Occupational and Environmental Health Seminar Series 2025-2026

The Occupational and Environmental Health (OEH) seminar series is supported by the Dalla Lana School of Public HealthPublic Health Ontario, the Occupational Cancer Research Centre, the Centre for Research Expertise in Occupational Disease, and the Centre for Occupational Disease Prevention.

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Upcoming seminars

DateSpeaker/affiliationTitle
September 12, 2025Dr. Parveen Bhatti
BC Cancer Research Institute & University of British Columbia
Night shift work, outdoor artificial light at night and cancer
September 26, 2025TBDTBD
October 10, 2025Jane HoppinIARC Monograph 135 – PFOA and PFOS
October 24, 2025TBDTBD
November 7Nathan DeBonoImpact of Interventions to Prevent Asbestos-Related Respiratory Disease in an Exposed Worker Registry Using a Simplified G-computation
November 21, 2025Arthur ChanTitle TBD
December 5, 2025TBDTBD
January 16, 2025TBDTBD
January 30, 2025Janice HuExposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and metabolic syndrome: a Canadian Health Measures Survey mixture analysis
February 13, 2025Alison ThompsonTitle TBD
February 27, 2025Stephanie ZiembickiImpact of coded crosswalk methodologies on lung cancer risk estimates in Ontario workers exposed to diesel engine exhaust
March 13, 2025TBDTBD
March 27, 2025Amy Pruden-BagchiTitle TBD
April 10, 2025TBDTBD

Seminar Details

Time: Seminars are held on Fridays from 12:00pm to 1:00pm (ET)
Location: online only

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 registration 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.

Attendance at OEH seminars may support requirements for continuing education and/or professional development, including the CIPHI Continuing Professional Competencies Program, CRBOH Registration Maintenance Program, or BCG Recertification Points. Please refer to requirements under your relevant professional body to ensure compliance. Records of attendance will be provided to attendees who make this request during the registration process, and will be sent at the end of the seminar series (April 2026). For more information, please contact Victoria Arrandale (victoria.arrandale@utoronto.ca).  


Past Seminars

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