Is it safe enough to return to campus? What do public health scientists say?

When
Thursday, September 09, 2021
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Where
Zoom Link - Registration Details Below
Toronto, , ON
Canada
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You are invited to join us for an interactive panel discussion with leading health and safety experts in epidemiology, indoor air quality, bioaerosols, bioethics, population health equity, and more. Following brief presentations by the panelists, there will be an extended Q & A.

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A coalition of Toronto university faculty associations and unions have endorsed a Checklist for a Safe Campus Reopening developed by experts at U of T’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, but are our university administrations listening to the experts? Are our university administrations doing enough to safeguard the health of our campus communities? Where are the strict classroom occupancy limits? How will campus vaccination and indoor masking policies be enforced, and who will enforce them? What are the trends in Ontario, and why does it look like a grim fall? We’ll examine these questions among others.

Please send your questions in advance when registering or to [email protected]. We will do our best to address them.

Our panelists from the University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health:

Arjumand Siddiqi
Division Head of Epidemiology, Canada Research Chair in Population Health Equity, social epidemiologist, member of the Ontario Science Table

Ashleigh Tuite
Infectious disease epidemiologist & mathematical modeller, member of the Provincial Coronavirus Modelling Group and of the Ontario Science Table

David Fisman
Infectious disease epidemiologist & mathematical modeller, former member of the Provincial Coronavirus Modelling Group and of the Ontario Science Table

James Scott
Division Head of Occupational and Environmental Health, Director of the UAMH Centre for Global Microfungal Biodiversity, environmental microbiologist, bioaerosol specialistJeffrey Siegel
Civil engineering professor, jointly appointed with Dalla Lana, indoor air quality and filtration specialist, Fellow of ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers)

Paul Bozek

Director of MPH in Occupational and Environmental Health, Certified Industrial Hygienist, Registered Occupational Hygienist, Professional Engineer

Ross Upshur
Co-Chair WHO Ethics & COVID-19 Expert Group, Division Head of Clinical Public Health, Fellow of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
If you have any questions or accommodation requests, please contact [email protected]

If you have any questions or accommodation requests, please contact [email protected]

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