A shout-out to students, professors, staff and alumni of the UBC Occupational and Environmental Health Division who made the journey to Ohio in May to partake in the AIHA Connect 2024 conference booth and share their experiences with the UBC program and the city of Vancouver.

As temperatures rise, take action to protect your workers in hot working conditions from heat stress. Find resources, including the new heat stress screening tool, to help manage your workplace risk at ms.spr.ly/6011l17GX

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We're looking for a Research Associate in occ health & safety! Join us to lead evaluations of policies/programs designed to prevent work-related injury/illness & engage w/ policymakers to improve disability & #RTW outcomes. pwhs.ubc.ca/news/ UBC's School of Population and Public Health carwh IWH

New paper alert! Christopher McLeod Robert Macpherson et al found that workplace safety inspections in Alberta generally did not result in greater reductions in firm-level claim rates in the construction, manufacturing, and transportation sectors. UBC's School of Population and Public Health #OHS onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aj…

New paper alert! Significant associations observed btw heatwaves & occupational heat-related illness & the association w/ heatwaves was greater during the summer of 2021 than prior summers. More: sjweh.fi/article/4179 Christopher McLeod @liz272 UBC's School of Population and Public Health UBC Media Relations

B.C. journalists: This paper identified which B.C. workers were most susceptible to heat-related illness during recent summer heatwaves. To speak with senior author Christopher McLeod, please contact Erik Rolfsen: news.ubc.ca/ubc-media-rela…

Do you know how to manage risk of wildfires during BC’s hot and dry summer? Learn how to assess risk at different worksites and provide safety protocols to help keep workers safe from wildfire smoke and heat during the summer season: ms.spr.ly/6011lYjth

🚀 Announcing #UBCSPPH's new continuing education course in occupational hygiene! Great for non-professional, early-stage, and seasoned Occupational Hygiene professionals. Register and save $250 on fees for October 2024 offering: exl.ubc.ca/occupational-h…

Join for a hybrid seminar Oct 15, where Ehsan Karim will explore methodological approaches for prediction versus causal questions, highlighting the recent excitement around integrating prediction and machine learning tools into causal inference. Register: chspr.ubc.ca/2024/08/26/chs…

🔔Join our info session on Oct 2 at 12PM-1PM (PT) about the new continuing education course "Principles of Occupational Hygiene." This course is designed for non-professional, early-stage, and seasoned Occupational Hygiene professionals. ⁠ RSVP now: exl.ubc.ca/occupational-h…

Submit your abstracts for #Cascadia2025! Theme: Impacts of a Changing Climate on Worker Health, Vulnerable Populations, and Infectious Disease. Jan 9-10 in Blaine, WA. More: oshce.uw.edu/pages/cascadia…

🚨 Save the Date! 🚨 The 2025 CARWH Conference is coming to Ottawa from June 2-4! 🎉 📍 Marriott, Ottawa, ON 📑 Abstract submissions & details: carwh.ca/2025-carwh-con… (due Jan 31, 2025) Let’s shape the future of worker health together! 💼💪 #CARWH2025 #OccupationalHealth