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//_ " This article was printed in The Record, aWaterloo newspaper, after the presentation ofDr. Allison McGeer at this years CIPHIOntario Branch Educational Conference. We

:::_ thought we would share it with you.

Bring on the shots; Making a habit of free flu vaccinecuts risk of SARS quarantine, MD says Reprinted

with the generous permission of The Record

"Some of the toughest people to convince are (Waterloo Region)health-care workers, whose rates of ANNE KELLY, RECORD STAFF

immunization have slipped." Pg.24

A flu shot won't protect you from severe acute

_ "CIPHI believes that the document respiratory syndrome, but it could reduce potential

"Building on Values: The Future of Health misdiagnosis if SARS resurfaces this year.Care in Canada" by Roy J. Romanow, will Since both illnesses cause similar respiratory

serve as the basis to re-establish health symptoms, it's not always immediately clear whofunding to appropriate levels;" has influenzand who has SARS, Dr. Allison McGeer,

Pg.26 director of infection control at Toronto's Mount 1

Sinai Hospital, said in Waterloo this week.

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Editorial Team Ontario Branch ExecutivePresident- Mike Duncan

Sarah Wilson Muskoka-ParrySoundHealthUnit(Burk'sFalls)YorkRegionHealthServices e-mail: [email protected]"e-mail:[email protected] Box484, 17CopelandStreet,Burk'sFalls,ON P0AlC04261 Highway#7 East tel: (705)382-2018ext.204 fax:(705)382-2931Suite B 6-9 Past President- Suzanne Lychowyd-ShawUnionville,ON L3R9W6 TorontoPublicHealthDepartmenttel: (905) 940-1333ext.4236fax: (905)940-9872 e-mail: [email protected]

235Danforth,3rd Floor,Toronto,ON M4K1N2Amanda Thompsett tel: cell: (416)677-3397 iYorkRegionHealthServices(905)895-4511 tel: (416)338-1706 fax:(416)392-0714 'Fax:(905)836-8315 Secretary- Treasurer- PeterHeywoode-mail:[email protected] Regionof WaterlooPublicHealth

e-mail: [email protected] UmbertoMicheli 99 ReginaSt. South,POBox1633,Waterloo,ON N2J4V3in2DESlGNCreativeCommunications tel: (519)883-2110 ext5186 fax:(519)883-2226e-mail: [email protected](519) 896-1568 Councillors 2003

CommunicableDisease - Rosemarie ArndtPublished quarterly by the Canadian Institute of Chatham-KentHealth Unit ....Public Health Inspectors - Ontario Branch Inc. email: [email protected](519)271-7600 Fax (519)271-2195 435 GrandAve.W.,P.O.Box1136,Chatham,ON N7M5L8Subscriptionsfor non-membersavailablefor $12.00peryear. tel: (519)352-7270ext.2470 fax:(519) 352-2166

Communications- Sarah WilsonMailing Address: York Region Health ServicesAttention:SarahWilson e-mail: [email protected]/OYorkRegionHealthServices 42611Highway#7 East4261 Highway#7 East SuiteB6-9,Unionville,ON L3R9W6Suites86-9, tel: (905)940-1333ext.4236 fax:(905) 940-9872Unionville,Ontario FoodSafety- Brad ColpittsL3R9W6 HaliburtonKawarthaPineridgeHealthUnit

email: [email protected]: Hwy 118,Box570

• All topics mustbe relevant to the Public Health Inspection Field. Haliburt0n,ON K0M1S0• Articles must be submitted either on computer disk or by e-mail in MS tel:(705)457-1391fax:(705)457-1336

Word(written articles will not be accepted) HealthPromotion& ProfessionalDevelopment- Robert Moulton• Articles submitted should be approximately 150 words ( Feature Sudbury DistrictHealth Unit

Articles a maximum of 500 words), email;[email protected]• Feature Articles will be determined by the OBN Editorial Team.

