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CHES Ontario Conference Featured RETSCreen Education Session
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CHES Ontario's 2019 conference and trade show was a huge success bringing dozens of health care facility and energy managers, front line staff and vendors together for two days of education and networking.
The Coalition's JJ Knott,
HealthCare Energy Leaders Canada lead and RETScreen's Kevin Bourque presented on how RETScreen Clean Energy Management Software can help identify and assess the viability of energy projects.
Visit the Coalition's
RETScreen page and
download the recently-released case study about how RETScreen has proven itself as a valuable energy management tool at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton. Version française:
CLIQUEZ ICI pour lire l'étude de cas.
(Pictured left to right above: JJ Knott, St. Joseph's Energy Manager Mike McKnight, and RETScreen Project Engineer Kevin Bourque)
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Experts Hoping to Swap 'Pitiful' Canadian Hospital Food with Fresh, Healthy Alternatives
In a recent Global News article, author Camille Bains shares how wild salmon with lemon dill sauce, blueberry soup and bone broth may be high-end restaurant meals but they're also on the menu at some Canadian hospitals aiming to meet recovering patients' nutritional and cultural needs. For the full story, click
HERE.
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Knowledge-Building for Food Loss and Waste (FLW)
June 26, 2019
9:00 am - 11:30 am PST
Invitees: businesses including those conducting research for clients as well as their R&D departments; federal, provincial and municipal governments; university faculty and grad students; community organizations; industry and consultancies.
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Ottawa's CHEO Spreading the Word About Kid-focused Hospital Menu
Cereal for dinner and spaghetti for breakfast? CHEO has long made a link between the well-being of its patients and the food it offers.
Since making changes to their menu and partnering with local fresh-food growers, CHEO's patient satisfaction rate has improved significantly and the hospital is now saving $2 per day, per patient.
Check out the recent CBC Ottawa story
HERE
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Green Hospital Scorecard Results Coming Soon
The Coalition's Green Hospital Scorecard Team is working feverishly to get all data verified and the Scorecards generated. Please be patient with us. We will soon announce dates for the two award ceremony webinars and make the winners public.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact the Coalition's Communications Director Kent Waddington at
kent@greenhealthcare.ca
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Climate Change Toolkit for Health Professionals
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This recently released toolkit consists of eight modules which have been prepared as stand-alone documents that can be read by themselves, but they have also been prepared to complement one another.
The toolkit was designed as a tool for health professionals and students in the health care and public health sectors who want to engage more directly on the issue of climate change as educators with their patients, peers and communities, and/or as advocates for the policies, programs and practices needed to mitigate climate change and/or prepare for climate change in their workplaces and communities.
The Coalition is pleased to have been a contributor to this valuable climate change document. Learn more and download the toolkit
HERE.
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RCO presents Circular Procurement Summit
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STARTS TOMORROW
June 11-13, the Recycling Council of Ontario is hosting Canada's first-ever Circular Procurement Summit designed for municipalities, their provincial and federal counterparts, the public sector and their suppliers at large. The aim of this educational and transformational event is to support and accelerate the transition to the circular economy through procurement.
By leveraging purchasing power, public health bodies can drive circular outcomes in their operations that produce savings, long-term value, and environmentally preferable options that benefits their organisations and patients.
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100 non-partisan all-candidate debates on the environment
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Do you know where your politicians stand on environmental issues? Do they reflect your values? Organizers of
"100 Debates on the Environment" hope to host 100 non-partisan all-candidate debates across Canada on October 7th.
Will you be part of the Canada-wide conversation between candidates and constituents about the environment? Learn more
HERE.
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RENDEZ-VOUS Sustainable Healthcare Focus on Climate Change
Save the Date - October 15, 2019
Join guest speakers from Sweden, France, Canada and the USA as they share ideas and expertise on climate change and sustainable healthcare.
Panels, conferences, discussions, networking...
Please complete the preregistration form
HERE
to show your support.
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CHES 2019 National Conference
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39th Annual Conference
Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society
September 22 - 24, 2019
Saskatoon Arts & Convention Centre, TCU Place, Saskatoon SK
"The "HUB" that enables resiliency in healthcare"
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kent@greenhealthcare.ca
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