The Occupational and Environmental Health (OEH) seminar series is supported by the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Public Health Ontario, the Occupational Cancer Research Centre, and the Centre for Research Expertise in Occupational Disease.
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Seminar Details
Time: Seminars are held on Fridays from 12:00pm to 1:00pm (ET)
Location: online webinar
The seminars are open to everyone, and can be attended via Zoom webinar. Registration is free of charge. To register, and to receive the instructions for connecting to the webinar, please follow the Eventbrite links in the table below. The link will become available approximately a week before each seminar date.
Following the seminar, presentation slides will be posted below with the consent of the presenter.
The Occupational and Environmental Health Seminar Series is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. The series is also approved by the Council of Professional Experience for professional development hours (PDHs) for members of the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI), and by the Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists (CRBOH) for Registration Maintenance (RM) points. If you have any questions, please contact Victoria Arrandale (victoria.arrandale@utoronto.ca).
Upcoming Seminars
| Date | Speaker (Institution) | Title/Topic |
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| October 14, 2022 | Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia (University of Toronto) | Occupational stress and burnout in healthcare providers |
| October 28, 2022 | Stephanie Premji (McMaster University) | Community-based research with the South Asian Women’s Rights Organization |
| November 11, 2022 | Tor Oiamo (Toronto Metropolitan University) | Community noise in Toronto, Ontario |
| November 25, 2022 | Paul Villeneuve (Carleton University) | Neighbourhood walkability and associations with mortality |
| January 20, 2023 | Emily King (VHA Home HealthCare and University of Toronto) | COVID-19 and the mental health impacts on home care providers |
| February 3, 2023 | Matthew Adams (University of Toronto) | What’s new with the Hamilton community air monitoring initiative |
| February 17, 2023 | Aaron Goodrazi (University of Calgary) | Exposure to residential radon and risk communication |
| March 3, 2023 | Mieke Koehoorn and Chris McLeod (University of British Columbia) | Asbestos and gastrointestinal cancer: results from a recent systematic review |
| March 17, 2023 | Eric Tucker (York University) | Labour law and its impact on the health and safety of gig workers |
| March 31, 2023 | Karen Smith (University of Toronto) | Urban Heat |
Past Seminars
September 30, 2022 – The Microscopic World of Building Science
Sarah Haines, University of Toronto
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September 16, 2022 – IARC Mechanistic Evidence for Cancer in Firefighters
Alexandra Long, Health Canada
(If you want more information on slides, please contact OCRC)
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Click the links below to access presentation slides from previous seminar series:
2013/14 — 2014/15 — 2015/16 — 2016/17 — 2017/18 — 2018/19 — 2019/20 — 2020/2021 — 2021/22
