The Environmental Health Committee (EHC) was established in 1992, by the Board to provide guidance and advice to the OCFP on issues relating to the environment and health. Members of the committee fulfill the mandate by researching the impacts on health of various environmental contaminents and by sharing their finding with our members. The quality of the research and advice has been invaluable to the OCFP. In addition, the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the World Organization of Family Doctors recognizes the academic strength of the committee members and relies on their guidance and advice on environmental health issues.

The Board has established an Environmental Health Committee to:

• Conduct research and collect and disseminate information on health and the environment as it pertains to family doctors and the communities in which they practice;
• Advise and make recommendations to the Board on matters related to health and the environment;
• Advise the Board on appropriate representation to governments, agencies and other interested groups;
• Lead continuing medical education activities for practicing family doctors, family medicine residents and medical students, on health and the environment; and,
• Take an active role in the Ontario College’s efforts to educate the public and other health care professionals about the impact of the environment on health and on other health promotion & prevention activities as assigned by the Board or the Executive Committee.

The committee has also developed a Peer Presenter Program on Environmental Health and a case-based learning program for family medicine residents. The EHC has developed practice tool kits for family doctors. A series of case-based journal articles have been published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

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