Join us for the first session in our HELD 2024 Speakers Series on key aspects of indoor air quality in schools and child care settings! In this virtual event we will discuss radon, its health effects, and what can be done to protect children and staff in schools and child care settings.
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.
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.
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.
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/
