HELD 2024 Speakers Series – Session 3: Climate Change Impacts on Indoor Learning Environments and Children’s Health
Join this virtual event to learn about climate-related health risks impacting indoor environmental quality and children’s health and well-being. Speakers will address the health impacts of wildfire smoke on children’s health, protective measures to reduce wildfire smoke exposures, climate-related mental health impacts in Canada, as well as extreme heat within schools and child care settings, relevant policies and bylaws, and policy gaps relating to extreme heat.
HELD 2024 Speakers Series – Session 2: Improving Indoor Air Quality Through Source Reduction, Ventilation and Filtration
Join this virtual event to learn about improving indoor air quality in schools and child care settings through source reduction, ventilation and filtration. Our keynote speaker, Dr. Jeffrey Siegel, will discuss the impacts of air pollutants on children’s health and outline practical strategies to improve indoor air quality in educational settings.
HELD 2024 Speakers Series – Session 1: Reducing Radon in Schools and Child Care Settings
Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that can build up to harmful levels indoors. Join this virtual event to learn about radon, its health risks, and what can be done to protect children and staff in schools and child care settings.
Request for Proposals
For the development of a summary report on child care program types utilized in Canada including usage patterns among socio-economically marginalized populations. Deadline extended to 8 January 2024
Pollution Probe, CPCHE and The Delphi Group release Electric School Bus strategy for Ontario
The strategy outlines the actions needed at all levels to transition to electric school buses across Ontario as a key step in protecting children’s health and taking action on climate change.