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SUMMARY:Hot and Smoky: A New Normal
DESCRIPTION:FREE WEBINAR\nDate: Friday, July 7, 2023 \nTime: 10:00 – 1
 1:30am Pacific | 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Eastern\n(60-minute presentation plu
 s a 20–30-minute Q&A period) \n\nIn recent years, wildfire, smoke and
  heat stress concerns have dominated the news around the globe.  Indust
 rial hygienists are often asked to assist in non-traditional environmen
 ts that may involve vulnerable populations.  \n\nThis session will add
 ress how heat and wildfire smoke exposure has been handled in the entert
 ainment industry.   \n\nFilm and television production in British Col
 umbia is booming and is the third-largest production centre in North Ame
 rica, behind Xonly Hollywood and Georgia. In addition, there has been a 
 resurgence of live performances and events in BC in recent years. Also, 
 temperatures and wildfire incidents in BC have been steadily increasing 
 in summer months, with 2021 hitting records in both due to an unpreceden
 ted heat dome.  As such, filming , live performing arts and outdoor per
 formances in the summer months have been a challenge in BC, and using a 
 strictly occupational lens has been fraught with problems.   \n\nThis
  presentation outlines the strategy of using public health and industria
 l hygiene guidance to control heat and wildfire smoke exposures.\n\nREGI
 STER HERE\n\n-----------------------------------------------------------
 -------------\n\nMona Shum, MSc, CIH\n\nMona provides occupational and e
 nvironmental health services to clients wanting to reduce occupational a
 nd environmental health risks in their populations. She is a certified i
 ndustrial hygienist with 25 years of experience in exposure assessment, 
 indoor air quality investigations, chemical review, and environmental pu
 blic health. Mona has been involved in wildfire fighter intervention stu
 dies led by the University of Alberta and has helped develop strategies 
 for the film and television industry to deal with wildfire smoke and hea
 t stress.  She currently is the Principal Industrial Hygienist at Aura 
 Health and Safety and an adjunct professor with the University of Britis
 h Columbia. \n
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