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Salem Room
Safe Pool Kit
Paul Di Salvo Lifesaving Society This session will review the services offered by the safety management division of the Lifesaving Society and provide participants with resources that they can pass on to operators of public pools that will enhance the safety of their operation. Participants will also review the ...1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Harwood Room
Healthy and Sustainable Child Care Environments: A Vision for Canada – A Future for Our Children
Helen Doyle Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment (CPCHE) In collaboration with multiple organizations and sectors, and to mark Healthy Environments for Learning Day, the Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment (CPCHE), updated the Healthy and Sustainable Child Care Checklist and released a Vision for Healthy and ...1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Main Ballroom
Establishing Low-Cost Rabies Vaccine Options for the Community
Jane Murrell Hamilton Public Health Unit In the past, establishing low-cost rabies vaccine options for vulnerable residents was not successful in Hamilton. This presentation will outline how a new approach to a much-needed resource for residents with financial burdens was successful in obtaining various options for low-cost rabies vaccines ...10:40 am - 11:10 am
Salem Room
Tobacco Smoking & Vaping Enforcement in Alberta
Keara Shaw and Erin Teare Alberta Health Services In 2022, Alberta Health Services created a program to support the newly proclaimed Tobacco, Smoking & Vaping Reduction Act and Regulation. This required a task force of public health inspectors and health promotion facilitators to come together and create a proactive ...10:40 am - 11:10 am
Harwood Room
Rabies Exposure Investigation: Importance of Risk Assessment, Communication and Application of Best Practices
Lori Holmes and Patrick Landry Huron Perth Public Health The presentation will outline a recent rabies investigation involving a horse that led to collaborative risk assessment, risk communication and application of best practices among provincial and federal stakeholders. Through the animal exposure investigation, public health assessed potential health risks ...10:40 am - 11:10 am
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Environmental Influences and Prediction of Escherichia Coli Concentration in Freshwater Recreational Beaches
Dr. Jordan Tustin and Dr. Binyam Desta Toronto Metropolitan University The concentration of Escherichia coli is used in Canada as an indicator of fecal pollution in freshwater recreational beaches and is associated with recreational water illness among beachgoers. This study examines the environmental predictors of E. coli in Toronto ...10:40 am - 2:35 pm
Hilton Garden Inn Canadian Hall BC (No live stream)
EQ Leadership Workshop
Michelle Lyne Root Revival: Strategic Coaching & Consulting This is your opportunity to explore what it takes to be a transformational leader. You will gain crucial information about the importance of emotional intelligence for high performance, stress management, and overall happiness. The workshop combines the powerful framework and science ...11:15 am - 12:20 pm
Salem Room
Ignite Talk – Student Presentations
“Ignite Talks”: are 5 minute presentations presented by students from the Bachelor’s of Environmental Public Health Program (BEPH) at Conestoga and Bachelor of Applied Science at Toronto Metropolitan University . What’s unique about these short presentations is that only images, graphs, infographics, are used to ignite the audience along with ...11:15 am - 11:45 am
Harwood Room
Canadians here rarely wear masks, so I don’t wear one either. A Synthesis of Qualitative Research on Environmental Determinants of Disease Prevention Behaviors
Abhinand Thaivalappil University of Guelph Public health policies shape health behaviours in communities and reduce the burdens associated with chronic and infectious diseases. Among them, smoke-free policies and COVID-19 restrictions have been quite well known and covered extensively. Qualitative research studies have been conducted to explore the influence of ...11:15 am - 12:20 pm
Main Ballroom
Investigating the Urban Smellscape Using Citizen Science – The Smell Vancouver Project
Angela Eykelbosh National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health (Vancouver) Agricultural and industrial activities within the urban and peri-urban landscape create abundant opportunities for exposure to unpleasant odours. Although odours are typically addressed as a nuisance issue, frequent exposure to outdoor odours can have widespread community impacts, including physical and ...11:50 am - 12:20 pm
Harwood Room
Tick Talk & Tick Zones: A Climate Health Adaptation Project Targeting Lyme Disease Prevention
Sarah Warren and Ramien Sereshk Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit This presentation will illustrate the development, implementation, and evaluation of Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit’s (SMDHU) 2021 Climate-Health Adaptation Project, an evidence-informed health communication campaign targeting Lyme disease prevention. The campaign empowers adults living in or visiting Simcoe Muskoka ...2:05 pm - 2:35 pm
Salem Room
What’s new with CoPE and NEC?
