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Enteric Outbreak Seminar Series – Save the Date!

January 9, 2026

The Public Health Agency of Canada is pleased to announce the next session of the Enteric Outbreak Seminar Series (EOSS). EOSS is brought to you by the Centre for Food-borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases’ Outbreak Management Division. The Outbreak Management Division detects, assesses, and responds to multi-jurisdictional outbreaks of enteric illnesses in Canada and provides expertise, support, and training to public health authorities investigating enteric illness outbreaks.

EOSS aims to increase knowledge and awareness of enteric illness outbreak investigations in Canada, including novel approaches, research, special projects, and upcoming or recent changes in policy or practice.

Join us for a three-part seminar series exploring how we detect, investigate, and respond to multi-jurisdictional foodborne illness outbreaks in Canada. Learn how collaboration across federal, provincial, territorial, and international partners protects Canadians from foodborne outbreaks.

Note you must register for each session individually.

Session 1 – January 28, 2026 from 14:00-15:00 EST

Discover how the PulseNet Canada surveillance system and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) monitors laboratory and epidemiological data to identify potential outbreaks.
REGISTER FOR SESSION 1

Session 2 – February 18, 2026 from 14:00-15:00 EST

Learn how outbreak investigations are formally activated under the Foodborne Illness Outbreak Response Protocol (FIORP) and how PHAC works with partners across Canada to collect, analyze, and interpret data throughout the investigation.
REGISTER FOR SESSION 2

Session 3 – March 11, 2026 from 14:00-15:30 EST

Find out how Health Canada assesses evidence to determine the risk to the health of Canadians and how the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and PHAC implement control measures to protect public health. The session will conclude with how outbreaks are declared over and how lessons learned inform future prevention efforts.
REGISTER FOR SESSION 3

Please distribute this email widely to your colleagues and other interested parties!

Please expect confirmation of registration emails to be sent from the webinar series platform host, Audio Visual Services (Health Canada). Please direct technical questions to Audio Visual Services directly (audiovisualservices-visuels@hc-sc.gc.ca).

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