Upcoming Events

This section inlcudes information on upcoming events you might be interested in.
Please note that we will regularly update this section of our website – so stay tuned!

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– The PCN Team

• CHE Conference Call: Advancing Risk Assessment – Progress and Obstacles (May 24, 2012)
  Risk assessment has become a dominant public policy tool for evaluating risks associated with exposures to chemicals. A standardized framework for conducting risk assessments, recommended by the National Academy of Sciences in 1983, has been widely adopted and used. Recently, at the request of the US EPA, a committee of the NAS reviewed the process and its nearly 30-year history of implementation, in light of recent scientific advances and long delays in completing risk assessments.The committee concluded that the risk assessment process was “bogged down” and needed significant overhaul to make it more responsive and incorporate contemporary science. …  MORE »

• Pink Ribbons, Inc. now playing across Canada! (May-June 2012)
  To enquire about show times in your area and/or stay informed on screening dates in a city near you, email PinkRibbonsInc@nfb.ca. You can also check your local cinema. Read a great review here.  Official Website »

• Conference: Healthy Environments Across Generations (New York, June 7-8, 2012)
  Registration now open: The Healthy Environments Across Generations conference, which will take place at the New York Academy of Medicine, June 7-8, 2012, will address the environmental health aspects of how we live, eat, work, play, and socialize throughout life, and how we can transform our environments to promote health and prevent disease. Register now for this innovative event bringing together experts from many disciplines to help plan our collective future. Join us and over 40 sponsors to participate in “Thinking Forward” sessions, “Making Connections” roundtables with experts in many fields, and a range of creative special activities including a “wellness” tour of the Central Park Conservatory Gardens …  MORE »

• Webinar: The Politics of Breast Cancer (Online Now)
  Why does Breast Cancer Action so fiercely object to Breast Cancer Awareness Month? What is so wrong with pink ribbon marketing? Why on earth would corporations involved in the treatment and diagnosis of women with breast cancer try to control how the public understands the disease? Curious about the answers to these questions? Here’s a crash course on the “pinking” of breast cancer, environmental causes of the disease and the corporate interests that control what the public hears about the epidemic … MORE »

• Online course – Occupational and Environmental Cancer: Recognition and Prevention. (Online Now)
  Many Canadians encounter carcinogens in their workplace or environment. Sometimes this exposure will cause cancer. Recognition of cancer from occupational or environmental causes is difficult because, in most cases, these cancers cannot be distinguished from other cancers. This course teaches primary health care providers how to recognize occupational and environmental cancers and how to respond to this finding. Insights are provided into how the recognition of occupational and environmental cancer risks can lead to prevention. Case studies will highlight key points and allow participants to apply lessons learned … MORE »