Cameron Weighill, Council of Professional Experience (CoPE) Ann Thomas, National Executive Council (NEC) Part A This presentation will cover in detail how the CPC Program has recently evolved and will provide members with enough information to be able to log in and navigate their way through the portal to ...2:05 pm - 2:35 pm
Harwood Room
Putting Environmental Public Health Practice on the Map with Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Leah Rosenkrantz, PhD National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health Advances in geographic information systems (GIS) over the past few decades have supported innovative solutions to long-standing challenges in environmental public health (EPH) research and practice. Applications of GIS range from quantifying the public health impacts of wildfire smoke during ...2:05 pm - 2:35 pm
Main Ballroom
Fires, Floods and Heat Domes: The Role of Environmental Health Professionals in Emergency Management
Casey Neathway First Nations Health Authority 2021 saw some of the worst environmental emergencies in B.C.’s history: a record-setting heat dome led to significant morbidity and mortality in the province and kicked off one of the worst wildfire seasons of all time with dozens of communities evacuated and an ...3:05 pm - 4:45 pm
Salem Room
3:05 pm - 3:35 pm
Harwood Room
Salmonella Case Investigation and Food Recall – Scaling up through Public Health Partners
Alejandro Jaramillo-Tatis Middlesex-London Health Unit In December of 2021, the Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) identified a cluster of Salmonella cases by serotype and common exposure to a shawarma restaurant chain. Upon investigating, food samples were collected from the suspect chain and some were identified as being positive for Salmonella, ...3:05 pm - 4:10 pm
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Living in a Microplastic World
Nelson Fok Future generations may be facing a many global catastrophes, such as climate change, plastic pollution, and water scarcity. This presentation will provide latest information on the presence of microplastic in our environment and consumer products. Human exposure, consumption patterns and potential health effects will also be discussed. ...3:05 pm - 4:45 pm
Hilton Garden Inn Canadian Hall BC (No live stream)
Improv to Improve! A Novel Approach to Developing PHI Skills
Cathy Egan Conestoga College Jay Reid The Making Box’s Improv Public Health Inspectors use a variety of skills in their every day work: investigation skills, interview skills, enforcement skills, and relationship skills. Multiple skills and unique strategies are required depending on the complexity of the situation at hand. Often ...3:40 pm - 4:10 pm
Harwood Room
Radiation Basics and Emergency Preparedness
Parisa Mahdian Ontario Power Generation This presentation provides background on forms of radiations atoms, alpha, beta, gamma, neutron, and tritium radiations. It also discusses types of penetration for each type of radiation, and internal/external exposure pathways to human. It further discusses multiple barriers that are designed to prevent radioactive ...4:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Harwood Room
Supporting the COVID-19 Response and Recovery with Evidence: Importance of Timely Knowledge Translation
Lydia Ma National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health The global pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus at the start of 2020 sparked intensive international efforts to bring a rapidly spreading infectious virus under control. Much urgency and uncertainty emerged given the unprecedented scale and pace of this pandemic, which ...4:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Main Ballroom
The Effects of Climate Change on the Food Supply Cold chain: An Evidence Review
Kelsey James National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health Perishable foods, including fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, poultry, and dairy, are essential to the diets of Canadians. In order to maintain food safety and quality, perishables must be kept refrigerated or frozen during storage and distribution from their point of origin ...10:25 am - 11:30 am
Salem Room
Overview of the Regulatory Compliance Ontario
Lina Cimarrusti, BJ Alvey Ontario Public Service Since it’s inception in 2014, Regulatory Compliance Ontario (RCO) has become a leader in driving regulatory and enforcement collaboration efforts within and outside the Ontario Public Service. Our mission is to collaborate with the purpose of strengthening regulatory, compliance and enforcement capacity ...10:25 am - 11:30 am
Harwood Room
NEHA Updates Latest and Greatest Happenings
D. Gary Brown Eastern Kentucky University National Environmental Health Association In 2020 NEHA commenced our strategic planning process. The board and staff agreed on a new mission and vision statement. Our vision statement: healthy environments, protected communities, empowered professionals. Our mission statement: To build, sustain, and empower an effective ...10:25 am - 10:55 am
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Farm-to-Fork: FoodNet Canada as an integrated sentinel site surveillance system for food safety
Cheryl Tung Public Health Agency of Canada & Middlesex-London Health Unit Allison Roberts Public Health Agency of Canada FoodNet Canada, facilitated by the Public Health Agency of Canada, is a national integrated sentinel surveillance system that works across the farm-to-fork continuum to identify primary sources of major enteric pathogens ...10:25 am - 12:05 pm
Hilton Garden Inn Canadian Hall BC (No live stream)
Board of Certification Annual Educational Presentation and Training
CIPHI Board of Certification The BOC often takes the opportunity at the AEC to update CIPHI members on its latest work and projects. It also gives members the opportunity to ask the BOC questions and provide input or suggestions for improvement. Ongoing work and projects include: international candidate equivalency ...11:00 am - 11:30 am