1300ParisStreet• Graphics or picturessubmitted must be includedwith the submissionmust be a resolution of 150 - 300 dpi. Sudbury,ON P3E3A3

• Articles must be submitted by the deadlines outlined below and on the tel: (705)522-9200ext.240 fax:(705)677-9607OBN web site Healthy Environments- Mike Minor

TimiskamingHealthUnit,KirklandLakeofficeArticleSubmissionDeadlines2003: 31 StationRd.N.,Box98

SpringIssue- February14,2003 KirklandLake,ON P2N3M6SummerIssue- May16, 2003 e-mail: [email protected] August15,2003 tel: (705)567-9355fax: (705)567-5476Winter Issue- November14,2003 MembershipServices- Adam Grant _

Middlesex-LondonHealthUnitThe comments and opinions expressed in the Ontario Branch News are e-mail:[email protected] of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Editors, work:[email protected] _Publisher, the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors or any of its Middlesex-L0nd0nHealthUnit

officers. We reserve the right to edit material submitted, solicited or unso- 50 KingSt.,London,ON N6A5L7licitedforpurposesofbrevity,clarityandgrammaticalaccuracy.Material tel: (519) 663-5317 ext. 2313 fax: (519) 663-8241

2 from this publication may only be reproduced with the permission of the PartnershipLiaison- Cathy EganEditors. PublicationsMailRegistrationNO.40011219 held at Newmarket,Ontario. WaterlooRegionHealthUnit

email: [email protected] ReginaSt.,Waterloo,ON N2J4V3

tel: (519)883-2270 fax: (519)883-2226

November28,2003

The change of seasons welcomed the 64th annual CIPHI (Ontario Branch) Educational Conference andAGM hosted by Region of WaterlooPublic Health in Waterloo,ON. The conferencewas a remarkable successand received a good deal of local media attention. Media articles regarding presentations at the conferencewere forwarded to all CIPHI Branch Presidents to share with their Branch membership.

A unique feature of the Waterloo education conference was the recruitment fair organized on the third and

final day of the conference. The recruitment fair was organized to bring Ryerson University students face

to face with Ontario Health Unit employers. Approximately 80 Ryerson students were transported by bus

to the conference facility. A series of short presentations (ex. 20 minutes each) were provided by eight

Ontario Health Units regarding various field specific topics. The purpose of the presentations was to providethe students with an understanding of daily activities at Health Unit settings and motivate them to pursue

employment in Public Health Units. The presentations proved very informative and in some cases entertain-

ing. Following Health Unit presentations to the students a recruitment fair occurred. Health Unit staff set

up recruitment displays and networked with students regarding future employment opportunities.

A special thank you to the Waterloo conference co-chairs Cathy Egan and Peter Heywood and the entireWaterloo Conference Committee for your extraordinary efforts in staging what was truly a world-classPublic Health Education event.

The 2003 CIPHI (Ontario Branch) Annual General Meeting on the second day of the conference ushered insome new faces to the CIPHI (Ontario Branch) Executive Council. Newly appointed Ontario Branch coun-

cilors include Brad Colpitts (Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit), Peter Heywood(Region of Waterloo),Mike Minor (Timiskaming Health Unit) and Bob Moulton (Sudbury Health Unit).Sarah Wilson (YorkRegion) is returning for her second term as communications councilor. My gratitude toour out going councilors Tino Serapiglia (Toronto Public Health) and Dorianna Simone (YorkRegion).Special recognition to out-going councillors Judy de Grosbois (secretary/treasurer) and Ron Hartnett

(Healthy Environments Division) for their service to the Branch of eight and six years respectfully. Theseare tough shoes to fill.

I am pleased to announce that the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit has stepped for-ward to partner with the CIPHI (ON BR) to host the 2004 65th Annual Educational Conference.

Advocacy occurs on an ongoing basis within the CIPHI (ON BR) Divisions and through our standing onthe various provincial committees/working groups and through letter correspondence. The Food Safety

Division requested(lettercorrespondenceSeptember26,2003)Hon.HelenJohns of the OntarioMinistryof n3Agricultureand Food consider issues pertainingto Ontario's Meat Inspection System. The CIPHI NationalExecutive Council'sAdvocacy Committee developed a press release "Unpasteurized Cider and Juice May

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Contain E. coli" and was sent nationallyvia a News Wire service. The Partnership Liaison Division attendedthe Initial meeting of the Core Competencies Task Force and facilitated by OPHA. The CD Division assistedCIPHI National in fulfilling its contract with Health Canada through commenting on draft materials relatingto Health Canada's Skills Enhancement Program. The membership division completed and distributedthe CIPHI (ON BR)

contact directory.

