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The Placard
Hello again, and welcome to
our summer issue.
There�s already a real buzz
surrounding September�s
conference, so please take a
look at all the great speak-
ers (page 19-21) and then
send in your registration
form (page 18).
☺
Congratulations to Rhea
Lefko on passing her CIPHI
examinations. We wish you
all the best as you start your
new and exciting career in
public health.
Congratulations also to Lesly
Andrews and Brian Rivet on
their retirements from the
City of Winnipeg. And speak-
ing of Brian Rivet, he�s now
the half-time bedbug guy
with MB Health. Welcome.
☺
On behalf of everyone here
at The Placard, please enjoy
this issue, have a safe Au-
gust, and we�ll see you in
September at the confer-
ence.
And don�t forget, if you have
something interesting and
want to share it with the PHI
world, please e-mail it to me.
Andreas Oertel, Editor
andreas.oertel@gov.mb.ca
Happy Summer, Everyone
The Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors � Manitoba Branch �
Volume 11, Issue 3
Summer 2011
CIPHI/Manitoba
Inside this issue:
Editor�s Message
President�s Message
AEC Update
Meet Mr. Miles
1
2
3
4
Farewell Mr. Sharma
Pool Death in Massachusetts
Sierra Leon
Golf Tournament
5
6
7
8
It�s Magic
Halifax Highlights
Baby Mancini
Breast Milk From A Cow!?
9
10
13
14
2011 CIPHI AEC
AEC Registration
AEC Agenda
17
18
19
2011 CIPHI Registration Form 24
NEXT ISSUE: Golf Highlights
and a Conference Summary
Health Protection:
Cornerstone of
Public Health
Hang on, Dana!
Hang On!
Manitoba Health PHI, Dana Gallant,
took a break during her Manitoba
Stampede inspections to ride the
mechanical bull.
Witness and co-worker, Stephen
Hancock, confirmed that Dana was-
n�t just posing for the camera. �She
did a great job riding that thing,�
Steve says. �And that ain�t no bull.�
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President�s
Message
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Greetings everyone,
From the looks of things, summer has finally arrived. I hope you all take some time to enjoy our beau-
tiful summer season.
Your Branch Executive has put the final touches on the Branch Conference program and you all should
have received it by now. A copy of the program is also included in this issue of The Placard. As you
can see, we have arranged to bring in a diverse range of speakers. We also anticipate having a variety
of exhibitors and sponsors attending the conference so please take some time to network with these
individuals and learn about their products and services. You are also eligible for 20 Professional De-
velopment Hours depending on how many session you attend. The conference theme �Closing in on a
Century of Health Protection and Promotion� was chosen to kickoff the upcoming Centenary of our or-
ganization in 2013. As many of you know by now, the Manitoba Branch has been selected to host the
2013 National CIPHI Conference in Winnipeg from June 23-26, 2013. We are truly honoured to be
hosting this special conference and many Public Health Professionals that I spoke to at the 77th AEC in
Halifax are excited about attending this event.
If you have visited the Manitoba Branch website at www.ciphi.mb.ca recently, you may have noticed
that we have added the Branch Executive Meeting minutes under the Forms/Documents section. We
have also added the approved 2011 operating budget for the Branch. In an effort to remain transpar-
ent, we feel it is important that members of our Branch see the work that we are doing on their behalf
and how their money is spent. If you have any questions about these issues, do not hesitate to con-
tact myself or any other members of your executive.
The Branch Executive has put the finishing touches on the Distinguished Member Award Policy and will
be circulating a nomination form and the criteria for nominations in July. Please take the time to re-
view this information and if you believe that you know someone who is worthy of a nomination please
submit by the timeframes indicated. As Public Health Inspectors, we are a very humble by nature so it
will be great to see someone recognized at the Branch level for their efforts.
... continued on page 3
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2013 AEC Update By Julie Scarpino, 2013 Conference Chair
Several members of the 2013 National Educational Conference committee attended
the National Educational Conference in Halifax from June 23-26, 2011. We partici-
pated in the Exhibitor portion of the conference to promote the 2013 Conference
using a promotional display, 2013 T-Shirt sales and other promotional giveaways.
We were very well received by all the delegates and we almost sold our entire inven-
tory of T-shirts which were a very popular item (A big thank you goes out to Natalie
Lowden for assisting with this project). These T-shirts will also be for sale at our
Branch Conference in September and due to popularity we may have other branches
requesting orders for our t-shirts. Several delegates indicated that they were looking
forward to attending our Conference in 2013 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of
CIPHI.