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Quantitative Evaluation of Microbial Health Risks Faced by Migrant Farm Workers in Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program
Nadwa Elbadri University of Waterloo Seasonal migrant farmworkers are temporary workers that come to Canada under the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) for agricultural work opportunities that include the care of animals and harvesting of crops. These migrant farmworkers face a range of known health threats including gastroenterological illnesses. ...11:35 am - 12:05 pm
Salem Room
Collaborative Approaches to Reconciliation in Environmental Health Practice
J. Ivor Norlin Interior Health Authority Casey Neathway First Nations Health Authority In November, 2019 B.C. enacted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, establishing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) as the province’s framework for reconciliation. In B.C., the Interior Health ...11:35 am - 12:05 pm
Harwood Room
Climate Change and Health – A Rapid Risk Assessment Tool for Prioritizing Risks
Bo Cheyne Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health Brandie Bevis Region of Waterloo Public Health Climate change is a defining Public Health challenge of the 21st century and is already impacting the health of Canadians. The health risks associated with climate change highlight the growing need for effective action on climate change ...11:35 am - 12:05 pm
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Water quality challenges in healthcare settings- past, present and future
April Smith Canadian Hospital Specialties Water quality monitoring in dental offices continues to be an underestimated issue. The scope of the presentation is to review past reports of public health impact caused by water quality in healthcare settings (dental waterlines, water for dialysis, etc) to patients and healthcare professionals, ...3:20 pm - 4:25 pm
Salem Room
Daily Prevention of Outbreaks
Jim Gauthier Diversey Inc Infections can occur on a daily basis in congregate living settings. Outbreaks (a rise over our regular baseline) can cost extra money, time and possibly lives. Being ready for an outbreak on a daily basis can help limit the spread of a pathogenic microorganism. Screening, ...3:20 pm - 3:50 pm
Harwood Room
Integrated Durham IPAC Hub Model – A Partnership with Public Health
Michelle Alexander Lakeridge Health The Durham IPAC Hub framework is an integrated model that is unique from other 30 Ontario IPAC Hub models as it has the active collaboration and partnership with our Durham Public Health unit. Our IPAC Hub team members and public health inspectors work alongside each ...3:20 pm - 4:25 pm
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Leading a Multi-Agency Response to Health Hazards in an Un-Licensed Group Home
Kayla Elms and Simran Saini Southwestern Public Health On July 7, 2021, Public Health Inspectors issued a Section 13 Order for closure, under the Health Protection and Promotion Act, to an unregulated residential facility by Southwestern Public Health (SWPH) to mitigate multiple health hazards observed in the facility, including: ...3:55 pm - 4:25 pm
Harwood Room
Experiences of Environmental Public Health Professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic response in Canada
Subrana Rahman Fatih Sekercioglu Toronto Metropolitan University The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted several challenges for public health professionals across Canada including Environmental Public Health Professionals and case and contact management teams. Three studies were conducted on their lived experiences using a mixed-methods approach. Study results revealed that public health ...10:55 am - 11:25 am
Salem Room
A Public Health approach to assessing ventilation and filtration to mitigate the risk of aerosol transmission of COVID-19
In the spring of 2021 as new research about the role of aerosol transmission of COVID-19 came to light and with the unwavering support of our Medical Officer of Health we began examining ways to assess ventilation and filtration within specified settings of concern such as long term care, ...10:55 am - 12:00 pm
Harwood Room
Rabies in an Imported Dog in Toronto
Paul Di Salvo Toronto Public Health Importation of animals into Canada has the potential to introduce zoonotic diseases, such as rabies, into domestic animal and human populations. Between 2015 and 2021, four dogs with canine-mediated rabies were imported into the United States. In July 2021, the first case of ...10:55 am - 12:35 pm
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The Potential for Practice: COVID-19 Wastewater Surveillance
Dr. Alex Chik Ontario Clean Water Agency Katrina Hitchman Canadian Water Network Alexander Swirski Durham Region Health Department Mary-Anne Pietrusiak Durham Region Health Department Moderated by Dr. Wendy Pons Conestoga College Monitoring for SARS CoV-2 fragments in wastewater (WW) was developed early in the pandemic with the intent of ...11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Salem Room
Impact of COVID-19 on Environmental Public Health Professionals
Ken Diplock and Cathy Egan Conestoga College The COVID-19 pandemic has tested the resilience of all aspects of health care, including public health. Environmental Public Health Professionals (EPHPs) have had unique experiences related to case and contact management, infection prevention and control monitoring, outbreak control, public education, logistics for ...12:05 pm - 12:35 pm
Salem Room
IAQ; How To and FAQ of Mould and Particle Count Air Sampling Techniques and Interpretation in Healthcare and Public Health Settings
Eric Devine University Health Network Indoor air sampling for mould and particle counts is complex, particularly in healthcare and public health settings. Methodology and sampling design are critically important to ensure results are valid and can be interpreted or actioned. The process will be described with real-life examples and ...12:05 pm - 12:35 pm
Harwood Room
