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  • American Water Works Association (AWWA) is an international non-profit scientific and educational society dedicated to improving drinking water quality and supply.
  • BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) is a program of the Provincial Health Services Authority, provides provincial and national leadership in disease surveillance, detection, treatment, prevention and consultation.
  • Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI) exists to certify, inform and advocate. The only professional association for Public Health Inspectors in Canada, it is continually working to protect the health of all Canadians, advance the sanitary sciences and enhance the field of public health inspection.
  • Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI), British Columbia Branch is the professional association for Public Health Inspectors and Environmental Health Officers in BC and the Yukon. A range of member services is provided. The branch advocates sound public health policy and protection of the public.
  • Foodsafe is a highly successful, flexible training program to train secondary school learners as well as front-line staff, managers and supervisors of restaurants in safe food handling procedures, including worker health and safety content and the use of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles. It was developed cooperatively by the restaurant industry, WorkSafeBC, educators and the provincial government.
  • The Health Authorities in BC are major employers of Environmental Health graduates.
  • Health Canada has information about the health risks of asbestos.