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.
Contact ocrc@ontariohealth.ca to sign up for the mailing list.
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. For more information, please contact Victoria Arrandale (victoria.arrandale@utoronto.ca).
April 5, 2024 – Green space and impacts on adolescent sleepMeredith Franklin (University of Toronto)
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March 22, 2024 – Understanding and Managing Heat Stress in the WorkplaceAndré Gauvin (Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers) – Download Slides
OHCOW’s Heat Stress Toolkit will launch in Spring 2024.
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March 8, 2024 – Depression and Probable Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Risk among Canadian Paramedics during COVID-19Chris MacDonald (University of Toronto) – Download Slides
February 23, 2024 – How does experiencing depression impact employment and earnings?Kathleen Dobson (Institute for Work & Health)
February 2, 2024 – Radon in Ontario WorkplacesPaul Demers & Lily Yang (Occupational Cancer Research Centre) – Download slidesBrian Bjorndal (Radiation Safety Institute of Canada) – Download slidesChristine Fink (City of Greater Sudbury)
January 26, 2024 – Sex and gender considerations in the associations between psychosocial stressors at work and coronary heart disease incidenceAzita Zahiriharsini & Mahée Gilbert-Ouimet (Université du Québec & CHU de Québec)
January 12, 2024 – Preventing Occupational Illness in OntarioJoel Moody (Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development & University of Toronto)
November 24, 2023 – Climate resilient local carbon sustainable health systems Fiona A. Miller, University of Toronto
November 10, 2023 – Wildfire smoke, population health, and the Canadian climate future Sarah Henderson, BC Centre for Disease Control & National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health
October 27, 2023 – Opioid-related harms among Ontario workersJeavana Sritharan, OCRC, and Nancy Carnide, Institute for Work and Health
Visit the https://opioidsandwork.ca/ site to learn more.
October 13, 2023 – Can we reduce inevitable exposures to chemicals of concern?Miriam Diamond, University of Toronto
September 29, 2023 – The impact of HVAC filters in residential buildingsAmy Li, University of Waterloo
Please contact ocrc@ontariohealth.ca for presentation slides.
September 15, 2023 – Environmental Equity Mapping Tools for AllJeff Brook, University of Toronto
Visit HealthyDesign.City to learn more. Access the HealthyPlan.City tool to explore inequities in the built environment in your city.
The Occupational and Environmental Health (OEH) seminar series is supported by the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Public Health Ontario, the Occupational…