I had the pleasure presenting at the ASPHIO meeting on October 22, 2003. In addition, I accepted an invita-tion from Toronto Public Health to attend their Healthy Environments Internal Educational Conference andparticipate in a panel discussion on October 24, 2003. The CIPHI (ON BR) values every opportunity tointeract with colleagues and CIPHI (ON BR) members to discuss relevantmatters in the profession. I welcomeall opportunities to interact with our colleagues throughout the province.

Finally, as the CIPHI (ON BR) representative to the CIPHI National Executive Council (NEC) I attended aface to face meeting in Toronto on November 14, 2003. I am pleased to report to the Branch that numerousNEC initiatives are underway to improve the efficiencies of the CIPHI and enhance services provided to ourmembers. Most important the NEC is involved with the implementation of recommendations from the 2003

CIPHI Strategic Marketing Plan. The plan essentially focuses on five goals including: increasing member-ship satisfaction, increasing membership numbers, increasing the organization's profile, increasing corporatepartnerships and securing additional revenues.

A workinggroup of the NEC is establishedto identify and coordinate implementationfor each recommendation

of the CIPHI Strategic Marketing Plan. Recommendations of the plan fall into general categories including,Communication Tools (modernizewebsite, create national electronic newsletter,create complaintsfollow upprocedure), Relationship Building (build relationships with external partners including business community,government "ex. Health Canada", educational institutions "ex. Ryersonand other schools" and general public"Environmental Health Week Initiative"), Attracting New Members (provide free one year membership tonew graduates and second year follow-up, standardize CIPHI professional promotiona! materials),Standardization (CIPHI National and Branches working closer together), Continuing Education(Standardsof Practiceand Core Competencies),ReviewMission and Visionand I-liringan Executive Director.

CIPHI (ON BR) members are encouraged to contact myself or any Branch Councilor to discuss any matterspertaining to the institute. We Welcome members stepping forward to volunteer to participate in Branch initiatives.Please contact me if you are eager to lend a hand.

RespectfullySubmittedBy: .,

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MichaelDuncan

President,ClPHI(OntarioBranch)Inc.

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Past President's Report

Nov.28,2003

Board of Certification

The most recent meeting was held on November 7th, 2003 in Vancouver,B.C. The purpose of this meet-ing was to review the examination results of the October [20] & 21st BOC. There were results of 92candidates being reviewed. The following summarizes the results of the 92 candidates:

a) 6 candidates were sitting part or all of the oral for their second, or more, time. Of these all passed.b) 86 candidates sat the BOC for the first time. Of these 69 passed and 11failed all or part of their BOC.

A total of 86 of the 92 students passed. This resulted in a 93.5% pass rate.

The BOC in Toronto took place over a two-day period, as Toronto was the site of 53 of the candidateexams. There were difficulties in obtaining sufficient space as well as examiners for the event and as aresult the exams occurred at various locations within Toronto and over a two-day period. A significantamount of work went in to the preparation and implementation of this event by Pam Scharfe. On behalfof the Ontario Branch and the BOC I would like to thank Pam for her hard work and dedication. I would

also like to extend thanks to the many BOC Chairpersons who, due to the number of candidates, agreedto read and mark a larger number of field reports than normal, all Board Examination Panel members forvolunteering their time and to their Health Unit/Department for providing their staff time to participateon the BOC's.

An update of the various schools was provided. Ryerson has increased their enrolment of the fast trackprogramso it nowrepresents 2/3rdsof the total enrolment. Most students are finding workupon graduation.The accreditation that was to occur in 2003 has been deferred to early February or late March of 2004.It was noted that Tim Sly would be going on a sabbatical at the end of 2003.

2004 Ontario Branch Conference

Letters were mailed to Ottawa, Niagara and Hamilton Health Units inviting them to participate as theconference host in 2004. Ottawa responded advising that they were not at this time able to participate

however may be interested in participating in 2005 or 2006. Bjorn Christensen from Niagara PublicHealth Department also responded. I have yet to contact Mr. Christensen to discuss this further. Noresponse has been received to date from Hamilton.

mShortly after these invitations were sent out a host for the 2004 conference was confirmed. The hosting 5health, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge Health Unit was contacted and will be prox_idedinformation and

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conference planning materials to assist them in their preparations. The CIPHI Executive will also providesome support to the hosting health unit.

