Weekly Seminar: Adventures in Health Economics

The Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture (CCHSA) will be hosting the weekly seminar on Tuesday, December 13, 14:30-15:30 p.m. at James Dosman Boardroom 1254. This week's seminar presenter will be Erika Penz​, speaking on the topic of Adventures in Health Economics. All are welcome!

Weekly Seminar: Back Health among Saskatchewan Farmers

The Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture (CCHSA) will be hosting the weekly seminar on Tuesday, November 29, 14:30-15:30 p.m. at James Dosman Boardroom 1254. This week's seminar presenter will be Brenna Bath and Xiaoke Zeng​, speaking on the topic of Back Health among Saskatchewan Farmers. All are welcome!

Weekly Seminar: Effects of task automation on the mental workload and situation awareness of operators of agricultural semi-autonomous vehicles

The Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture (CCHSA) will be hosting the weekly seminar on Tuesday, November 22, 14:30-15:30 p.m. at James Dosman Boardroom 1254. This week's seminar presenter will be Behzad Bashiri​, speaking on the topic of Effects of task automation on the mental workload and situation awareness of operators of agricultural semi-autonomous vehicles. All are welcome!

Weekly Seminar: Avoiding Predatory Journals

The Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture (CCHSA) will be hosting the weekly seminar on Tuesday, November 15, 14:30-15:30 p.m. at James Dosman Boardroom 1254. This week's seminar presenter will be Jon Watts​, speaking on the topic of Avoiding Predatory Journals. All are welcome!

Weekly Seminar: Low Back Disorders among Waste Collection Workers

The Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture (CCHSA) will be hosting the weekly seminar on Tuesday,November 8, 14:30-15:30 p.m. at James Dosman Boardroom 1254. This week's seminar presenter will be Benedicta Asante, speaking on the topic of Low Back Disorders among Waste Collection Workers. All are welcome!

Shaking All Over

Newly published research from the ErgoLab Team quantifies vibration from farm machinery on the Canadian prairies.

Weekly Seminar: Occupational Safety: Current Research and its Application

The Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture (CCHSA) will be hosting the weekly seminar on Tuesday, October 18, 14:30-15:30 p.m. at James Dosman Boardroom 1254. This week's seminar presenter will be Valery Chirkov, speaking on the topic of Occupational safety: Current research and its application. All are welcome!

Xiaoke Zeng Wins National Award

Recently-graduated CCHSA Masters student and Founding Chairs Awardee Xiaoke Zeng won the Top Student Abstract Award at the 9th Biennial Conference of the Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health earlier this week in Toronto.

Weekly Seminar: Hypothermia and Cold Exposure Injuries

The Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture (CCHSA) will be hosting the weekly seminar on Tuesday, October 18, 14:30-15:30 p.m. at James Dosman Boardroom 1254. This week's seminar presenter will be Adam Paish, speaking on the topic of "Hypothermia and Cold Exposure Injuries". All are welcome!

Weekly Seminar: Kneeling and Knee Osteoarthritis, the Effects of a Simulated Occupational Kneeling Exposure on the Neuromuscular Control of Gait and Squatting

The Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture (CCHSA) will be hosting the weekly seminar on Tuesday, October 4, 14:30-15:30 p.m. at James Dosman Boardroom 1254. This week's seminar presenter will be Liana Tennant, speaking on the topic of "Kneeling and Knee Osteoarthritis: The Effects of a Simulated Occupational Kneeling Exposure on the Neuromuscular Control of Gait and Squatting". All are welcome!

Weekly Seminar: Unraveling the Molecular Basis of Endotoxin and Glyphosate Inhalation Exposure by the Use of Animal Model

The Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture (CCHSA) will be hosting the weekly seminar on Tuesday, September 27, 14:30-15:30 p.m. at James Dosman Boardroom 1254. This week's seminar presenter will be Upkardeep Singh speaking on the topic of: "Unraveling the molecular basis of endotoxin and glyphosate inhalation exposure by the use of animal model". All are welcome!

Grain Safety Training

CCHSA is excited to support CASA as they develop and promote a new national grain safety program to address the frequency of grain entrapments in Canada.

Weekly Seminar: Evaluation of Lung Function in Rural Dwelling Children

The Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture (CCHSA) will be hosting the weekly seminar on Tuesday, September 20, 14:30-15:30 p.m. at James Dosman Boardroom 1254. This week's seminar presenter will be Lakshmi Balakrishnan speaking on the topic of: "Evaluation of Lung Function Rural Dwelling Children."

CIHR Foundation Grant Awarded

Dr. Debra Morgan, lead of the Rural Dementia Action Research (RaDAR) research program at CCHSA , was just awarded a CIHR Foundation Grant for the research program “Design and evaluation of integrated primary health care practices for dementia in rural and remote settings.” The Foundation grant will bring together researchers, program experts, and knowledge users in Canada and internationally, across multiple disciplines and areas of expertise. The goal of the research is to improve the quality of rural primary health care, and quality of life, among rural people with dementia and their caregivers.