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December 2025

NCCEH Spotlight: Cold weather health impacts among people experiencing homelessness

Our first NCCEH Spotlight highlights a recent systematic review on cold weather health impacts among people experiencing homelessness, and interventions to reduce these risks. See also our updated subject guide on extreme cold.

Residential wood smoke: Perceptions, health risks, and mitigating exposures

Nearly 1 in 5 Canadian households depend on wood burning, yet the smoke produced generates as much PM2.5 air pollution as Canada’s entire transportation and industrial sectors combined. This review article highlights a major gap between public perceptions and measured health risks and provides an overview of cleaner technologies and adaptive strategies.

Environmental public health and the Core Competencies for Public Health in Canada: Release 2.0: Contribution and impact

The Core Competencies for Public Health in Canada: Release 2.0 were published in September 2025. This Environmental Health Review paper highlights their relevance for environmental public health professionals and showcases the valuable perspectives they contributed through national engagement sessions. These contributions will help strengthen competency-based education, workforce development, and effective practice across Canada.

Upcoming Webinar

Built environments for healthy aging:
Environmental health approaches to age- and dementia inclusive communities

January 15, 2026 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM Pacific Time

Habib Chaudhury, PhD, Simon Fraser University
Emma Avery, MA Urban Geography, Happy Cities

Register free

Research scan

December 2025 environmental health research scan

This monthly research scan highlights recent environmental health publications by topic and provides easy access to article abstracts and report summaries to support public health professionals, researchers, planners, students, and others working in public health.

Announcements

New platform to host the NCCEH Mould Investigation online course for public health professionals

Beginning January 1, 2026, this course will be offered in four-month sessions on the University of British Columbia Canvas Catalog platform. The next session will run from January 1 to April 30, 2026.

Please visit the course webpage for updates and to register. This self-paced online course remains free of charge.

Canadian Households and Environment Survey - 2025 issue

Statistics Canada has now released the latest version of the Households and Environment Survey (HES) incorporating results from 2023. The HES provides valuable information on trends related to a range of indicators that impact public health including dwelling characteristics, provision of home heating and cooling, drinking water supply, awareness and testing for radon, and more. These data can help EPH practitioners identify emerging risks, understand changing household behaviours, and provide evidence for program and policy development.

Visit the Statistics Canada site for more information.

Register now for Public Health 2026

11-13 March 2026 | Montreal, Québec

Join colleagues from across the country at CPHA’s Public Health 2026. A room rate of only $269/night has been secured at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth. Register for the conference and reserve your room now. The hotel reservation deadline is Sunday 15 February or until sold out.

External Events

January 8
Science for public health policy: Understanding correlation and causation

January 14
Nurturing connection: Nature, mental health, and climate change

January 15
The impact of agriculture on water

January 20
Making sense of messy: Quality assessment of public health evidence (Hosted by NCCMT)

January 21
Building healthy public policy: Measuring your progress (Hosted by NCCHPP)

January 23
Voices of resilience – Replay and reconnect: A resilience series 

January 28
Foodborne illness outbreak response in Canada: Session 1

January 28
Bed bugs uncovered: Identifying, preventing, and protecting behavior, risks, and real-world challenges 

Please note that not all information is available in both official languages as the source of the information may not be subject to the Official Languages Act.

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