2005 JointClPHIOntarioBranch/NationalConference

The 2005 conference planning continues. The CIPHI Ontario Branch and Toronto Public Health are hostingthe 71st Ontario Branch Conference joint National Conference. It will be held at the Sheraton CentreToronto Hotel. The dates are Sunday September 25 - Wednesday September 28th, 2005.

Respectfully Submitted By:

Suzanne Lychowyd-ShawPastPresident,ClPHIOntarioBranch

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Barrie, ON

Current Committee MembershipRosemarie Arndt (chair), Laura Farrell, Lucie Imbiscuso, RoseMary Irwin, Alicia Lowe, Bev Middleton,Brenda Miller, Susan Morrison, Francine Paquette

Committee MeetingsOctober 17, 2003 - Face to faceMembers attending: Rosemarie Arndt, RoseMary Irwin, Alicia Lowe, Bev Middleton, Brenda Miller,Susan Morrison, Francine Paquette, Lucie ImbiscusoRegrets: Laura Farrell

Conference PlanningPlanning for the next CIPHI CD Conference, scheduled for April 29 & 30, 2004, is ongoing.

Fact Sheets & SurveyThe survey regarding CIPHI resources was completed distributed. Distribution occurred at the CIPHIOntario Branch Annual General Meeting and through a general e-mail. The survey was also posted onthe CIPHI Ontario Branch website.

38 surveys have been returned. Though the source of many of the surveys is unknown, it was deter-mined that at least 51% of the 37 Health Units have responded. See CIPHI websitewww.ciphi.on.caforcomplete copy of report.

Other IssuesUpon request the CD Committee provided feedback on a generic Residential Homes Local Public HealthUnit Inspection Form from the MOHLTC for the Infection Control Mandatory Program - Requirement #3.We submitted our comments on September 19, 2003.

Next CD Committee meeting scheduled for December 12, 2003.


RosemarieArndtCommunicableDiseaseDivisionCouncillor

CanadianInstituteofPublicHealthInspectors(OntarioBranch)

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Communications Division

Nov.28,2003

Ontario Branch News

The Ontario Branch News (OBN) is still being produced quarterly. We have tried to scale the OBN backto 32 pages to lower the costs. Council reports are being limited to one page. Any extra materials coun-cillors would like to share with our members will now be posted on the branch website.

Ontario Branch Website

Ontario Branch Website This QuarterBetween September and November 21, 2003 we have had 2352 visits to the Branch website. There were

an average of 784 visits per month and 28 per day. Visitors viewed an average of 1.5 pages while at oursite. 44% of the hits to our site are coming from Canada. The rest are coming from just about everyother part of the world including Saudi Arabia, China, Singapore and the Netherlands.


SarahWilson

CommunicationsDivision

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Food Safety DivisionNov.29, 2003

COMMITTEE STATUS

Interagency Committee on Food Safety

Cathy Egan attended the last meeting on October 15, 2003. Minutes are attached, as well as information

packages on several agenda items, as follows:

- a summary of MOU's between various federal andprovincial (Ontario) departments on issuesof food safety;

- two presentations by Health Canada on a National Integrated Enteric Pathogen SurveillanceProject; and

- a presentation by OMAF on an Unpasteurized Apple Cider Baseline Study.

Interestingly,comments in the ICFS minutes were in support of the CIPHI position on the part of MOH'swho want an E. coli standard of zero and the prohibition of the sale of unpasteurized apple cider. HealthCanada's approach is to inform the public and let them decide if they want to drink it. Yet, the federalstandard for E. coli in beer is zero as compared to 10,000/10 ml in unpasteurized apple cider and theprovince closes public beaches at levels above 100/100ml of water.

It appears that no agency is ready to address this matter in a regulatory fashion at this time.

The next meeting is December 17, 2003, which I will be attending.

Public Health Branch Focus Group to Review Changes to the Food Premises Regulations

A cabinet submission has gone forward on this matter as a result of committee and other work.Therefore, the group no longer exists and would not be reconstituted unless needed as a consequence ofcabinet direction. There has been no cabinet decision on this matter to date.

Food Handler Certification Task Force

This group has completed its' task and is no longer functional.

Community Food Advisor Program

not been able to determine the status of this group yet, but will do so at the earliest opportunity. II have

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This OMAF led group is dormant at the moment, but will become active again as the curriculum requires

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review and alternate venues to home study are developed. The training is about to become available as

independent study through the University of Guelph.

