Thank you for your interest and support for the BC One Health and Zoonoses Symposium!
The BC One Health and Zoonoses Symposium is a collaborative, interdisciplinary forum that provides an opportunity for professionals from across BC to gather, network, and learn about issues at the intersection of human, animal and environmental health. The symposium program offers a broad range of topics that are relevant to professionals from a variety of disciplines. The agenda for this event will be made available closer to the date and will be posted on this webpage and handed out at the registration desk.
This year's session will be held on Wednesday, November 19th at the
Coast Langley City Hotel & Convention Centre in Langley, BC and will also be available by online webinar for participants who wish to view remotely. To register for in-person or online attendance, please use the registration link below.
Registration link
The symposium is made possible with the financial support of the BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and the BC Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship, the Canadian Animal Health Surveillance System, Genome BC, BC Centre for Disease Control, and the Provincial Laboratory Medicine Services.
2024
- Keynote address: Update on International One Health Landscape (PDF): Dominique Charron, Visiting Scholar in One Health, University of Guelph
- Chronic wasting disease in BC (PDF): Cait Nelson, BC Ministry of Water, Lands, and Resource Stewardship
- Vector update from Washington State (PDF): Elizabeth Dykstra, Washington State Department of Health
- Introducing the development of a BC inter-ministry One Health strategy (PDF): Theresa Burns, BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food
- An overview of echinococcosis in Canada and the potential implications for BC (PDF): Anya Smith, BCCDC and Alessandro Massolo, University of Pisa and University of Calgary
- Bearded dragons, geckos, and snakes, oh my! Reptiles as a vector of Salmonella in Canadian enteric zoonoses outbreaks (PDF): Hannah Caird, BCCDC
- Detection of Novel Tick Rhabdovirus Circulating in Canada and Hitchhiking Ixodes scapularis on the West Coast (PDF): Kenning Tran, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Bridging the Gap: A Review of Social and Ecological Determinants of Health in One Health Research (PDF): Ryan Yazdani, Simon Fraser University
- Sediment surveillance for avian influenza in BC (PDF): Kevin Kuchinski, BCCDC
- Wild bird surveillance for avian influenza in BC (PDF): Chelsea Himsworth, BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food on behalf of Shannon Russell, BCCDC
- From DNA to Decision-Making: Genomics in Wildlife Health Management (PDF): Kaylee Byers, Simon Fraser University
2023
- Keynote address: Health Communications in an Era of Pandemics (PDF): Heidi Tworek, Canadian Research Chair, UBC
- Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in British Columbia: Are Population Dynamics of the North American Deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) driving cases in humans? (PDF): Mayank Singal and Quinn Stewart, BC Centre for Disease Control
- Woven Together: The Power of Networks in Canadian Animal Health Surveillance: Doris Leung, Canadian Animal Health Surveillance System
- Raw Milk and One Health (PDF): Erin Cuthbert, Office of the Chief Veterinarian
- One Health Needs Assessment process in Washington State (PDF): Beth Lipton, Washington State Department of Health
- HPAI in mammals in BC: Genomic Epi Investigation of Wild Skunks and Tools to Assess AIV Public Health Risk Student: Shannon Russell, BC Centre for Disease Control
- Genomic Epi Summary of the HPAI outbreak during Wave 2 in wild birds and poultry: Cassandra Andrew, UBC Student
- Chronic Wasting Disease Management: Erica Dong, SFU Student
- From Virus Hunting to Vaccine Design; Steps to Prepare For Future Epidemics or Pandemics: Nariman Shahhosseini, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- One Health and Wildlife Initiatives: Damien Joly, Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative
2022
- Genomic Epidemiology of the 2022 H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus Outbreak In BC And Yukon: Shannon Russell, BC Centre for Disease Control and Michelle Coombe, BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food
- The One Health Toolkit: What Does This Look Like in The Face of COVID-19?: Talia Strang and Doris Leung, Canadian Animal Health Surveillance System and Andrea Osborn, Community for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases
- BC Trappers - A Valuable Resource Tool When Studying Animal Health Issues: Tim Killey, BC Trappers Association
- Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Disease Updates from Washington State: Hanna Oltean, Washington State Department of Health
- Characteristics of the urban sewer system and rat presence in Seattle: Xiaocong Guo, UBC
- Hands off the mink! Using Environmental Sampling for SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance in American Mink: Ellen Boyd, UBC
- Small Flocks and One Health: Gigi Lin, Canadian Poultry Consultants Ltd
- Passive Surveillance Reveals Human-Associated Causes of Bat Mortality in BC: Kaylee Byers, Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative
