/channels/taxonomy/term/17067/all en /channels/channels/event/made-mcgill-alumni-webcast-smoke-349019 <h2>Up in smoke: Understanding the health hazards of wildfire pollution</h2> Mon, 10 Jul 2023 14:38:13 +0000 webfull 190475 at /channels /channels/channels/news/experts-quebec-summer-forecast-calls-heat-humidity-and-severe-thunderstorms-339717 <p>A hot, "unstable and sticky" summer awaits Quebecers, according to The Weather Network, which predicts periods of abundant heat, often followed by severe thunderstorms. This will be the "fifth consecutive summer where temperatures will be above seasonal normals, which has never happened since we started compiling data" in 1942, according to AndrĂ© Monette, chief meteorologist at The Weather Network. (<a href="https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-summer-forecast-calls-for-heat-humidity-and-severe-thunderstorms-1.5925670" target="_blank">CTV News</a>)</p> Wed, 01 Jun 2022 16:33:19 +0000 webfull 180346 at /channels /channels/channels/news/health-impacts-felt-even-blue-sky-days-ctv-news-december-15-2021-335944 <p>Jill Baumgartner, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and at the Institute for Health and Social Policy, spoke to CTV News about the impact that air pollution is having on the health of Canadians.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2287825"><em>Watch the video</em></a></p> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 15:38:58 +0000 webfull 175942 at /channels /channels/channels/news/comment-lutter-contre-le-tueur-invisible-quest-la-pollution-de-lair-metro-montreal-october-19-2021-334323 <p>Dr. Jill Baumgartner, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and at the Institute for Health and Social Policy, was interviewed by <em>MĂ©tro MontrĂ©al</em>.</p> <p style="margin-left:40px"><strong>"Trois questions à… </strong>Jill Baumgartner, PhD, professeure associĂ©e en Ă©pidĂ©miologie Ă  l’UniversitĂ© ±«ÓăÖ±˛Ą, et spĂ©cialiste en environnement et en santĂ©<em>"</em></p> <p><a href="https://journalmetro.com/societe/2712648/comment-lutter-contre-le-tueur-invisible-quest-la-pollution-de-lair/"><em>Read the article (in French)</em></a></p> Thu, 21 Oct 2021 16:16:51 +0000 webfull 174160 at /channels /channels/channels/news/canadas-air-quality-poor-enough-impact-our-health-ctv-september-23-2021-333675 <p>Dr. Jill Baumgartner, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and at the Institute for Health and Social Policy, was interviewed by CTV News.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?playlistId=1.5598349" target="_blank"><em>Listen to the segment</em></a></p> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 21:45:10 +0000 webfull 173440 at /channels /channels/channels/news/opinion-covid-risk-only-one-reason-improve-air-classrooms-montreal-gazette-may-13-2021-331069 <p>Drs. Jill Baumgartner and Scott Weichenthal, respectively Associate and Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, authored an op-ed in the <em>Montreal Gazette.</em></p> <p style="margin-left:40px"><em>"</em>Most classrooms have ventilation rates much lower than those required to reduce infectious disease transmission, even with open windows."</p> Fri, 14 May 2021 15:39:54 +0000 webfull 170610 at /channels /channels/channels/news/global-project-reduce-health-inequalities-cities-around-world-284536 <div><span>A major new research partnership has been launched to explore ways of reducing health inequalities in cities around the world.</span></div> <div> </div> Tue, 06 Feb 2018 20:02:58 +0000 webfull 134836 at /channels /channels/channels/news/experts-smog-montreal-283642 <p>“Officials in the city of Montreal have issued the latest of several smog alerts today and they hope to improve air quality by restricting the use of wood-burning appliances made popular after the devastating ice storm of 1998.” (<a href="http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2018/01/04/quebec-1998-electrical-failure-wood-burning/">RCI Net</a>)</p> Thu, 04 Jan 2018 20:18:28 +0000 webfull 133823 at /channels