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

Full ScanThe attached PDF version of the Research Scan has over 100 references and is broken into over 30 categories.Editor’s PicksAfter searching through the dozens of articles referenced in the…
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This topic page is intended to help environmental health practitioners understand the guiding principles and public health objectives being used to develop cannabis policy, both federally and across…
Personal services establishments (PSEs) have been identified as a priority area by public health inspectors (PHIs) and provincial ministry staff in several provinces, as well as by people within the…
Full ScanThe attached PDF version of the Research Scan has over 100 references and is broken into over 30 categories.Editor’s PicksAfter searching through the dozens of articles referenced in the…
Indigenous Environmental HealthAgricultureBuilt EnvironmentBiological AgentsCannabisChemical AgentsClimate ChangeInfectious DiseasesContaminants and HazardsDrinking WaterEmergency PreparednessSurveillanceEquityFoodWildfireHealth Impact AssessmentIndoor AirNuisance ControlOutdoor AirPersonal Service EstablishmentsPest ControlPhysical AgentsPractices and ProceduresPublic FacilitiesRadiationRecreational WaterRisk AnalysisSeniors' Environmental HealthShale GasTobacco ReductionWasteWaterZoonoses
Personal cultivation as described by the proposed Cannabis Act (2017) will permit adults to cultivate up to four cannabis plants per household. This provision is intended to both promote equity by…
Full ScanThe attached PDF version of the Research Scan has over 100 references and is broken into over 30 categories.Editor’s PicksAfter searching through the dozens of articles referenced in the…
Indigenous Environmental HealthAgricultureBuilt EnvironmentBiological AgentsCannabisChemical AgentsChildren's Environmental HealthClimate ChangeInfectious DiseasesContaminants and HazardsDrinking WaterEmergency PreparednessSurveillanceEquityFoodWildfireHealth Impact AssessmentIndoor AirNuisance ControlOutdoor AirPersonal Service EstablishmentsPest ControlPhysical AgentsPractices and ProceduresPublic FacilitiesRadiationRecreational WaterRisk AnalysisTobacco ReductionWasteWaterZoonoses
Oil spills are very complex events that, depending on where they occur, may result in acute exposures to nearby human populations. Regardless of the presence of humans, however, oil spills have the…
The Sheela Basrur Centre and Public Health Ontario are offering a two-day crisis communications workshop focusing on the current opioid epidemic. This interactive workshop will highlight crisis and…
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