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Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors
Contact1: Claudia Kurzac, President
Phone (Bus): (604)675-3812
(Fax): (250)519-7079
E-mail: Claudia.Kurzac@vch.caContact2: Domenic Losito, CIPHI Media contact (BC)
Phone (Bus): (604)675-3803
(Fax): (604)736-8651
(Cell): (604)313-4675Address: PO Box 75264, 15180 North Bluff Road, White Rock, BC V4B 5L4
Web Site: www.ciphi.ca
Toll-Free Phone: 1-888-245-8180
Keys: Air Pollution; Air Quality; Bio-terrorism; Child Care Licensing; Day Care Licensing; Disaster Planning; Drinking Water Safety; Environment; Environmental Health; Environmental Policy; Environmental Public Health; Food-Borne Illnesses; Food Packaging; Food Safety; Food Transportation; Foodborne Illness; Greenhouse Effect & Health; Healthy Holiday Entertaining; Injury Prevention; Landfills/Dumps; Outbreak Management; Pesticides; Petting Zoos and Hand Hygiene; Playground Safety; Pollution; Public Health; Recreational Water Quality; Rental Housing Conditions; Sanitary Sciences; Smoking; Sustainability; Tobacco Control; Tobacco Reduction; Toxic Waste; British Columbia*.
Expertise: Established in 1934, the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors is the only professional association for Public Health Inspectors in Canada. It continually works to protect the health of all Canadians, advance the sanitary sciences and enhance the field of public health inspection.
Mandate: Certify, Inform, Advocate
Story Ideas:
2008
"Beyond the Horizon" - CIPHI 74th Annual Educational Conference
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
July 20-23, 2008
2007
April 1, 2007: "Visiting the Core - Building the Future", 73rd Annual Educational Conference, Kelowna, BC, June 17-20/07
2006
December 1, 2006: "Visiting the Core - Building the Future", 73rd Annual Educational Conference, Kelowna, BC, June 17-20, 2007
September 1, 2006: 2006 CIPHI (Ontario Branch) Educational Conference On The Frontlines: Integrating Research with Practice, Sept.10 - 13th, 2006, Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls, Ontario
June 26 - 28, 2006: 72nd Annual Educational Conference, "Meeting Tomorrow's Challenges Today", Regina, Saskatchewan
2005
December 28, 2005: Celebrate "Environmental Public Health Week 2006" in Canada the week of January 2-8, 2006
September 25 - 28, 2005: 71st Annual Educational Conference, Toronto
May 1, 2005: Toronto 2005, 71st Annual Educational Conference, September 25 - 28th, 2005
January 1, 2005: Environmental Health Week 2005 - January 3-9, 2005
October 1, 2004: The Need for a National Strategy to Revitalize Frontline Environmental Public Health (EPH) Services
June 28, 2004: Public Health Inspectors meet on P.E.I.
June 1, 2004: Health Inspectors Remind Everyone To BBQ Safely
May 2004: 65th Annual CIPHI Ontario Branch Education Conference, October 4-6, 2004; 70th Annual Educational Conference "BRIDGING OUR ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH" Hosted by the Nova Scotia / Prince Edward Island Branch Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, June 28-30, 2004
May 10, 2004: June 28-30, 2004: The 70th (2004) Annual Educational Conference Will Be Held In Charlottetown, PEI.
May 4, 2004: Taking the Bite out of West Nile Virus
February 2004: The Stanier Institute/Institut Stanier Is Holding A Two-Part Event, Focusing On Hygiene Science, Scheduled For February 26th And 27th, 2004 At The University Of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
February 26-27, 2004: The Stanier Institute At The University Of British Columbia, Is Holding A Two-Part Event, Focusing On Hygiene Science.
December 30, 2003: Environmental Health Week 2004
December 19, 2003: Food Safety Facts For Cooking Christmas Turkey
October 16, 2003: Unpasteurized Cider And Juice May Contain E.coli; Le Cidre Et Le Jus De Pommes Non-pasteurisé Peut Contenir La Bactérie E.coli