Cyclosporiasis is an emerging foodborne parasitic disease that continues to pose public health challenges in Canada, particularly in outbreaks associated with imported fresh produce. Timely detection, effective surveillance, outbreak investigation, and coordinated public health responses are essential to reducing illness and preventing further transmission. Recent outbreaks in the USA are causing concern in North America.
Webcasts
What Canadian Public Health Needs to Know About Hantavirus
This episode of Infectious Questions podcast explores the Hantavirus, a rodent-borne virus that can cause severe and potentially life-threatening illness in humans. In this episode, we discuss the virus’s morphology and classification, how it is transmitted through exposure to infected rodent droppings, urine, and saliva, and the signs and symptoms of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS).
Emerging Viral Threats: What Canadian Public Health Needs to Know About Hantavirus and Ebola
This webinar provides Canadian public health stakeholders with an evidence-informed overview of Hantavirus infections and the current Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, recently declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
Mosquito Biology and Reproduction: Opportunities for Vector Control
This webinar will provide an in-depth exploration of mosquito biology, with a focus on the life cycle, behavior, and physiological traits that enhance vector capacity and disease transmission.
Lice and lethality: the re-emergence of louse-borne Bartonella quintana in Canada
This webinar describes the re-emergence of B. quintana in Canada, examining transmission dynamics, disease burden, and emerging pathways of spread. The webinar highlights how neglected bacterial infections linked to socioeconomic vulnerability remain concealed drivers of disease and mortality in Canada.
From Sewers to Solutions: Transforming Public Health Through Wastewater Surveillance Success Stories
Over the past few years, wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) has rapidly emerged as a valuable tool in public health, providing community-level insights on infectious diseases, substances of potential abuse and other agents of interest.
From Data to Action: Cancer Surveillance and Occupational Diseases
This seminar includes a presentation by Dr. Donna Turner on cancer surveillance. Then, Dr. Jeavana Sritharan and Dr. Paul Demers present on Ontario’s Occupational Disease Surveillance System (ODSS).
mpox: What’s next for Canadian public health?
This webinar discusses the current situation of the multi-country mpox outbreaks and the potential implications for Canadian public health.
Fall and Winter Respiratory Illnesses 2024-2025 webinar
This moderated, live webinar discusses the current vaccine landscape in Canada and provide an overview of the latest recommendations from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), seasonal influenza, and COVID-19 for the 2024-2025 respiratory virus season.
CWN-NCCID Wastewater-Based Surveillance Program
As the first year of the CWN-NCCID Wastewater-based Surveillance (WBS) Program comes to an end in March this year, CWN and NCCID overviewed our WBS program.
Advancing the Practice of Wastewater Surveillance
Please join us for the sixth seminar of the Surveillance Advances seminar series entitled “Advancing the practice of wastewater surveillance”, on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm (ET). This seminar will feature a discussion about COVID and wastewater surveillance in Quebec.
Trans PULSE Canada COVID-19 Podcast Mini-Series
This podcast series provides details about the results of a qualitative study investigating the impact of COVID-19 on trans and nonbinary population and asks guests to speak about their experiences related to common themes identified from the study.