Sheila Kalenge
Senior Research Associate
Sheila joined OCRC after completing her Master’s degree in occupational and environmental hygiene at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. While at UBC, she completed projects on exposure assessments, risk assessments, and hazard identification and analysis.
She is currently working on a variety of exposure assessment projects at OCRC looking at asbestos exposure, diesel exhaust exposure, antineoplastic drugs exposure and other contaminants.
Education:
- M.S. (Environmental Science & Engineering), Clarkson University (2008)
- M.Sc. (Occupational & Environmental Hygiene), University of British Columbia (2013)
OCRC Projects
- Applications of the Ontario Toxics Reduction Act for exposure surveillance
- Regional and sector-specific patterns of occupational and environmental exposures (TRA)
- Using the Ontario Toxics Reduction Act for targeted cancer-specific prevention strategies (TRA)
- Leveraging environmental reporting databases to assess occupational and environmental exposures
- Diesel Engine Exhaust Exposure in the Ontario Construction Industry
- Occupational exposure in Ontario nail salons
- Investigation of exposure to flame retardants among electronic waste recycling workers
- Diesel exhaust exposure in Ontario fire halls
- Asbestos exposure in schools
- Exposure to antineoplastic drugs among Ontario’s healthcare settings
Publications
- Industry and geographic patterns of use and emission of carcinogens in Ontario, Canada, 2011–2015
- OCRC Report: Assessment of diesel exhaust exposure in municipal fire halls in Ontario
- Recent trends in the industrial use and emission of known and suspected carcinogens in Ontario, Canada
- Silica exposure in a mining exploration operation
- From awareness to action: Sudbury, mining and occupational disease in a time of change
