The National Conference
on Air Issues and the Movement of Commercial Goods and Freight
March 5-6, 2008
Renaissance Toronto Airport Hotel and Conference Centre
Pollution Probe, in association with federal and provincial departments
and key transportation stakeholders, hosted this two day
conference. The objective was to communicate to carriers and shippers the
government programs and initiatives that will help them use less fuel,
save money and reduce emissions contributing to climate change and air
pollution, in addition to showcasing best practices across different
transportation modes.
Click here for the
conference Agenda
(includes links to the
speaker presentations).
Click here for
the Participant List from the conference.
The Ottawa-Gatineau
Watershed Atlas (OGWA) Project
The OGWA project funded by
GeoConnections is an exciting endeavor that will integrate watershed
management on both sides of the Ottawa River in addition to
providing a comprehensive public educational tool to improve the
management of one of the region’s most valuable resources. The
project will take an ecosystem approach, utilizing a watershed
boundary, rather than political boundaries, for the inclusion of
collaborating partners, data, and information.
Pollution Probe, in
collaboration with local partners, is developing a web atlas that
will use maps to guide community members through their watershed.
The atlas will take advantage of the sharing, exploration and
exchange of geo-spatial data amongst agencies in Ottawa-Gatineau.
Alongside the maps contextual discussion in both French and English
on water issues will be included in order to raise community
awareness and understanding.
For more information please contact:
Elli MacDonald at
emacdonald@pollutionprobe.org
For more information on the OGWA Community
Panel click here.
National Policy Consultation Series on Children’s Health and Environment
January – November 2007
Pollution Probe, in partnership with the Canadian Partnership for
Children’s Health and Environment (CPCHE), is organizing a
National Policy Consultation Series on
Children’s Health and Environment. This year-long process
will involve hosting workshops in six regions of the country to engage
and educate a broad range of stakeholders on children’s health and
environment issues. The process will culminate in the preparation of a
report on the results of the consultations. Follow up to the series will
include the development of a
Children’s Health and Environment Vision and Strategy for Canada,
which will focus attention on the need to implement more
child-protective policies to reduce and eliminate exposure to toxic
substances that CPCHE members believe are harming, or may harm, children
in Canada.
Participation in the consultation series is by invitation only. For
further information, please contact Elizabeth Everhardus at
eeverhardus@pollutionprobe.org.
Workshop #1 —
Children’s Health and Environment: Stage Setting
(January 23–24, 2007, Ottawa, Ontario)
Click here for the Agenda from Workshop #1 (includes links to the
speaker presentations).
Click here for the Participant List from Workshop #1
Workshop #2 -
Outdoor Air Quality: Implications for Children's Health
(February 27-28, 2007)
Click here
for the Agenda from Workshop #2 (includes links to the
speaker presentations).
Click here for the Participant List from Workshop #2
Workshop #3 -
Research Informing Policy
(April 18-19, 2007)
Click here
for the Agenda from Workshop #3 (includes links to the
speaker presentations).
Click here for the Participant List from Workshop #3
Workshop #4 -
Environmental Risks to Brain Development
(May 30-31, 2007)
Click here
for the Agenda from Workshop #4 (includes links to the
speaker presentations).
Click here
for the Participant List from Workshop #4
Atelier 4 -
Dangers environnementaux et développement du cerveau
(30 et 31 mai 2007)
Cliqueter ici pour l'ordre du jour de l'Atelier # 4 (inclut des
liens aux présentations de haut-parleur).
Cliqueter ici pour la liste de participant de l'Atelier #4
Altelier 5 -
Substances toxiques dans les produits de consommation (25
et 26 septembre 2007)
Cliqueter ici pour l'ordre du jour de l'Atelier #5 (inclut des liens
aux présentations de haut-parleur).
Cliqueter ici pour la liste de participant de l'Atelier #5
Workshop #6 -
Towards a
National Vision and Strategy for Children’s Environmental Health in
Canada
(November 22-23, 2007)
Click here
for the Agenda from Workshop #6 (includes links to the speaker
presentations).
Click here for the Participant List from Workshop #6
National Policy Consultation
Series - Interim Workshop Report
(version
française)
This background document aims to ensure
that all participants have basic information on the full range of topics
to be addressed in the National
Policy Consultation Series on Children’s Health and Environment.
It also poses thought-provoking questions that we invite you to consider
in advance of the consultations. This document is also a work in
progress — updated versions will be posted on this site throughout the
workshop series.
Health Canada
has prepared the
following fact sheets to be used as
background material
by
participants in the
National Policy Consultation Series on Children's
Health and Environment.
Air Quality
(version
française)
Ethylbenzene
(version
française)
Lead (version
française)
PBDEs
(version
française)
Pesticides
(version
française)
PFOS
(version
française)
Consumer Products
(version
française)
