Indoor Air Quality - Tools for Schools Action Kit for Canadian Schools
Chapter 16: Resources
The purpose of this Section is to provide some examples of resources which will allow the reader to acquire further information on indoor air quality.
In Canada, regulation of issues concerning indoor air/indoor environments usually falls under provincial, territorial or municipal jurisdiction. For this reason, it is suggested that queries on indoor environmental issues be addressed to local, provincial or territorial health authorities as a first resource.
1. Federal Government Departments and Agencies
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Environment Canada
- General Information
Inquiry Centre
351 St. Joseph Boulevard
Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 0H3
Phone: 819-997-2800 or 1-800-668-6767
Fax: 819-953-2225
E-mail: enviroinfo@ec.gc.ca
Web site: 
www.ec.gc.ca/
Health Canada
- General Inquiries
A.L. 0900C2
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0K9
Phone: 613-957-2991
Fax: 613-941-5366
E-mail: info@hc-sc.gc.ca/
Web site: www.hc-sc.gc.ca/
- Indoor Environments Division
Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch
Room 120, Environmental Health Centre (A.L. 0802D)
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0L2
Phone: 613-946-6458
Fax: 613-957-0900
Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC)
National Research Council Canada (NRC)
- NRC Communications and Government Relations
Building M58, Montreal Road
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6
Public Inquiries:
Fax: 613-952-9696
E-mail: R&D@NRC.CA
- Institute for Research in Construction
Indoor Environmental Research Program
Phone: 613-993-9580
Fax: 613-954-3733
Web site:
www.nrc.ca/
Natural Resources Canada
Public Works and Government Services Canada
- Personal Environmental Control
Technology Directorate
Place du Portage, Phase III, 8B1
Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 0S5
General Inquiries:
Phone: 819-997-6363
Fax: 819-956-0573
E-mail: NCR.Editor@pwgsc.gc.ca
Web site:
www.pwgsc.gc.ca/
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Headquarters)
2. Product Manufacturer Associations
Canadian Carpet Institute
Canadian Plastics Industry Association
- 5925 Airport Road, Suite 500
Mississauga, Ontario, L4V 1W1
Phone: 905-678-7748
Fax: 905-678-0774
E-mail: info@cpia.ca
Web site:
www.plastics.ca
This web site includes a Teacher's Resource Site on the subject of plastics in the classroom.
3. Municipalities
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
4. Professional and/or Standard-Setting Associations
Canadian Standards Association
- 5060 Spectrum Way, Suite 100
Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 5N6
Phone: 416-747-4000
Fax: 416-747-2473
Call toll-free 1-800-463-6727
Web site: www.csa.ca
5. Building Services Associations
Canadian Home Builders' Association (CHBA)
6. Environmental/Health/Occupational/Consumer Organizations
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
- 208-145 Spruce Street
Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 6P1
Phone: 613-235-2273
Fax: 613-233-9028
E-mail: info@cape.ca
Website:
www.cape.ca
This organization designed a "Children's Environmental Health Project" that is intended to introduce clinicians and their patients to the broad context of children's environmental health issues. This encompasses both the built and the natural environments.
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
- 250 Main Street East
Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 1H6
Inquiries Service:
Phone toll-free in Canada: 1-800-263-8466
Phone: 1-905-572-4400
Fax : 1-905-572-4500
Web site:
www.ccohs.ca/
This national information centre has an Inquiries Service which answers many health or safety concerns people have about their work places. It also has a Client Services program which can be contacted at:Phone toll-free in Canada: 1-800-668-4284.
Canadian Institute of Child Health (CICH)
CICH also has a Canadian Directory of Children's Environmental Health located on this website. This Directory is an introduction to the field of children's health and provides a listing of governmental, university and not-for-profit organizations which conduct a broad range of projects in this area.
Canadian Lung Association
- National Office
3 Raymond Street, Suite 300
Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 1A3
Phone: 613-569-6411
Fax: 613-569-8860
E-mail: info@lung.ca
Web site:
www.lung.ca/
Canadian Nurses Association
Canadian Public Health Association
- Suite 400, 1565 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario, K1Z 8R1
Phone: 613-725-3769
Fax: 613-725-9826
E-mail: info@cpha
Web site:
www.ccah.cpha.ca/
Canadian Society of Safety Engineering
A professional organization for health and safety practitioners.
College of Family Physicians of Canada
- 2630 Skylark Avenue
Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 5A4
Phone: 905-629-0900
Fax: 905-629-0893
Web site:
www.cfpc.ca
Consumers' Association of Canada
7. Other Contacts and Programs of Interest
BREEAM (Building Research Establishment's Environmental Assessment Method (Canada))
Citizens for a Safe Learning Environment (CASLE)
Environmental Choice Program
TerraChoice Environmental Services Inc. is the Environmental Choice Program management and delivery agent.
Pollution Probe
(Toronto Office)
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