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This week! Occ-COVID: Education focus - Healthy solutions for Kids, Schools & Workplaces |
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Ontario hit 1,000 COVID-19 cases in schools - 23 days faster than last year. Join us Friday to discuss a full slate of issues, including airborne prevention strategies (and masking) as well as other important education safety issues,
Friday, September 24, 2021 - 1:00pm to 3:00 pm
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Delta and School reopening: How to Ensure Good Ventilation and/or Filtration, Dr. Jim Rosenthal, Tex-Air Filters
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Building Your Own DIY Corsi-Rosenthal Box Air Cleaner, Kevin Hedges, OHCOW
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Ergonomic Basics for Kids at home and school, Melissa Statham and Andrew Flanagan, Ergonomists, OHCOW
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Control and Protection: Optimizing Mask/Respirator use for all ages, Danielle Cane, Masks4Canada
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Cleaning for health, not theatre, Dorothy Wigmore, OHCOW
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What more can we do? Panel Discussion
OHCOW has joined the World Health Network. Visit their website to find valuable videos, posters and other resources to promote school (and workplace) safety.
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Occ-COVID in "Occ-tober": Finding solutions to Prevent COVID-19 & Occupational Disease |
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Risks to workers are discounted to be "open," raising cases and harm, with individual, community & societal impact. What can we change to protect them? Mark your calendars for Oct. 1st as we learn and discuss disease prevention strategy with 3 internationally renowned speakers:
Friday, October 1, 2021 1:00pm to 3:00 pm
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Joint Problem Solving: World Health Network, A Global Vision for Disease Prevention, Dr. Yaneer Bar Yam, New England Complex Systems Institute
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Data is the Key to Workplace (and Community) Prevention – COVID as a case study, Dr. Peter Smith, Institute for Work and Health
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Airborne transmission of respiratory viruses and implications for workplaces, Dr. Jose-Luis Jimenez, University of Colorado
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What can we do individually and collectively to make a difference? Panel Discussion
Visit our website for information on registration and to view videos and other materials from past sessions.
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OHCOW will be sharing samples of our new Office Ergonomics Reference Guide every work day in October. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and other social media to learn more (linked by their icons at the bottom of this email).
- October 4 – Kermit Davis & Susan Kotowski, Insights from working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic may provide a starting place for a healthier working future (1 – 2 pm)
- October 15 – Michelle Robertson, Work From Home and Beyond: A holistic approach to addressing technology, ergonomic, and organizational factors (12 - 1 pm)
- October 21 – Venerina Johnston, A new way forward for the prevention and management of discomfort in office personnel - Learnings from across the globe (4- 5 pm)
- October 27 – Mark McGill, Expanding the Bounds of Seated Virtual Workspaces (12 -1 pm)
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Occ-tober and Beyond - Save the dates! |
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7th Annual Occ-tober Symposia Webinar Series on Occupational Health & Illness/Disease Prevention: The Path Forward
Please join us for this important annual event sharing information on Occupational Health and Illness/Disease Prevention science and efforts across Ontario and the country.
The series will kick-off on October 29, 1PM-3PM (with Welcome Address from Dr. Joel Moody, Chief Prevention Officer), and will run every Friday in November (Lung Month) 1PM-3PM.
Topics/Organizations/Speakers will include:
Prevention Works Prioritizing Occupational Illness Prevention, Victoria Arrandale, Uof T- Occupational Exposure Limits, Dr. Arif Jetha, Institute for Work & Health– The Future of Work & Impacts to OHS, Occupational Cancer Research Centre - Occupational Disease Stats and Evidence, Ministry of Labour Training & Skills Development - Regulatory Updates-Occupational Illness Reporting, the IRS & JHSC, Thomas Tenkate, Ryerson- CHAP and Hazard/Risk Assessment Tools, CCOHS/BCCSA/OHCOW- The Silica Control Tool Pilot Project with the Construction Industry, CSA Standards regarding Asbestos Management, Vulnerable Workers and Occupational Illness, Case Studies: COPD, IPF and other Lung Disease and more.
Mark your calendars now, and check our News page for updates and registration information in the near future.
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