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February 2025

Getting mosquito monitoring started in your community

This short video highlights the key components of the “Community science toolkit for mosquito surveillance”, demonstrating how community-driven initiatives can be implemented and how they play a crucial role in mosquito surveillance efforts.

A burning reality: Understanding and mitigating the health risks of residential wood smoke

This blog discusses the public health risks associated with residential wood smoke, along with current guidelines, standards, and best practices for operating wood-burning appliances.

Water and milk kefir: BCCDC Fermented Foods Safety Guidance

A new chapter on water and milk kefir has been added to the BCCDC fermented foods safety guidance website. This chapter completes the series. These documents discuss specific food safety risks for common types of fermented foods and provides guidance on mitigation.

Upcoming Webinar

Designing sun safety: Shade Lookbook Climate data demystified: Climate science for public health professionals

February 27, 2025 | 12:00 - 1:00pm Pacific Time

Rachel Malena-Chan, M.Sc.
Ryan Smith, M.Sc.
Canadian Centre for Climate Services

Register free

Designing sun safety: Shade Lookbook Mapping walkability for a healthier built environment in Peel Region, Ontario

March 12, 2025 | 12:00 - 1:00pm Pacific Time

Michael Bennington, MPH
Peel Public Health

Register free

Research Scan

February 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

Registration now open for CPHA Public Health 2025
April 29 - May 1, 2025
Winnipeg, Manitoba

CPHA Public Health 2025 brings together public health professionals, researchers, policy-makers, academics, students, and trainees to strengthen efforts to improve health and well-being. 

Join the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health in our collaborator session: Better Together: Drawing on 20 years of knowledge translation to navigate new public health challenges, and other NCC presentations. 

Early-bird registration deadline: March 13, 2025

Call for abstracts - CIPHI National Annual Education Conference

Join CIPHI in beautiful Kelowna, British Columbia for the 89th CIPHI National Annual Education Conference on September 21 to 24, 2025. Seize the chance to learn, collaborate, and network with partners and colleagues from across Canada.

Abstract submission deadline: March 15, 2025. Submit your abstract here.

Webinar Recording

Ice arena inspection practice guide for indoor air quality management

External Events

February 25
Vision 2030: Moving data to public health action (Hosted by NCCID)

February 25
Emergency response: Drinking water supply planning and treatment technology deployment

February 25
An introduction to ASHRAE Guideline 44: Protecting building occupants from smoke during wildfire and prescribed burn events

February 25
From sewers to solutions: Transforming public health through wastewater surveillance success stories 
(Hosted by NCCID)

February 27
Methodologies for appropriate and improved sampling, analysis, characterization, monitoring, and reporting of microplastics

February 27
A collaborative One Health approach to rabies management and control in Canada

February 28
The health effects of 5G

March 4
GMO corn and glyphosate: New evidence for precaution from Mexican scientists

March 12
Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and public health: An examination of the occurrence of PFAS, their health effects, and the evolving regulatory environment

March 12
Nuclear waste management: Principles into practice

March 19
Wastewater treatment technologies for difficult pollutants

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