Latest Past Events

Healthy Environments for Learning Day 2024

The 2024 Healthy Environments for Learning Day (HELD) campaign will focus on Indoor Air Quality in Canada’s schools and child care settings. Indoor Air Quality plays a critical role in shaping children’s respiratory health, immune function, and cognitive development. This campaign is an opportunity to address topics such as learnings from COVID-19 about the importance of ventilation, vehicle diesel exhaust, radon, harmful chemicals in products, as well as wildfire smoke and other climate change issues.

We are excited to be launching a national speakers series and co-creating this campaign with a diverse group of collaborators and organizations!

Learn more:
https://healthyenvironmentforkids.ca/held/

HELD 2024 Speakers Series Session 4: Effects of Air Pollutants on Children’s Brain Development

Join this virtual event to learn about the effects of air pollutants on children’s brain development and learning. Dr. Lanphear will discuss the impacts of toxins on children’s health, including the impact of low dose exposure to toxins on brain development, learning, and behaviour. Dr. Carlsten will share his findings on air pollution-related health effects, with a focus on diesel exhaust and brain function. 

FREE

HELD 2024 Speakers Series – Session 3: Climate Change Impacts on Indoor Learning Environments and Children’s Health

Zoom

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.

Free