OEMAC

Agricultural Health & Safety Symposium

John R. GordonDirector, Canadian Centre for Health & Safety in Agriculture

(john.gordon@usask.ca)

Research for Rural HealthResearch for Rural HealthCanadian Centre for Health and Safety in AgricultureCanadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture

CCHSA & Ag Med: a brief history1980’s

Ag Health & Safety Network (5 RMs)

2003-09; 2009-’15CIHR STIHR National

Training Program

Intn’l SymposiaIn Ag Health & Safety

(1977-2008)

Symposia Outcomes-Cdn Grain Dust Med.

Surv. Program (1977)- NIOSH Ag Med Program (1985)- CASA (Cdn Coalition…) (1992)

Saskatchewan researchers & staff1975 - 1 scientist, 2 staff;2010 - 8 faculty, ≈30 staff & a national network of researchers

OEMAC, Oct ‘10

1970’sCentre for

Ag Medicine(Dr. Jim Dosman)

Research for Rural HealthResearch for Rural HealthCanadian Centre for Health and Safety in AgricultureCanadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture

CCHSA: full cycle service to research to practice

Ag Health & Safety Network

CCHSA National Research Network

OEMAC, Oct ‘10

CCHSA KnowledgeTranslation

Stress of the Farm, Sleepless in Saskatchewan,

H1N1 for ProducersCdn Dust Limits in Grain..

CCHSA National Training Program

Canadian Ag InjurySurveillance Program (CAIR, Sask Labour, CIHR)

Louise Hagel(BSN, MSc)

Dr. Don Voaklander

Kendra Ulmer(BSN, MSc)

Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in AgricultureCanadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture

VISION:VISION: to improve health and safety on the farm through education, service and evaluation research.

CCHSA’s Agricultural Health & Safety Network

SaskatchewanAgricultureand Food

The Network 2010 200 RMs &

>28,000 farm families

OEMAC, Oct ‘10

Kendra Ulmer (Leader, AHSN)

- Producer & family clinics

- Stress on the Farm Initiative

- Workshops

- Newsletters

- Website Library (35K hits/yr)

The CCHSA Centre for Research Development (2003 - 2010)

Prince Edward Island Dalhousie Universitˇ du Quˇbec Chicoutimi Universitˇ Laval QueenÕs University University of Ottawa University of Guelph University of Saskatchewan University of Regina First Nations University of Canada University of Alberta University of British Columbia University of N. British Columbia University of Toronto

University of Calgary Wester nUniversity National Hydrology Research Centre Statistics Canada Monash University National Inst. of Environ. Health Colorado State Inst recherche et dˇvel e n agroenviro. Prairie Swine Centre Inc Kumamoto University International Labour Organization Kiev University Poland

Organic respiratory exposures, occupational

hygiene & medicine, toxicology, water safety,

injury epidemiology, rural health, animal-human

health, social sciences, community resiliency,

mental health, economics, psychology,

Research for Rural HealthResearch for Rural HealthCanadian Centre for Health and Safety in AgricultureCanadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture

Objective: to develop a critical mass of trainees who have a focus on agricultural and rural-related issues, who will provide an agricultural/rural perspective to their field of study and who will train future trainees.

CIHR STIHR Program(PHARE [Public Health & the Agricultural-Rural Ecosystem])

2003-09, $285,000/yr for 8 Cdn universities- 65 researchers trained (MSc, PhD, PDF)

2009, renewed for 6 yr @ $325,000/yr- 8 Canadian partner universities- Internat’l partners (Mongolia [2], China [3], Africa, E.

Europe [3])- partnerships expanding (private sector, international)

OEMAC, Oct ‘10

The Rural Wellness CentreThe Rural Wellness Centre

- artist’s rendition -

CCHSA

(CFI-UofS matching funds, $15.2M)CCHSA National Industrial-Agricultural Hygiene Laboratory

Sept 4, 2010

CCHSA National Lab(to be commissioned in 2012-13)

Rural Health Lab (6 sitesEnvironmental Epidemiology (3 univ, 1 gov’t site),

Enhancements of existing facilities funded for Queen’s University (Injury Control Lab), Laval (Aerobiology Lab), Dalhousie (Water Quality Lab), and the Univ of Sask.

State-of-the-art: Respiratory Exposures Labs (4 sites) Environmental Health Labs (5 sites)

Occupational Hygiene Labs (3 univ, 1 corp. &1 gov’t site)Injury Control Labs (2 sites)

Commercialization (Univ & Corp), Knowledge Translation (Multiple sites)Tele-transmission (13 sites) Labs.

OEMAC, Oct ‘10

Q&A…

OEMAC, Oct ‘10