Learn how nurses across the country are promoting environmental health and sustainability. https://cascadescanada.ca/national-nursing-week-2022-weanswerthecall-for-environmental-sustainability/
Pollution Probe, CPCHE and The Delphi Group have released a white paper calling for a transition to electric-powered school buses across Ontario. The White Paper makes the case for switching away from diesel and investing in electric school buses as a demonstrable step forward in improving air quality, protecting the
November 2019 The impacts of climate change are apparent and will continue to worsen without strong action. Children’s health and well-being are increasingly at risk from the adverse affects of climate change, including heat stress, trauma from extreme weather events, increased risk of vector-borne diseases, and growing levels of eco-anxiety.
This Healthy Environments for Learning Day, April 28th, CPCHE and CCCF issued the results of a national survey of child care professionals on environmental health in child care settings. The survey results suggest that the child care sector is committed to children’s environmental health, but more support is needed. Nearly one-third
This Healthy Environments for Learning Day, the Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment (CPCHE), the Canadian Child Care Federation (CCCF) and more than 40 organizations from across Canada are releasing the Healthy and Sustainable Child Care Environments: A Vision for Canada. The Vision is intended as a framework to support
Healthy Environments for Learning Day, formerly Healthy Schools Day (HSD), has changed its name to be inclusive of early learning and child care environments. Healthy Environments for Learning Day takes place each April in Canada and aims to raise awareness of and encourage action to prevent environmental health risks to
CPCHE has lost a dear colleague and friend. Dr. Lynn Marshall passed away on April 14, 2022. Lynn was a founding partner in CPCHE, representing the Ontario College of Family Physicians and the Environmental Health Clinic at Women’s College Hospital and, later on, the Environmental Health Institute of Canada which
CPCHE joins with CELA, the Lung Association, the David Suzuki Foundation and CAREX Canada in an open letter to the Honourable Seamus O’Regan urging the federal government to include measures to address cancer-causing radon in Canada’s new Greener Homes Program. Citing evidence that energy retrofits can inadvertently worsen indoor radon
CPCHE is delighted to announce a generous donation from the Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring. The contribution, which coincides with CPCHE’s 20th anniversary, will enable the partnership to deepen its collective work to advance healthy learning environments for children and action on climate change.
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