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School of Population and Public Health|Continuing Education|Continuing Education 2022|Past Offerings

Past Offerings

Past Offerings

The following are some of the Continuing Education courses, workshops and conferences offered in previous years.

2015
Course Location

Tropical and Geographic Medicine Intensive Short Course

  • May 4-8, 2015
 Vancouver, BC
2014
Course Location

Tropical and Geographic Medicine Intensive Short Course

  • April 28 to May 2, 2014
 Vancouver, BC

Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene Review

  • May 5-9, 2014
 Vancouver, BC

Bicycling by Design: Facilities to promote safe and healthy travel

  • April 7-8, 2014
 Vancouver, BC

Interpreting Exposure Monitoring Results

  • March 3, 2014
 Vancouver, BC

Industrial Hygiene Primer: Sampling and Monitoring of Workplace Hazards (Part 2)

  • February 17, 2014
 Vancouver, BC

Industrial Hygiene Primer for Environmental Health & Safety Personnel

  • Overview for February 17 and March 3, 2014
 Vancouver, BC
2013
Course Location

Industrial Hygiene Primer: Sampling and Monitoring of Workplace Hazards (Part 1)

  • November 18, 2013
 Vancouver, BC

Industrial Hygiene Primer: Understanding Industrial Hygiene

  • October 28, 2013
 Vancouver, BC

Environmental Health and Safety and the Law: Understanding the Legal Framework for Regulators

  • April 22, 2013

co-sponsored by ncceh-horiz_med

 Vancouver, BC

British Columbia Lung Association’s 10th Annual Air Quality and Health Workshop

  • February 19-20, 2013
    • February 19, 2013 – Radon: Reducing Exposures Through Remediation and Regulation
    • February 20, 2013 – Ultrafine Particles

    More information at BC Lung Association website.

 Vancouver, BC
2012
Course Location

Ergonomics of Heavy Equipment Design and Whole Body Vibration

 Vancouver, BC

Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene Review

 Vancouver, BC
2011
Course Location

Best Practices: Report and Business Writing Skills for Environmental Health

  • September 27, 2011 and November 24, 2011.
    In collaboration with the UBC Writing Centre
 Vancouver, BC

Making Evidence-Informed Decisions in Environmental Health & Safety

  • May 11, 2011.
    in cooperation with the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health
 Vancouver, BC

Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene Review

  • April 11-15, 2011.
    In cooperation with the University of Washington, Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety
 Vancouver, BC
2010
Course Location

Preventing Catastrophes in Confined Spaces

  • May 3 & 4, 2010.
    Co-sponsored by WorkSafeBC

Exhibitors: Acklands Grainger; Concept Controls Inc.; Dynamic Rescue Systems; Guillevin International; Hazmasters; Nederman; SmogBuster; 3M

 Vancouver, BC
2009
Course Location

Streetcars: The Missing Link?

  • September 29, 2009.
    Co-sponsored by Bombardier; Stacy and Witbeck Inc.
 Vancouver, BC

BC Healthcare Workplace Health, Safety & Wellness Conference

  • September 14-15, 2009.
    From knowledge to action: solutions that work, presented by the BC Healthcare Collaborative Group
 Kelowna, BC

Indoor Environmental Quality 1-Day Refresher

  • April 6, 7, 16, 17, 2009.
    Customized course for Vancouver Coastal Health – Environmental Health
 Vancouver, BC

Alerting, Reassuring, Guiding: Three Risk Communication Toolkits for Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) Professionals

  • March 9 & 10, 2009.
    Co-sponsored by BC Ministry of Health Services; BC Transmission Corporation; BC Centre for Disease Control; Justice Institute of BC; BC Environmental and Occupational Health Research Network; National; Teck; UBC Centre for Health and Environmental Research; Vancouver Coastal Health; WorkSafeBC
 Vancouver, BC

Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene Review

  • April 20-24, 2009.
    In cooperation with the University of Washington Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety
 Vancouver, BC

Ergonomic Assessment of Upper Limb Risk Factors for Effective Return-to-Work Program

  • April 18, 2009 & April 19, 2009.
    In cooperation with the Canadian Physiotherapy Association Manitoba Branch
 Brandon, MBWinnipeg, MB
2008
Course Location

Ergonomic Quality in Facility Design

  • In cooperation with the University of California Berkeley, Centre of Occupational & Environmental Health as part of its 2008 Summer Institute
 Oakland, CA

Ergonomic Assessment of Upper Limb Risk Factors for Effective Return-to-Work Programs

  • April 18, 2008. In cooperation with Interior Health Authority
  • April 19, 2008.
    In cooperation with PABC (Physiotherapy Association of British Columbia)
  • August 5, 2008.
    In cooperation with the University of California Berkeley, Centre of Occupational & Environmental Health as part of its 2008 Summer Institute
  • September 20, 2008.
    In cooperation with the University of Northern British Columbia
 Kelowna, BC, Oakland, CAPrince George, BC
2007
Course Location

Ergonomic Quality in Facility Design

  • 6, 2007 – March 8, 2007.
    Co-sponsored by University of California Office of the President
  • April 10-11, 2007.
    In partnership with University of Washington Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety
  • October 5, 2007.
 Oakland & Los Angeles, CA
Seattle, WA, Vancouver, BC

BC Healthcare Workplace Health, Safety & Wellness Conference Innovation, Research & Practice in Healthcare

