Ca na dia n In st it ut e of P ubl ic H e a l t h I nspe c t or s L´ Inst it ut c a na die n de s ins pe c t e ur s e n sa nt é pu bl i que C a n adi an Ins t i t ut e of Pu bl i c H e al th Ins pe c tor s

L´ I ns t i t ut c an adi en d es i ns p ec te ur s en sa nté p ubl i q u e

Vo lume 1 , Issue 4

December 2005

Health Protection: Cornerstone

Of Public Health

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

EPHW 2006 Poster 2

Speakers Corner 4

Announcements 5

71st AEC Closing Re-marks

7

71st AEC Photos 9

CIPHI Award Recipients

11

Membership Application 12

Environmental Public Health Quotes

14

NATIONAL NEWSLETTER

C I P H I D I S P L A Y B O OT H

President’s Message

Environmental Public Health Week 2006

On behalf of the National Executive Council of the Canadian Insti-tute of Public Health Inspectors, it is my pleasure to announce the celebration “Environmental Public Health Week 2006” in Canada the week of January 2-8. Environmental Public Health Week is celebrated the first week of January each year to correspond with the incorporation date of CIPHI, January 3, 1913. I would like to encourage all Environmental Public Health Profes-sionals, health agencies and departments to recognize and support Environmental Public Health Week 2006 through advertising the event locally and planning other Environmental Public Health Pro-fessional promotional or recruitment activities during the designated week. Posters recognizing Environmental Public Health Week have been distributed to CIPHI Branches for use by members in promoting this event. We are thrilled to have Dr. Butler-Jones, Chief Public Health Officer for Canada participating in the recognition of Environmental Public Health Week this year. This kind of recognition demonstrates the increasing awareness of the Public Health community for Environ-mental Public Health. All Environmental Public Health Professionals across Canada should take the time to celebrate our profession during the week of January 2-8 and be proud! Claudia Kurzac President

Canadian Inst i tu te of Pub l ic Heal th Inspectors L´ Inst i tu t canadien des inspecteurs en santé publ ique

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Re: “Environmental Public Health Quotes” Sept 2005. I was impressed with the new national news letter. It has some good information in it. But one suggestion, if I may, drop the quotes (cleaning the pole for pole dancers). It was not necessary and in my mind lowered the level of professional-ism that we are trying to achieve. There is a time and place for all of this, but I do not believe that a national newsletter is it. I just wanted to pass this on.

Shendra Brisdon, CIPHI BC Re: “Environmental Public Health Quotes” Sept 2005. I really like the PHI quotes section. I tried to a section in our Ontario Branch newsletter called "we asked you." We threw out a question in each issue and asked people to respond back for the following issue. We tried it for four issues and only ever got one response back ... The fact that you are getting participation makes me jealous!

Sarah Wilson, CIPHI ON

We invite you to send your comments on any subject matter to us. Comments are subject to editing. Com-ments must be signed with your first name, surname and the CIPHI Branch that you belong to. Send your

comments to: newsletter@ciphi.ca

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Births:

Victor Mah (Ryerson ’95) and Melanie became proud parents to their son, Caelen Rutherford at 6:49am on October 4, weighing 8lbs 7oz and measuring 19.5 inches. Simon Sihota (Concordia ’01 ) and Jennifer welcomed Alexander to the family on August 9, weighing 7lbs 5oz.

Birthdays: Both provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan celebrated their 100th birthdays! To see official

events and photos follow the web links: http://ww.albertacentennial.ca http://www.sask2005.ca If you have an announcement you would like to share please forward

particulars and photo (optional) to: newsletter@ciphi.ca

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CI P H I 71S T AEC C L O S I N G R E M A R K S How time flies! It has already been two months since the conclusion of the 2005 CIPHI 71st Annual Educa-tional Conference. On behalf of Ron de Burger, Chair and myself I would like to thank the conference plan-ning committee for their hard work and dedication that made this event such a success. Congratulations on a job well done!

The evaluation forms were very positive! We are pleased that everyone enjoyed their time in Toronto as seen in some of the photos in the following pages. As with most conferences the great successes wouldn’t be there if weren’t for the support of our many spon-sors and exhibitors! We hope that the time and effort that each and every one of the individuals, companies and organizations that participated felt the event to be beneficial and worthwhile. Thank you to all who par-ticipated!

Gold Sponsors Public Health Agency of Canada Skills Enhancement

Rogers Wireless Inc.

Silver Canadian Forces

Health Canada/Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch Ontario Ministry of Health And Long Term Care – Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Branch

Ontario Tobacco Strategy

Bronze Canadian Mortgage & Housing Corporation

Concordia University of Alberta HealthSpace Integrated Solutions Ltd

Orkin/PCO Services Inc. Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.

2005 Conference Planning Committee Maria Moustakas Norine Schofield Janet Wissink Alicia Lowe Theresa Roye Tracy Zheng Deb Wharton Poly Das Kathy Conlon Debbie Hylton Deb Cornacchia Patricia Avarino Tom Natale (Golf) Raymond Ramdayal Gurpal Basra Tino Serapiglia Danny Kartzalis (Golf) Andrea Clarke

Donation Pick-ups and Deliveries Joe Xavier Wayne King Randy Singh Cathy Loik Monica McKenzie Lisa Samuel Joe Fortuna Wayne Fletcher Antoine Nikolopoulos John Fernando (Photography)

Audio/Visual Brian Thompson (A/V) Owen Chong (A/V & Pick Ups)

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A E C C L O S I N G R E M A R K S C O N T I N U E D …

Delegate Bags sponsored by: Rogers Wireless Inc.