Free Standing Meat Processing Interagency Committee

Information to date on this OMAF group is that a cabinet submission has been forwarded that wouldgive OMAF the regulatory responsibility over these facilities. Therefore, the group is inactive pendingthe outcome of the process.

Exotic Meats Working Group

This MOHLTC group has had only-an introductory-meeting-to-date to share ideas. It is anticipated that itwill meet again in the new year with a new chair to determine who does what on this issue. However,regulatory change is not being advocated by the MOHLTC.

FOOD SAFETY DIVISION PLANNING DOCUMENT

Work is underway on updating and will be presented at the next executive meeting.

Correspondence

Attached is a letter from Health Canada explaining a project to develop safe food handling labels for allraw meats and poultry sold at the retail level. This will be followed up so that we may participate insome fashion.

Attached is a copy of the dialogue from a recent CBC Radio program, "The Current" which favourablycompares the performance of PHI's inspecting food service facilities as opposed to hospitals in terms ofoversight into their infection control practices.

Respectfully submitted By:

Brad Colpitts

FoodSafetyDivisionCouncillorCanadianInstituteof PublicHealthInspectors(OntarioBranch'

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Health Promotion and Professional

Development Report

Nov.28,2003

It's a time to celebrate the field of public health inspection. We now have a week dedicated to our pro-fession. CIPHI National Environment Health Week has been established to market the Environmental

Health Profession to our public, governmental and private sector partners. The date of this event will beJanuary 3-9, 2004. Information kits will be mailed out to all Health Units when made available.

Please take your hats off to the Region of Waterloo Public Health Unit for a job well done hosting the2003 Ontario Branch Educational Conference. All sessions were well attended and the education seminars

informative. The student recruitment fair held on the third day of the conference was a tremendous success.

At this time I would like thank the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit for volunteeringto host the 2004 Ontario Branch 65_Annual Conference. I am looking forward to working with yourcommittee in organizing this year's event.

This is a reminder that the Ontario Branch has a portable display unit, which is available for all healthunits to use in recruitment efforts or promoting our profession. Since September the North Bay andMuskoka Parry Sound Health Units have used the display unit. If you would like to book the displayunit you can e-mail your request to Robert Moulton at [email protected]. The only cost associatedwith the display unit is the cost of shipping one way.

The CIPHI National Executive Council at present is standardizing a package of CIPHI Public HealthInspector promotional materials. These materials will be available for agencies to purchase and willinclude PHI brochures, power point presentation, and table top display. Unfortunately these materialsmay not be available for this year's launch of the Environmental Health Week but should be available foruse in future years.


Robert Moulton

HealthPromotion& ProfessionalDevelopmentCouncillor

CanadianInstituteof PublicHealthInspectors(OntarioBranch)

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Healthy Environments Division

Nov.28,2003

The new government is in place, ministers have been named and I believe that the Healthy EnvironmentDivision will be mainly in contact with the following four ministers:

Ms. Leona Dombrowsky, Minister of the Environment1.135 St. Clair Avenue W., 12th FloorToronto, ON M4V 1P5

2. Mr. David Ramsay, Minister of Natural Resources6630-99 Wellesley Street W., 6th Floor, Whitney BlockToronto, ON M7A 1W3

3. Mr. George Smitherman, Minister of Health and Long Term Care80 Grosvenor Street, 10th Floor, Hepburn BlockToronto, ON M7A 2C4

4. Mr. Steve Peters, Minister of Agriculture and Food77 Grenville Street, l lth Floor

Toronto, ON M5C 1B3

The first matter that I find myself dealing with, is the "Well Aware" program that is currently conducting

Information Provider Workshops throughout the province. As a historical background, our executive

alloWed and received acknowledgment, for re-print material from "How Well Is Your Well" This acknowl-edgment appears on the front page of the handout booklet "'Well Aware".

The Booklet "'Well Aware" is produced and distributed by Green Communities, headquartered inPeterborough, ON, EO. Box 928, K9J 7A5

Green Communities have now began presenting "Well Aware" Information Provider Workshops throughoutthe province, and as part of the total package include the sentence "Well Aware is endorsed by the CanadianInstitute of Public Health Inspectors - Ontario Branch':

I do not supportthe use of the word "endorsed" and to this pointhave had discussionswith Green Communities.I will now be asking council for a final positionon this matter,and believe it is in our best interest to act quickly.

