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Upcoming Seminars
Visual Tools and Processes for Engaging Intersectoral Partners on the Health Impacts of Resource Development
April 29th, 2021 @ 12 - 1pm PT
Speakers: Dr. Raina Fumerton & Sally Western
Cost: FREE
It is becoming increasingly established that large extractive projects impact the social, economic, and cultural determinants of health for resource-based communities throughout rural Canada. In Northern British Columbia, the economic benefits of mining and pipeline construction can be accompanied by significant pressures on social infrastructure, economic instability, and increased crime rates. As Northern Health Authority and academic researchers work to address these impacts, we needed accessible tools to translate complexity to a broad audience of stakeholders: community leaders, policy-makers, regulatory bodies, and industry proponents. As a result, Northern Health is using Knowledge Translation tools to include these multivalent determinants of community health in Impact Assessment and policy discussion.
This webinar will discuss the process that led to the creation of our Knowledge Translation tools and how they have been used to communicate the interactions of social, economic, and cultural health determinants to stakeholders in the context of BC extractive projects. We will also describe our next steps in using and refining these Knowledge Translation tools as the topic of extractive projects and impacts to health determinants continues to expand in public health dialogues.
Dr. Raina Fumerton (Northern Health): Dr. Fumerton is a Medical Doctor and Public Health and Preventive Medicine Specialist. She has been employed as a Medical Health Officer for Northern Health since September 2014. Her interests span the broad scope of public health including health equity, the social determinants of health, communicable disease control, and better understanding the health impacts (both positive and negative) of resource development on the northern communities she serves.
Sally Western (Northern Health): Sally is a Technical Advisor in the Office of Health and Resource Development. She also serves as the Northern Health – Environment Community Health Observatory Network (ECHO) case coordinator. With an M.A. in Arctic Mining History, her research interests include the integration of Gender-Based Analysis in Health Impact Assessment and analyzing the incorporation of health and social science findings into public policy and environmental regulation.
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Archived Seminars
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April 1, 2021: Environmental factors associated with freshwater recreational water quality in Toronto and Niagara (presented by Dr. Johanna Sanchez & Dr. Jordan Tustin)
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February 24, 2021: Scoping Population Health in Impact Assessment (ScopHIA) (presented by Jennifer Ann Brown & Dr. Candace I. J. Nykiforuk)
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February 17, 2021: Psychosocial Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic: A frame of reference from lessons learned through disasters in Canada (presented by Mélissa Généreux)
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December 17, 2020: Surface Cleaning and Disinfection in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic (presented by Tina Chen, KT Scientist, NCCEH)
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November 10, 2020: COVID-19 management in personal services settings: Lessons learned from a nail salon outbreak (presented by Dr. Azim Kasmani and Anthony Li)
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October 22, 2020: KALAMITea - Kombucha alcohol levels affecting mothers, infants and toddlers (presented by Lorraine McIntyre, BCCDC)
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September 30, 2020: COVID-19 Risks and precautions for the performing arts (presented by Juliette O'Keeffe, EH & KT Scientist, NCCEH)
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August 27, 2020: When shelter in place isn't an option - environmental health guidance for encampments during COVID-19 (presented by Jade Yehia, Regional Built Environment Consultant, Island Health)
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June 2020: Responding to Climate Change as Public Health Professionals (presented by Kim Perrotta, Executive Director, Creating Healthy and Sustainable Environments (CHASE))
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May 28, 2020: COVID-19 Precautions for Multi-unit Residential Buildings (presented by Dr. Angela Eykelbosh, EH & KT Scientist, NCCEH)
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April 30, 2020: Indoor environmental quality of sustainable building designs and occupant health (presented by Dr. Karen Bartlett, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia)
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February 20, 2020: Strategies to combat Legionnaires’ Disease – Outbreak Investigation and Preventive Policy (presented by Mark McCabe, Fraser Health Authority; Christopher Radziminski, and Phillip White from City of Vancouver)
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January 30, 2020: An Investigation of Mercury Poisoning and Home Contamination: Success through multi-sectoral collaboration (presented by Lori Holmes, Huron Perth Public Health; Sunil Varughese, Public Health Ontario; Vince Spilchuk, Public Health Ontario)
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December 18, 2019: Marijuana Edibles: Regulatory Updates, Risk Assessment and Public Health Messaging (presented by Keith Warriner, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph)
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November 20, 2019: Cannabis Edibles Roles & Responsibilities in Regional Health Authorities; (presented by Carrie Cotton, Senior Policy Analyst, Ministry of Health)
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October 2, 2019: Lessons Learned From the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: The Role of Disaster (presented by Dr. Richard Kwok, Chief of Staff, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
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September 26, 2019: Lessons in Public Health Planning for Wildfire Smoke (presented by Sally Maguet, Consultant, BC Centre for Disease Control)
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July 11, 2019: BCIT Student Research Projects (presented by Christine Sweezey, Michael Cai, Diane Lee)
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June 12, 2019: Calls to the British Columbia Drug and Poison Information Centre on the Cusp of Cannabis Legalization (presented by Tissa Rahim, Project Coordinator, BC Centre for Disease Control)
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May 29, 2019: Risks and vulnerabilities due to climate change in Canada: New evidence and HealthADAPT (presented by Peter Berry, Senior Policy Analyst, Health Canada)
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April 18, 2019: Paradox of Wealth and Health: Resource Development and Social Determinants of Health (presented by Barbara Oke, Regional Manager, Health and Resource Development, Northern Health and Melissa Aalhus, Health and Resource Development Technical Advisor, Northern Health)
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March 27, 2019: Cyanobacteria and drinking water (presented by Juliette O'Keeffe, EH & KT Scientist, NCCEH and Victoria (Tory) Colling, Scientist, Walkerton Clean Water Centre)
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March 6, 2019: Indigenous Food Safety and Security: Community Adaptations in the Wake of Climate Pressures (presented by Casey Neathway, Interior Regional Manager of Environmental Public Health Services, First Nations Health Authority and Leela Steiner, Environmental Health and Knowledge Translation Scientist, NCCEH)
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January 30, 2019: Supporting Health Equity through Healthy Built Environments (presented by Dianne Oickle, Knowledge Translation Specialist, NCCDH and Karen Rideout, Karen Rideout Consulting)