals and policy makers receive timely…
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Community Impacts of Fuel Spills: a Case Study from BC’s Northern Coast

Topics: Chemical Agents, Contaminants and Hazards, Health Impact Assessment, Indigenous Environmental Health, Practices and Procedures, Risk Analysis
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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Flint Water Crisis: Can It Happen in Canada?

Topics: Contaminants and Hazards, Chemical Agents, Drinking Water, Surveillance, Practices and Procedures, Risk Analysis, Water
Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI) 82nd Annual National Educational ConferenceIn January 2016 a US federal state of emergency was declared in Flint Michigan due to elevated lead…
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Guidance for the Characterization and Management of Public Health Risks from the Acute Release of Chemicals of Concern: Crude Oil

Topics: Chemical Agents, Contaminants and Hazards, Practices and Procedures, Risk Analysis
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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Health Promotion in the Context of Health Protection

Topics: Equity, Food, Practices and Procedures, Tobacco Reduction
Presentations:Introductions and purpose of the workshopMona Shum, NCCEHWhat is Health Promotion in the context of Health Protection?Audrey Campbell, University of British ColumbiaA Collaborative…
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How We Talk about "Pot" Matters: Risk Messaging around Cannabis Legalization

Topics: Contaminants and Hazards, Practices and Procedures
This presentation, originally delivered at the 2017 CIPHI Annual Education Conference in Richmond, BC, provides an overview of some basic risk communication principles as they pertain to cannabis…
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Public Health Ethics: A Case in Environmental Health

Topics: Contaminants and Hazards, Practices and Procedures, Radiation
In this webinar, co-presented by NCCHPP and NCCEH, participants discussed the evidence and ethics of a case involving radon.Presenters:Anne-Marie Nicol, Environmental Health Scientist at the…
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Putting Health in Environmental Assessment

Topics: Surveillance, Health Impact Assessment, Practices and Procedures
Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors National Conference 2015This panel was designed to provide public health inspectors with a basic understanding of the inclusion of health in…
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The 2013 Lac-Mégantic tragedy: The public health response then and now

Topics: Chemical Agents, Contaminants and Hazards, Emergency Preparedness, Practices and Procedures, Risk Analysis
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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