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Michael Minor

HealthyEnvironmentsDivision

CanadianInstituteof PublicHealthInspectors(OntarioBranch)

Membership Services

Nov.30, 2003

National PHI Salary Survey

The National PHI Salary Survey continues to live on at the following web sites http://www.ciphi.ca/and

http://www.ciphi.on.ca/. A new Ontario Survey has been completed with new demographic data from the2001 Census. I have also included a table showing numbers of PHI's working in the different healthunits within Ontario. The number of PHI's were extracted from the PHI Directory completed this year,therefore, the numbers on this report are not completely accurate. I will add the Retirement numbers tothis report in 2004. This new survey is only available on the Ontario BranchWeb site it can be downloaded as a Microsoft Excel file. I would like to invite members to submit corrections to me via email at

[email protected].

PHI Telephone Directory

I am continuing to circulate the Directories to all the members who were not able to pick their copy up at

the September Annual General Meeting. 26 Health Units have received their members Directories, 11Health units and other members will be receiving their Directories in the coming weeks via the mail. For

those who wish to order more directories may do so by filling out a resource order form, located on

http://www.ciphi.on.ca/. The cost of a directory is $2.00 per book. Hamilton has provided me with an

update of their email information that will be circulated via email to all the health units.

Respectfully submitted by,

Adam Grant ..MembershipServicesCouncillorCanadianInstituteof PublicHealthInspectors(OntarioBranch)

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Partnership Liaison

Nov.28,2003

Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA)

I have taken Tino Serapiglia's place on the OPHA Board of Directors and on the Core CompetenciesWorkgroup. I have not attended a Board of Directors meeting as I was unable to attend the OPHA con-ference, but the next meeting will take place in January.

As of November 17, 2003, OPHA has a new Executive Director, David MacKinon. He is meeting witheach constituent society member to discuss issues and perspectives to determine how best to worktogether to address common issues.

The OPHA Core Competencies Workgroup's mandate is to define core competencies for public healtheducation and practice in Ontario. The workgroup is comprised of representatives from each of theOPHA constituent societies, the OPHA Board, alPHa, the Public Health Branch, Health Canada and the

Education Sector. The workgroup will define essential functions and competencies, solicit input andfeedback and request endorsement from the OPHA Board, constituent societies and external organiza-tions. The competencies will be disseminated and communicated to and through key stakeholders. Thenext meeting of the workgroup will be January 22, 2004.

Ryerson

Communication with Ryerson has been initiated, and my first duty will be to present the James Powellaward to the winning student. The relationship that has been developed in the past few years by Tinowill be strengthened by continued work to promote awareness of CIPHI to students by organizing andconducting information sessions for new students and graduates. Board of Certification information ses-sions and recruitment fairs will be conducted at Ryerson in 2004.


Catherine EganPartnershipLiaisonCouncillor

CanadianInstituteofPublicHealthInspectors(OntarioBranch)

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64*hANNUAL CIPHI(ONTARIO BRANCH)2003 EDUCATIONALCONFERENCE

The 64th Annual CIPHI (Ontario Branch) 2003 Educational Conference took place at the Waterloo Innand Conference Centre, Waterloo, Ontario on September 29th to October 1st, 2003. The theme of the

conference was "Emerging Concepts and Controversies in Public Health". The conference programwas divided into three streams: Environment,Emerging Infectious Diseases,and ProfessionalDevelopment.

The conference was a huge educational and social success and was well attended by public health profes-sionals from across Ontario and even one from British Columbia! The conference program offered a

wide variety of topics that were presented in international, national, provincial and local perspectives.German hospitality was offered during the Oktoberfest social event where guests feasted on authenticGerman cuisine and danced to the polka!

Number of Delegates

Full Registrants 102Daily Registrants: Monday 44Daily Registrants Tuesday 46Daily Registrants: Wednesday 3

The conference was financially successful which was due in part to the large number of exhibitors _andsponsors who supported the conference. A specialthank you to the exhibitorsand sponsorswho contributedto the successof the conference.

