Events

Presented by Parachute in collaboration with the Canadian Association for Poison Centres and Clinical Toxicology and Toxicovigilance Canada, this webinar featured experts from two drug surveillance programs: Street Connections of Winnipeg Regional Public Health, a comprehensive mobile harm reduction program, and the National Wastewater Drug Surveillance (NWDS) initiative of Health Canada, an interactive public dashboard […]

Presented by Parachute in collaboration with the Canadian Association for Poison Centres and Clinical Toxicology and Toxicovigilance Canada, this webinar featured two experts in knowledge translation and communications: Chad Larabie from the Ontario Poison Centre and Samantha Bruin from the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit. Participants learned about effective strategies for conducting community outreach […]

A robust public health management of chemical incidents comprises surveillance, mitigation, prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery. Poison centre capabilities can assist and support public health entities in these activities.   This symposium brought together representatives of poison centres and public health entities to present their experiences in responding to a chemical incident through case studies. These […]