Speakers Green Room Sponsored by: Health Canada/Healthy Environments and Con-

sumer Safety Branch

Poster Sessions and Wine & Cheese sponsored by the following:

Canadian Armed Forces Public Health Agency of Canada Skills Enhancement,

Health Canada

Nutrition Break sponsored by the following: Canadian Mortgage & Housing Corporation

Concordia University of Alberta HealthSpace Integrated Solutions Ltd.

Orkin/PCO Services Inc. Underwriters laboratories, Inc.

Wednesday September 28th Luncheon sponsored by:

Ontario Egg Producers

EXHIBITORS Aquatic Life Ltd

Atlantic Mills Canada Inc. Innovative Wiping Systems Cape Breton University School of Education Health

and Wellness Cole-Parmer Canada Inc. (formerly Labcor Inc.)

Compass Canada Group CSDC Systems Inc

Deb Canada Decade Software Canada Ltd.

Ecolabs Inc. Environmental Health Foundation

Foodsafe Secretariat GDG Environmental Ltd

Health Care Health & Safety Association IDEXX Laboratories

Inverness Corporation Kinetico Canada Incorporated

Lowry & Associates/Pool & Hot Tub Council of Canada

Nasco Canada, Division of Spectrum Educational Supplies Limited NSF International

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) Ontario Ministry of Health & Long Term Care

Pool People Limited Team-1 Environmental Services Inc.

Thermor Ltd. TrainCan Inc.

Virox Technologies Inc.

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Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday and looking forward to seeing you again in Saskatchewan at the 2006 CIPHI 72nd Annual Educational Conference!

Respectfully submitted,

Suzanne Lychowyd-Shaw CIPHI Ontario Branch, Past President 71st Annual Educational Conference

2005 CIPHI National Co-Chair

Photo Credits: Toronto Public Health

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Photo Credits: Toronto Public Health

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CIPHI 2004 AWARD RECIPIENTS

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Awards Committee Chairperson, Phi Phan, presents the Life Member Award to Klaus Seeger, Ontario Branch, during the President’s Banquet.

Awards Committee Chairperson, Phi Phan, presents the Alex Cross Award to Victor Mah,

Alberta Branch.

Awards Committee Chairperson, Phi Phan, presents the Alex Cross Award to Ken Cross who is

accepting the award on behalf of the Saskatchewan Health’s Provincial West Nile Virus Program.

Awards Committee Chairperson, Phi Phan, presents the President’s Award to Robert Bradbury, Alberta Branch.

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On September 27, 2005 the CIPHI Awards Luncheon were held in Toronto, Ontario. Three individuals and one organization were recognized for their dedication and contribution to environmental public health from the previ-ous year. Congratulations to everyone!

Editorial Policy

The Editor is authorized to publish this Newsletter on a quarterly bases or as deemed appropriate. The objective is to keep the Institute’s membership informed of local and national events that are of interest and of importance to them. The Newsletter encourages submissions of articles, pictures and announcements. The Editor reserves the right to reject articles, announcements, letters, advertisements, and other items that are not consistent with the goals and purposes of the Institute. The National Executive Council has the authority to provide general direction respecting the content of the Newsletter and in consultation with the Editor, to set policies regarding administrative matters of each issue. The Editor shall have the general authority to select material for publication in the Newsletter. Views, comments or positions within the contents of the Newsletter are those of the Editor, Editorial Staff or the author and does not necessarily reflect those of the National Executive Council, the Insti-tute or its’ membership. The Newsletter is only produced in an electronic format and is distributed to the membership through their respective Branch President or designate.

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We are on the Web www.ciphi.ca

Since 1934, the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI) has been committed to the advancement and promotion of

environmental public health in Canada.

CIPHI is not-for-profit and is the only professional association rep-resenting environmental public health professionals including

public health inspectors and environmental health officers.

CIPHI exists to certify, inform, and advocate the environmental health sciences.

E N V I R O N M E N TA L P U B L I C H E A L T H Q U O T E S

If there is something you don’t like, don’t ignore it. Get involved and help to change it.

Adam Grant, 2005

I guess you never know what you are going to see when you walk into a premise to do an inspection. Here is one of the oddest violation I had to put on a report:“No animals are allowed to be present in the food prep

area. Please remove the parrot from the food prep counter”.

Theresa, 2004

Inquiries, correspondence or article submissions should be forwarded to:

CIPHI National Newsletter

newsletter@ciphi.ca Editor & Design Victor Mah Alberta Associate Editors Adam Stokowski Alberta Alex Law British Columbia Andreas Oertel Manitoba Jacqueline Treen Saskatchewan Jennifer Kennedy Nova Scotia Roger Parsonage British Columbia Sarah Wilson Ontario

PO Box 75264 15180 North Bluff RD White Rock, BC V4B 5L4 Canada

Canadian Inst i tute of Publ ic Heal th Inspectors

Phone/fax: 1-888-245-8180 Phone: (604) 543-0935 Fax: (604) 543-0936 E-mail: exec@ciphi.ca

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The CIPHI National Newsletter staff would like to thank everyone for their support this past year. Have a safe and wonderful holiday season.