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Improving the Public Communication
of Chemical-related Health Risks
University of Ottawa
Location: Senate Room (TBT 083), 550 Cumberland St., Tabaret Hall
September 30 and October 1, 2009
View Background document on Risk Communication Practices in Canada
Day 1 – Wednesday September 30, 2009
9:00am
Introduction and Welcome
Amardeep Khosla – Executive Director, Environmental Health Industry Coordinating Group
9:10am
Overview of workshop themes and background document
Dr. Daniel Krewski – Director, McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, University of Ottawa
9:30am
Case Study 1: Bisphenol A (BPA): science, policy options and risk communication:
Dr. Warren Foster, Professor, Centre for Reproductive Care, McMaster University
12:45pm
To worry or not to worry, that’s the question?
Dr. Joe Schwarcz - Director, Office for Science and Society, McGill University
1:10pm
Case Study 2: Urban use of pesticides: science, policy options and risk communication:
Dr. Leonard Ritter, Professor, Dept. of Environmental Biology, Guelph University
3:40pm
Panel discussion – Stakeholder Perspectives on Risk Communication
Panel moderator: Dr.Steve Hrudey, University of Alberta
- Health professionals: Dr. Maura Ricketts, Canadian Medical Association
- Government: Karen Lloyd, Health Canada
- Industry: Michael Bourque, VP Public Affairs, Canadian Chemical Producers’ Association (CCPA)
- NGO: Kathleen Cooper, Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA)
View document
- Media: Peter Calamai, Adjunct Professor, School of Journalism and Communications, Carleton University
5:10pm
Summary day 1: Dr. Daniel Krewski, University of Ottawa
7:00pm Keynote Address
A Journalist’s Perspective on Risk Communication
Kathryn O’Hara, CTV Chair in Science Broadcast Journalism, Carleton University
Day 2 - Thursday October 1st, 2009
9:10 am
Improving Risk Communication: the UK Science Media Centre Experience
Fiona Fox, Director – Science Media Centre (UK)
9:50 am
Identification of key issues discussed in day 1
Dr. Daniel Krewski, University of Ottawa
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The workshop was hosted by the McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment at the University of Ottawa and organized by a steering committee.
Workshop Steering Committee:
Michael Bourque
Vice President, Public Affairs, Canadian Chemical Producers’ Association
Grant Hogg
Manager, Program Development and Engagement Division, Health Canada
Lars Juergensen
A/Head, Office of Policy and Strategic Advice Policy, Communications and Regulatory Affairs Directorate, PMRA, Health Canada
Amardeep Khosla
Executive Director, Environmental Health Industry Coordinating Group
Daniel Krewski
Professor and Director, McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, University of Otttawa
Peter MacLeod
Vice President, Chemistry, CropLife Canada
Erica Phipps
Partnership Director, Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment
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