  • September 17-18, 2007.
    Presented by the BC Healthcare Collaborative Group
 Kelowna, BC

Ergonomic Assessment of Upper Limb Risk Factors for Effective Return-to-Work Programs

  • November 3, 2007; November 6, 2007; November 29, 2007.
    Co-sponsored by Physiotherapy Association of BC
 Vancouver, BC
2006
Course Location

Ergonomic Quality in Facility Design

  • March 7, 2006; April 7, 2006; May 9, 2006; September 22, 2006.
 Vancouver, BC

Ergonomic Quality in Facility Design

  • November 23, 2006; November 24, 2006.
    Co-sponsored by Association of Canadian Ergonomists
 Edmonton, AB Calgary, AB

Ergonomic Quality in Facility Design

  • August 4, 2006.
    Co-sponsored by University of California Berkeley
 Oakland, CA

12th Conference: Occupational Hazards to Health Care Workers: Narrowing the Knowledge and Action Gaps

  • September 13-14, 2006.
    Co-presented by the University of Washington Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety
 Seattle, WA

Back Injuries: Ergonomic Risk Assessment & Control

  • January 24-25, 2006.
 Vancouver, BC
2005
Course Location

Back Injuries: Ergonomic Risk Assessment & Control

  • January 22-23, 2005.
 Kelowna, BC

Assessing Air Quality & Health – Principles, Methods & Applications

 

 

  • June 22-24, 2005.
    Co-sponsored by BC Ministry of Water, Land & Air Protection
 Vancouver, BC

Beyond Mold: Understanding & Evaluating Bioaerosols

  • April 14-15, 2005.
    Co-sponsored by AIHA BC Yukon local section; BC Centre for Disease Control; Fraser Health Authority; Interior Health Authority; SKC Inc.; UBC Centre for Health and Environmental Research; Vancouver Coastal Health
 Vancouver, BC
Back Injuries: Ergonomic Risk Assessment & Control Kelowna, BC
2004
Course Location

Assessing Airborne Chemical Hazards: Principles, Applications & Techniques

  • February 19-20, 2004.
 Vancouver, BC

Air Quality & Health Impact Assessment

  • March 8-9, 2004.
    Co-sponsored by the BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection
 Vancouver, BC

Back Injuries: Ergonomic Risk Assessment & Control

  • April 22-23, 2004.
    Co-sponsored by BC Association of Kinesiologists
 Vancouver, BC

11th Conference on Occupational Hazards to Health Care Workers

  • May 18-20, 2004.
    In cooperation with University of Washington Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety
    Co-sponsored by American Nurses Association; Association of Canadian Ergonomists; BC Institute of Technology; Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS); Fraser Health Authority; Levitt Safety/TSI Inc.; UBC Centre for Health and Environmental Research (CHER); Workers’ Compensation Board of BC
 Vancouver, BC
2003

Back Injuries: Ergonomic Risk Assessment & Control

  • March 607, 2003.
    Co-sponsored by the BC Association of Kinesiologists
 Vancouver, BC

All About Risks – Assessment, Management & Communication and Emergency preparedness and response – what occupational and public health professionals need to know

  • June 4-5, 2003.
    Co-sponsored by Workers’ Compensation Board of BC and BC Ministry of Health Planning
 Richmond, BC

Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene Review

  • August 18-22, 2003.
    In cooperation with the University of Washington Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety
 Vancouver, BC
2002

Occupational & Environmental Hygiene 2002 Education Forum

  • May 14-15, 2002.
    Co-sponsored by Workers’ Compensation Board of BC and BC Ministry of Health Planning
 Richmond, BC

Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene Review

  • August 26-30, 2002.
    In cooperation with the University of Washington Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety
 Vancouver, BC
2001

Indoor Air Quality: Identification, Assessment & Management

  • March 6-7, 2001.
    Co-sponsored by Simon Fraser Health Region
    		 Vancouver, BC

    Driving and Back Problems: What we know about the effects of vibration

    • April 5, 2001.
    		 Vancouver, BC

    Health Hazards in Radiography: New Studies, New Ideas

    • May 3, 2001.
      Co-sponsored by BC Association of Medical Radiation Technologists
    		 Vancouver, BC

    Back Injuries: Ergonomic Risk Assessment & Control

    • May 30-31, 2001
      Co-sponsored by BC Association of Kinesiologists
    		 Vancouver, BC

    Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene Review

    • August 27-31, 2001.
      In cooperation with the University of Washington Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety
    		 Vancouver, BC

    Indoor Air Quality in Schools

    • November 21-22, 2001.
      Co-sponsored by BC Public School Employers’ Association
    		 Vancouver, BC
    1999

    Workplace Risk Assessment and Control

    • June 17-18, 1999.
    • November 25-26, 1999.
      Co-sponsored by Liberty Risk Services Canada
    • November 23-24, 1999.
      Co-sponsored by Fletcher Challenge Elk Falls Division; Liberty Risk Services Canada
      		 Vancouver, BC
      Elk Falls, BC
      2000

      Basic Industrial Ventilation

      • April 13-14, 2000; September 21-22, 2000.
      		 Vancouver, BC

      Office Ergonomics

      • October 26, 2000.
        Co-sponsored by UBC Faculty of Graduate Studies
      		 Vancouver, BC