Events
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Oct 20 2021
NCCMT Webinar - Engaging Public and Patient Partners in Rapid Reviews
at 01:00 ET Topics: Location Type: OnlineMeaningful and active collaboration with public and patient partners in planning, conducting and disseminating rapid reviews helps ensure that their perspectives are considered in research priorities and in shaping the evidence and care they receive. Join us for an interactive session to learn about meaningfully engaging public partners in rapid reviews. We will present a spectrum of strategies…
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Oct 20 2021
Comment collaborer avec les municipalités?
at 01:00 HAE Topics: Location Type: OnlineLes municipalités disposent de nombreux leviers pour agir sur la protection et la promotion de la santé, ce qui en fait des alliées naturelles des acteurs de la santé publique. Depuis un an et demi, de telles collaborations s’avèrent nécessaires pour faire face localement à la pandémie de COVID-19 et pour soutenir la sortie de crise. Mais comment concrétiser des alliances avec le milieu municipal…
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Oct 24 2021
Environmental Pollution, Treatment and Protection Conference
at 09:00 Topics: Location Type: Online7th International Conference on Environmental Pollution, Treatment and Protection (ICEPTP’21) The Conference Proceedings will be published with an ISSN and ISBN, indexed in Scopus and Google Scholar, and archived permanently in Portico. The 7th International Conference on Environmental Pollution, Treatment and Protection (ICEPTP'21) aims to become the leading annual conference in fields related…
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Oct 26 2021
PHO Rounds: Novel Disease Surveillance Tools for the Next Pandemic
at 09:00 PT Topics: Location Type: OnlineTraditional public health surveillance relies on reporting at the local level of suspected unusual clusters of events, with subsequent investigation and feedback. While comprehensive, this approach often relies on sufficient infrastructure, funding and time. Informal surveillance is a complementary approach that leverages non-traditional data sources and allows the rapid dissemination of…
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Oct 26 2021
Exploratory study of the presence of invasive mosquito species in Leamington, Ontario
at 12:00 ET Topics: Location Type: OnlineThe Windsor Essex County Health Unit will present on the study undertaken to document the presence of native and invasive mosquito species, such as Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti in Leamington Ontario, as well as to understand if they pose a risk for transmitting mosquito-borne diseases throughout the community, specifically within underserved populations (e.g., temporary foreign workers).…
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Oct 27 2021
The Hagey Lectures - Emergency: The Citizen’s Guide to Climate Success
at 08:00 ET Topics: Location Type: OnlineEnergy economist and author Mark Jaccard will deliver the 2021 University of Waterloo Hagey Lecture on October 27. Climate-concerned citizens can overcome myths that hinder us from acting in time to prevent extreme climate impacts. Actions can involve personal consumption choices (electric vehicles, heat pumps) but these only have an effect if citizens are also engaged in the political process…
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Oct 28 2021
Modelling the future of Arctic fox rabies dynamics and associated risk management
at 12:00 ET Topics: Location Type:Researchers from the Epidemiology of Zoonoses and Public Health Research Group at the University of Montreal will present the results of their study that modelled Arctic fox rabies dynamics. It used evidence-based modelling approaches to simulate Arctic fox rabies, providing a framework for assessing surveillance and control strategies in the Canadian Arctic. Arctic fox rabies is the most…
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Oct 29 2021
SPPH OEH Seminar - Assessing exposure to Antigens and Endotoxins in First Nations housing
at 12:30 Topics: Indigenous Environmental Health Location Type: OnlineIn collaboration with Carrier Sekani Family Services, we under took a study to determine the presence of common pulmonary antigens and endotoxins in a number of First Nations housing and communities in North Central British Columbia. Ivan Kamurasi MSc Candidate – UBC Experimental Medicine
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Nov 02 2021
Natural and Prescribed Wildland Fire Impacts on Soil Health: BESR Fall 2021
at 09:00 PT Topics: Location Type: OnlineClimate change is increasing the odds of higher occurrence rates, intensity, and severity of wildland fires in drought-prone regions. High intensity wildfires not only denude the landscape and lower the resistance of soils to surface erosion, but they also change the physical properties of soils, alter the soil microbiome, and extend the recovery timescales relative to lower intensity fires. Rain…
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Nov 03 2021
NCCHPP Webinar - Collaborating with Municipalities: A Practical Point of View
at 02:00 ET Topics: Location Type: OnlineMunicipal decision making and interventions have an influence on health protection and promotion, which makes municipalities key partners for the public health sector. The past year has shown that such collaborations remain utterly relevant both throughout the COVID-19 crisis and to support recovery. But how can alliances with the municipal sector be made? In this webinar, we will first outline…