Abell PestControl Inc;Alliance Environmental & Abatement Contractors Inc;Aquatic Life Ltd;

ASPHIO;CaraOperations Ltd; CarminaTechnologies Inc;Centre for Surveillance Coordination

(Health Canada);CFIA;CMHC;CSDCSystemsInc;CIPHI(Ontario Branch);EcolabCanada;

Environmental Health Foundation of Canada;CanadianPartnership for Consumerfood Safety

Education; Frontline Environmental Management Inc; Idexx Labratories;Labcor Inc; Nasco;

OMAF;Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care;ORUSMedical Inc; PaceConsulting;

Pestalto Environmental Products Inc; Procura/Hedgehog Environmental Systems;Propper

Manufacturing Co;SaniTechCommunal SystemsInc;The Steritech Group Corporation;Thermor

Ltd;The Walter FedyPartnership;Train Can Inc;Underwriters Laboratory of Canada;Vernacare

Partnership;Virox Technologies Inc;WoodhouseContracting Ltd; Zehrs18

Financial Summary

Of the total profit generated ($40,317.81), $3000 was donated to local and international charities and

$4500 was donated to Region of Waterloo Public Health for their support. The money will be used to sendrepresentatives to future CIPHI conferences. The remainder of the profit ($32,817.81) was donated to

CIPHI (Ontario Branch) Inc.

One highlights of the conference was the half-day student recruitment fair. Approximately 80 RyersonUniversity students from the School of Occupational and Public Health were transported by bus to the con-

ference facility. The students listened to a series of presentations from Public Health Inspectors (PHI) rep-resenting health units across Ontario. The presentations provided an understanding of the daily activitiesof a PHI. Once the presentations were completed a recruitment fair occurred where the students had theopportunity to interact with PHI's and visit Health Unit recruitment booths. The day turned out be a greatsuccess. A special thank you to School of Occupational and Public Health for their support.

A special thank you to Durham Region Health Department and the executive of the CIPHI (Ontario Branch)who provided their support and guidance. It was a truly rewarding experience and on behalf of theConference Planning Committee we wish Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit the best of

:° luck and hope they have as much fun and success as we did planning our conference.

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LESSENS CHANCES Other reasons include not getting around to it, notbelieving in them or suspicion the vaccine will

Therefore, taking the vaccine to help protect against make them sick.influenza lessens your chance of being unnecessarilyquarantined for possible exposure to SARS. McGeer quoted statement by the national advisory"If I get quarantined because I had influenza committee on immunization that says "health carebecauseI didn't get theflu shot, that's kind of stupid," workers and their employers have duty to activelyMcGeer said prior to speaking to the Canadian promote, implement and comply with influenzim-Instituteof PublicHealthInspectorsannualconven- munization recommendations in order to decreasetion which was underway here. the risk of infection and complications in the vul-

nerable population they carefor." Complications

McGeer, who contracted SARS during last winter's of flu can include convulsions, bronchitis, heartoutbreak in Toronto, said it was fortunate that the attack, encephalitis, pneumoniand sudden death

province had quiet year for flu. McGeer said health care workers underestimate"If we got bad year and SARS at the same time, it their ability to pass on infection to patients andwould have been (logistically) impossible," she family. "We're in total denial about thefact thatsaid. McGeer said complacencyand misconceptions we give people disease."have dampened the public's initial enthusiasm forthe free flu shots, which Ontario introduced three In healthy adults, the vaccine prevents 80 to 90 per

years ago. cent of influenza. The only real side-effect may be"Partof the reason it's been quiet is so many people sore arm because of the needle. A 1996 study inhave been getting flu shots," McGeer said. But the Archives of Internal Medicine looked at the"when it's quiet, people start saying -what am I perceived and real side-effects of vaccination.doing this for?" Both the group given the vaccine and the group

given placebo reported about the same rates of

Some of the toughest people to convince are fever, tiredness,malaise,muscle aches and headaches.health-care workers, whose rates of immunization The only difference was that the numbers reporting

have slipped, sore arms were two-and-a-half times higher in thevaccinated group.

Ontario Hospital Association statistics show physi-cians and volunteers have the lowest immunization McGeer attributes perceived side-effects to the fact

rates. In 2000-01, just over 30 per cent of doctors the flu shot is given in fall, which is time whenwere immunized. By 2001-02, fewer than 25 per people are more likely to come down with coldscent had flu shots, and feel unwell anyway. = -

Staff rates were just over 50 per cent in 2000-01, OFTEN UNFOUNDED

but they dropped to about 44 per cent in 2001-02.The smallest hospitals had the best compliance Claims linking the flu vaccine to other health prob-rates; the worst numbers were at teaching centres, lems are generally unfounded, she said. No definite

According to ministry of health survey, the most connection has been established between Guillan

common reason health care workers give for not Barre Syndrome and the flu shot, for instance.24 having flu shot is that they think they don't need it. Andtheory that repeatedvaccinationsare associated

with Alzheimer disease because of aluminum and mercury in the vaccine has been discounted, she said.There is no aluminum in the vaccine, while the amount of mercury is about equal to the amount found inone tin of tuna.

