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Indoor Air Quality - Tools for Schools Action Kit for Canadian Schools

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Chapter 16: Resources

The purpose of this Section is to provide some examples of resources which will allow the reader to acquire further information on indoor air quality.

In Canada, regulation of issues concerning indoor air/indoor environments usually falls under provincial, territorial or municipal jurisdiction. For this reason, it is suggested that queries on indoor environmental issues be addressed to local, provincial or territorial health authorities as a first resource.

1. Federal Government Departments and Agencies

2. Product Manufacturer Associations

This web site includes a Teacher's Resource Site on the subject of plastics in the classroom.

3. Municipalities

4. Professional and/or Standard-Setting Associations

  • Next link will take you to another Web site Canadian Standards Association
    • 5060 Spectrum Way, Suite 100
      Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 5N6
      Phone: 416-747-4000
      Fax: 416-747-2473
      Call toll-free 1-800-463-6727
      Web site:www.csa.ca

5. Building Services Associations

6. Environmental/Health/Occupational/Consumer Organizations

  • Next link will take you to another Web site Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
    • 208-145 Spruce Street
      Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 6P1
      Phone: 613-235-2273
      Fax: 613-233-9028
      E-mail: info@cape.ca
      Website:www.cape.ca

    This organization designed a "Children's Environmental Health Project" that is intended to introduce clinicians and their patients to the broad context of children's environmental health issues. This encompasses both the built and the natural environments.

  • Next link will take you to another Web site Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
    • 250 Main Street East
      Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 1H6
      Inquiries Service:
      Phone toll-free in Canada: 1-800-263-8466
      Phone: 1-905-572-4400
      Fax : 1-905-572-4500
      Web site: www.ccohs.ca/

    This national information centre has an Inquiries Service which answers many health or safety concerns people have about their work places. It also has a Client Services program which can be contacted at:Phone toll-free in Canada: 1-800-668-4284.

  • Next link will take you to another Web site Canadian Institute of Child Health (CICH)
    • 384 Bank Street, Suite 300
      Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 1Y4
      Phone: 613-230-8838
      E-mail: cich@cich.ca
      Web site: www.cich.ca

    CICH also has a Canadian Directory of Children's Environmental Health located on this website. This Directory is an introduction to the field of children's health and provides a listing of governmental, university and not-for-profit organizations which conduct a broad range of projects in this area.

  • Next link will take you to another Web site Canadian Lung Association
    • National Office
      3 Raymond Street, Suite 300
      Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 1A3
      Phone: 613-569-6411
      Fax: 613-569-8860
      E-mail: info@lung.ca
      Web site: www.lung.ca/
  • Next link will take you to another Web site Canadian Nurses Association
    • 50 The Driveway
      Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 1E2
      Phone: 613-237-2133
      Fax: 613-237-3520
      E-mail: edgroup@cna-nurses.ca
      Web site: www.cna-nurses.ca

  • Next link will take you to another Web site Canadian Public Health Association
    • Suite 400, 1565 Carling Avenue
      Ottawa, Ontario, K1Z 8R1
      Phone: 613-725-3769
      Fax: 613-725-9826
      E-mail: info@cpha
      Web site: www.ccah.cpha.ca/

  • Next link will take you to another Web site Canadian Society of Safety Engineering
    • P.O. Box 294, 10435 Islington Avenue
      Kleinburg, Ontario, L0J 1C0
      Phone: 905-893-1689
      Fax: 905-893-2392
      E-mail: csseinfo@associationsfirst.com
      Web site: www.csse.org/

    A professional organization for health and safety practitioners.

  • Next link will take you to another Web site College of Family Physicians of Canada
    • 2630 Skylark Avenue
      Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 5A4
      Phone: 905-629-0900
      Fax: 905-629-0893
      Web site: www.cfpc.ca

  • Next link will take you to another Web site Consumers' Association of Canada
    • 404-267 O'Connor Street
      Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 1V3
      Phone: 613-238-2533
      Fax: 613-563-2254
      E-mail: info@consumer.ca
      Web site: www.consumer.ca

7. Other Contacts and Programs of Interest

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Date Modified: 2007-12-09

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