Events
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Jan 28 2022
PHO - Canada in a Changing Climate Winter Webinar Series
at 12:00 ET Topics: Climate Change Location Type:Join Canada’s Climate Change Adaptation Platform for a series of webinars on the Canada in a Changing Climate: National Issues Report. Learn more about how climate change is affecting our communities, environment and economy and how Canadians are adapting. WEBINAR SCHEDULE: - Sector Impacts and Adaptation: Friday January 28, 12:00 to 1:30 pm (EST) - International Dimensions: Friday, February 4,…
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Jan 28 2022
SPPH OEH Seminar - Occupational Health Hazards in the Cannabis Industry
at 12:30 PT Topics: Cannabis Location Type: OnlineOver the past decade there has been a dramatic expansion of the Cannabis industry. Although thousands of new employees are joining the workforce each year, very little is known about the occupational hazards and potential health effects for workers involved in Cannabis cultivation. In this presentation I’ll discuss the occupational exposure experienced by cannabis workers, with a focus on…
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Feb 01 2022
The WHO Chemical Risk Assessment Network Community of Trainers - Webinars on how to design a training in Chemical Risk Assessment
at 02:00 UTC Topics: Location Type: OnlineThe aim of the webinar series is to support new trainers in designing trainings in chemical risk assessment and to share experience between new and more experienced trainers. Each webinar will focus on specific aspects of designing trainings and include presentations and interactive discussions in breakout rooms where participants apply the knowledge on their own planned training. After each…
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Feb 02 2022
NCCHPP Webinar – Public Policy Competencies for Public Health
at 01:00 ET Topics: Location Type: OnlineThis webinar will begin to answer the question: What do public health actors need to know about public policy? We will report on the findings from a scoping review with analysis of the literature on competencies for healthy public policy. We will explore the trends and tendencies over the past 15 years or so related to what public health schools, organizations, and authorities have done and are…
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Feb 04 2022
CANUE Expert Webinar Series - Pathways Between Transportation and Health
at 09:00 PT Topics: Location Type: OnlineTransportation is an integral part of our daily lives, giving us access to people, education, jobs, services, and goods. Our transportation choices and behaviours are influenced by four interrelated factors: the land use and built environment, infrastructure, available modes, and emerging technologies/disruptors. These factors influence how we move ourselves and goods, and are modifiable. In turn…
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Feb 04 2022
SPPH OEH Seminar - A Public Health Response to the Climate and Ecological Crisis
at 12:30 PT Topics: Climate Change Location Type: OnlineThe climate and ecological crisis represent unprecedented threats to population health and governments around the world have declared climate emergencies. Health and social care providers have a crucial role to play in the transformation required to address these threats and this presentation provides an overview of these efforts from a public health perspective recognizing the wider leadership…
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Feb 08 2022
PHO Rounds: Novel Disease Surveillance Tools for the Next Pandemic
at 12:00 ET 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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Feb 09 2022
HBE Webinar - Assessing environments to support healthy aging and reduce social isolation
at 11:00 PT Topics: Location Type: OnlineAssessing environments to support healthy aging and reduce social isolation February 9, 2021 @ 11am - 12pm Pacific Time (PT) (Please note these webinars are 60 minutes in duration beginning in 2022) Cost: FREE Emily Rugel, Postdoctoral fellow, Simon Fraser University ► REGISTER HERE The population of adults aged 60-plus is growing rapidly around the world, expected to more than double to…
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Feb 28 2022
NIEHS Workshop - Advancing Environmental Health Equity Through Implementation Science
at 11:00 EST Topics: Equity Location Type: OnlineOverview Our environment, including exposures in the physical, built, and social environments, can negatively affect the health of individuals and communities. These environmental exposures disproportionately impact racial and ethnic minority groups, disadvantaged and under-resourced communities. Given the interconnectedness of the environment with individual- and structural-level social…