New in Healthy Indoors Partnership
May 18, 2010

Health Canada Introduces Hazardcheck for Healthy Canadian Homes

It’s important to ensure that our homes are safe and healthy places to live. Children are especially vulnerable to environmental hazards. Hazardcheck includes specific advice on ways to protect our most vulnerable populations and keep families safer.  Read this article >

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HIP’s Guide to VOCs and Household Chemicals

On average, Canadians spend more than 90 per cent of their time indoors, where they are exposed to a variety of pollutants, including moulds, dust mites, fine particles, radiation and chemicals. This guide focuses on chemical pollutants, and how to reduce exposure to them. Read this article >

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Who is HIP?

The Healthy Indoors Partnership (HIP) is an industry association which catalyzes action on Canadian indoor environmental issues. We connect people, ideas and resources from government, industry, educational and research institutions, and public interest groups to provide the tools and expertise to promote healthy indoor environments. Read this article >

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Featured Member: Christine Hampson from the Asthma Society of Canada

Christine Hampson obtained a Ph.D. in Medical Geography at McMaster University in 1997. At McMaster she specialized in environment and health research while serving as an Instructor in the Department of Geography at Brock University. Read this article >