CIPHI 2026 Webpage Coming Soon!
Each fall CIPHI hosts the National Annual Education Conference for our members. The conference provides an opportunity for members to connect, learn, and network with colleagues from across Canada and beyond. In 2026 we are pleased to host the CIPHI National Annual Education Conference (AEC) from August 16 to August 19, 2026 at the Delta Hotels St. John’s Conference Centre, in St. John’s, NL.
This event supports the shared goal of the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI) to support the health and safety of all people. Environmental health is a critical discipline that encompasses a wide range of topics related to the health impacts of human interactions with the environment. The AEC contributes to advocacy, education, and professional competencies for environmental public health professionals and those with a vested interest in this field.
The conference planning team is hard at work developing a 2026 AEC-specific webpage. Stay tuned!
Thank you to our Platinum Sponsor, Hedgerow Software
Thank you to our Gold Sponsor, Canada Food Safety Group
Thank you to our Gold Sponsor, Lowry Group
Program
View the AEC program here
Social Events at a Glance
Sunday – Welcome Reception
Meet new and familiar faces at our welcome reception and enjoy some music and refreshments from 6-9.
Monday – Social Event
Social event planning is underway!
Tuesday – President’s Banquet
Dinner with the presentation of awards, and special entertainment.
Speaker & Keynote Highlights
CDR Anna Khan
Past President, NEHA
CDR Anna Khan is Past President of the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) board and the Director for Communication in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice. She is responsible for coordinating, collaborating, and managing environmental health communication activities. Her work supports global emergency management capacity development across the world. She has worked with 39 countries on environmental health activities including food, water, and emergency preparedness and response priorities. This involves partnerships with the international ministries of health, U.S. Department of Defense, and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Dr. David T. Dyjack, DrPH, CIH
Executive Director & CEO, National Environmental Health Association
Dr. Dyjack’s 30-year career includes expertise in environmental health, emergency preparedness and response, public health informatics, infectious disease, workforce development, governmental infrastructure, maternal and child health, health equity, and chronic disease. A board-certified industrial hygienist, Dyjack also has advanced degrees in public health with a doctorate from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree from the University of Utah
Qwustenuxun
Qwustenuxun is a passionate Indigenous Foods educator, who had the privilege of spending much of his youth with his late grandmother, immersed in Salish culture. After graduating from culinary school he spent more than a decade working in restaurants across BC. Before he moved back home to Cowichan to take the role of Elder’s Kitchen Manager. Now, after more than 13 years of cooking for the Cowichan elders, Qwustenuxun works as an Indigenous foods educator, writer, and consultant for various universities, ministries and health authorities.
Most recently Qwustenuxun won several Canadian Online Publishing Awards, gave a TEDX talk on the power of Indigenous Foods, presented at the UN World Food Forum in Rome, and was elected as the chair of the Indigenous Advisory Council to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
But, most importantly, when he is not working on furthering Indigenous food sovereignty. Qwustenuxun spends much of his time with his wife and children on their small hobby farm in Cowichan
Dr. Sarah Henderson
Dr. Sarah Henderson is the Scientific Director of Environmental Health Services at BCCDC and the Scientific Director of the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health. She is also a Professor (Partner) at the UBC School of Population & Public Health. Dr. Henderson oversees a program of applied research, surveillance, and knowledge translation to support evidence-based environmental public health policy and practice in British Columbia and across Canada.
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