人类与生活环境一样健康。环境卫生的重点是评估与自然环境和建筑环境有关的生物，化学和物理危害相关的公共卫生风险。环境和职业卫生的公共卫生（MPH）学位为毕业生提供了调查和管理这些人类所需的知识和技能健康危害，以减少他们的接触并促进健康生活。将对学生进行接触评估和健康风险评估的理论，概念和实践方面的培训。该计划的毕业生除环境健康外还拥有广泛的技能流行病学，卫生政策和管理，生物统计学和健康促进方面的基础培训。毕业生与健康从业者，研究人员和政策制定者一起制定，评估和监控与健康环境有关的健康政策，计划和实践。我们的
Humans are as healthy as the environment in which they live. Environmental health focuses on assessing the public health risks associated biological, chemical and physical hazards in natural and built environments.The master of public health (MPH) degree in environmental and occupational health provides graduates with the knowledge and skills necessary to investigate and manage these human health hazards, in an effort to reduce their exposure and promote healthy living.Students will be trained in the theories, concepts and practices of exposure evaluation and health risk assessment.Graduates from this program emerge with broad skill sets in environmental health, in addition to fundamental training in epidemiology, health policy and management, biostatistics and health promotion. Graduates work with health practitioners, researchers and policy makers to develop, evaluate and monitor health policies, programs and practices related to healthy environments.Our graduates find employment within various organizations as risk assessors, occupational health specialists and food safety experts. Employment is found in the private sector (environmental consultants, occupational health professional), provincial/national public health agencies, and environmental institutes and agencies.