The 2015 OCC-TOBER Webinar Series

An inaugural event hosted by OHCOW to share the latest information on Occupational Health and Disease Prevention with Ontario Ministry of Labour Occupational Health and Safety Prevention System partners.

Wednesday, October 14th, 2015

Several of the presenters have graciously agreed to allow public access to the session recordings and presentation PDFs below:

SESSIONS / SPEAKERS:

Welcome, George Gritziotis, Chief Prevention Officer

    Occupational Disease Incidence + Prevention:

Occupational Disease Strategy Framework + Skin Disease Dr. Linn Holness, CRE-OD, St. Michael’s Hospital

Workplace Asthma Dr. Mike Pysklywec, OHCOW, Hamilton

Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Dr. Pravesh Jugnundan, OHCOW, Toronto

Occupational Cancer Incidence + Prevention:

 General Occupational Cancer Review Dr. Paul Demers, OCRC & CAREX

    UV/Solar Radiation & Skin Cancer Prevention Dr. Thomas Tenkate, Occupational & Public Health, Ryerson University

Ignite! Infection Prevention through Complexity Science Ms. L. Gitterman, Infection Prevention & Control, UHN

Occ-omplishments Short presentations on a variety of accomplishments

Ergo – MSD App Launch Curtis VanderGriendt, OHCOW Hamilton

Clinical –Teacher Vocal Cord Nodule Case Cheryl Rook, OHCOW, Toronto

Outreach – Migrant Farm Worker Program Eduardo Huesca, OHCOW, Hamilton

Hygiene – Mining Elevator Ear Drum Case Masood Ahmed, OHCOW Hamilton

Health – Mental Injury Toolkit & App Update Terri Aversa, OPSEU

Mental Injury Incidence and Prevention Dr. D. Posen (No presentation or video recording available)

Discussion/Future Initiatives Dr. N. Kerin, OHCOW Toronto

NOTE: Use the links above to access the resources (recordings, slides, etc.) from each session