Healthy Environments for Learning Day (HELD) Speakers Series – Session 2: Improving Indoor Air Quality Through Source Reduction, Ventilation, and Filtration
Description
Join this virtual event to learn about improving indoor air quality in schools and child care settings through source reduction, ventilation and filtration. Our keynote speaker, Dr. Jeffrey Siegel, will discuss the health risks of exposure to particulate matter and other indoor air pollutants, with a focus on children’s health. He will share his work on air quality, ventilation, sustainable buildings and energy systems, as well as learnings from COVID-19, to outline practical strategies to improve indoor air quality in educational settings.
Speakers:
Dr. Jeffrey Siegel, Ph.D., is Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto. His research interests include healthy and sustainable buildings, ventilation and indoor air quality, control of indoor particulate matter, the indoor microbiome, and moisture interactions with indoor chemistry and biology.
Following Dr. Siegel’s presentation, Dr. Joe Vipond, an emergency physician and past president of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE), will kick off the interactive portion of the webinar with his experiences and perspectives on indoor air quality and children’s health.
About the HELD 2024 Speakers Series:
CPCHE is pleased to present a series of interactive events to help build awareness and catalyze action on key aspects of indoor air quality in schools and child care settings, in the lead-up to Healthy Environments for Learning Day in Canada (April 25, 2024). These free online events are a great opportunity for parents, educators, administrators, policy-makers and others to gain evidence-informed and practical knowledge on the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of tackling indoor air quality concerns in early learning and school settings.
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