WHY WORRY ABOUT INFLUENZA?

Infectious diseases are the third leading cause of death in Canada;Influenzis the most common infectious disease cause of death in Canada;

Five million Canadians are infected every year with influenza; 50,000 are hospitalized for it and 4,500 die.

StephenParker,CPHI(C)CanadianInstituteofPublicHealthInspectors(OntarioBranch)

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CANADIAN INSTITUTEOF PUBLICHEALTHINSPECTORSPOSITIONSTATEMENTON

HIRING OF NON-HOLDERSOF THEc.p.H.I.(C) DESIGNATION

Whereas employers and supervisors are contemplating the employment of non-holders of the C_EH.I. (C)

designation within areas of the EnVironmental Health profession;

CIPHI recognizes that student personnel from CIPHI Board of Certification approved post-secondary institu-

tions may be employed as part of their practicum placement;

CIPHI recognizes that the profession periodically experiences cycles of employment L surpluses and (or)

shortages;

CIPHI recognizes that the workplace experiences fiscal constraints;

CIPHI is reminded by and emphasizes the findings of the "'Report of the Walkerton Inquiry", by theHonourable Dennis R. O'Connor, and the "Report of the Commission of lnquiry into matters relating to

the safety of the public drinking water in the City of North Battleford, Saskatchewan", the Honourable

Robert D. Laing, both which identified a lack of appropriate government funding as a significant factor in

the resulting outbreaks of Escherichia coli and cryptosporidium respectively;

CIPHI believes that the document "Building on Values: The Future of Health Care in Canada" by Roy J.Romanow, will serve as the basis to re-establish health funding to appropriate levels;

CIPHI has not developed an educational curriculum for any other level of the Public Health inspector /Environmental Health Officer at this time; i

CIPHI considers it highly imprudent to erode the minimum qualifications of the profession when decades of

effort have been invested in raising the bar of professionalism to enhance the competence and reputation ofits inspectors; or holders of the C.EH.I. (C) designation;

CIPHI Board of Certification has accredited and increased the number of approved post-secondary institu-tions from two to five;

CIPHI considers a baccalaureate degree and specialized training as the absolute minimum requirements forany legitimate scientific based profession in today's world;i

CIPHI believes that only holders of the C.EH.I. (C) designation have the prot'essional-grade qualifications in

order to educate the public in a credible manner and to successfully uphold the public health laws of Canada26

and its provinces in any given court of law;

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CIPHI is committed to securing and enhancing the integrity of the environmental health profession in Canada;

Therefore, it is the position of CIPHI that the Institute:

1. Opposes the hiring of non-holders of the C.EH.I.(C) for positions that have been traditionally occpied

by certified Public Health Inspectors / Environmental Health Officers.2. Opposes the hiring of non-holders of the C.EH.I.(C) for newly created positions that have been or

could be occupied by certified Public Health Inspectors / Environmental Health Officers.3. Will pursue all possible avenues to advocate its position.

4. Will assist local agencies in attracting holders C.P.H.I.(C) designation to the workplace.

5. Will assist CIPHI Board of Certification approved post-secondary institutions in attracting potential

candidates into their programs.

6. Will advocate to government agencies to ensure that public health programs are funded and

resourced to appropriate levels to nurture successful recruitment and retention of certified inspectors /Officers, i.e. "holders of the C.EH.I. (C) designation."

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An Apology and CorrectionThe second last page of the fall 2003 edition of theOBN featured a picture of one of the teams from 2003'sbaseball tournamentwith a caption that read. "We are theChampions."The editors of the OBN would like to apol-ogize to the baseball team from Niagara. They were thewinners of the 2003 baseball tournament. We are verysorry Niagara. We will be more careful in the future.

AND THE WINNER IS...

The winner of the James Powell award for this year isAngela Newman who is currently working in OwenSound. Congratulations Angela!

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list. Please contact Peter Heywood (Secretary-Treasurer) or Adam Grant (Membership Services) if youhave any questions.

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