I encourage all health inspectors in Manitoba to start getting involved and be a part
of a committee for the 2013 Conference. If you have not already done so, please
contact myself or Darcy Chrisp to volunteer on a committee for the 2013 confer-
ence. This will be a once in a lifetime opportunity to be a part of a historic confer-
ence and I know with your help we can host a truly memorable event.
continued from page 2...
I would like to close by recognizing the efforts of everyone that
was involved from our Branch in finding a successful resolu-
tion to the split jurisdiction of Public Health Inspection Ser-
vices in the City of Winnipeg. On May 27, 2011, it was an-
nounced that the Public Health Inspectors currently working
for the City of Winnipeg would be transferred to Manitoba
Health beginning in April 2012. This will ensure a consistent
application of Public Health Inspection services in the City of
Winnipeg and across the province. I look forward to working
with our counterparts at the City of Winnipeg.
Take care and have a great summer. I look forward to seeing
as many of you as possible at the Branch Conference in Sep-
tember.
Best Regards
Darcy Darcy Chrisp,
MB Branch President
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During our last executive
elections, Shaun Miles vol-
unteered to take over the
important role of branch
treasurer (previously held by
Mike LeBlanc).
�I always wanted to help out
the branch in some capac-
ity,� Shaun says, �and this
seemed like a good fit.�
In addition to his CIPHI quali-
fications (he�s a BCIT gradu-
ate), Shaun also has a de-
gree in Business Administra-
tion and a Masters in Busi-
ness Administration.
That�s a respectable educa-
tion, by anyone�s standards,
but it�s not enough for
Shaun. He�s constantly
studying and always enrolled
in new courses.
�I like challenging myself,�
Shaun said. �And I really
believe we should never
stop learning.�
After completing his field
training at the City of Winni-
peg, Shaun went on to work
for the Province. He�s cur-
rently with the Southeast
Tribal Council, working out of
the Winnipeg office.
When asked if he enjoyed
working for one agency more
that the other, Shaun quickly
shakes his head. No.
�It always comes down to
the people you work with,�
Shaun said. �And in Mani-
toba PHIs are a great group.
I learned a lot from all the
inspectors I worked with and
I still bump into many of
them, on the street and at
conferences.�
Shaun enjoys traveling to
warm destinations in the
winter � places like Mexico
and Arizona. And when he�s
not playing the drums, or
outside fishing, swimming,
and cycling, you might find
him cooking something up in
the kitchen.
Executive Profile: Shaun Miles �I like eating all types of
foods,� Shaun said, �and I�m
pretty adventurous when it
comes to trying different
foods�
Enjoy your summer, Shaun.
Manitoba Health�s Brandon office is going to lose Jagdish Sharma at the
end of July. After three years with the West-North Region, Jagdish is mov-
ing to Sudbury, Ontario.
Stefane, April, Carmen, and Bine are all going to miss his unique sense of
humour.
Good luck from all Manitoba PHIs � City, Provincial, and Federal.
Good Luck, Jagdish
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Chris Goggin doesn�t like the
title �inventor,� despite the
fact that nearly two dozen
patents list him as one. He
prefers �innovator.� Either
way, the Wilmington, North
Carolina, mechanical engi-
neer and former product
developer � his résumé in-
cludes military missile elec-
tronics, the George Foreman
Spin Fryer, and fuel-tank
mechanisms for the F-22
Raptor jet � recognizes the
need for a new device when
he sees one. Two years ago,
as more and more people
began waking up with itchy,
red welts on their body, he
realized the world needed a
cheap and effective way to
detect bedbugs.
The notorious insects, which
re-emerged in the U.S. about
10 years ago after a 50-year
hiatus are extremely difficult
to find. They can hide in the
folds or cracks of nearly any
object. Unlike cockroaches
and mice, bedbugs don�t
respond to poison-laced
baits or bombs. Extermina-
tors must deliver poisons
more directly, so pinpointing
the insects� exact location is
vital in stamping out an in-
festation. During a typical
inspection, an exterminator
may spend up to an hour per
room seeking bedbugs out.
Goggin�s Bed Bug Detective
does the same job in 15
minutes.
The device replicates the
way dogs pick up scents,
enabling it to sniff out bed-
bug pheromones, chemicals
that insects use to communi-
cate with one another. Dogs�
olfactory system allows them
to recognize even the faint-
est of scents. In recent
years, well-trained bedbug-
detecting pups have proven
their ability to recognize bed-
bug pheromones with 98
percent accuracy in a con-
trolled study. Goggin�s
Sniffing Out Bedbugs: Electronic Nose
Locates Bedbugs cocker spaniel, Nina, acted
as a model by lending the
device her unique �sniff ca-
dence,� the rhythm dogs use
to breathe in an odor. The
snuffling pulls a scent into
the smaller of a dog�s two
olfactory chambers; over
time, faint aromas build up
in the chamber and become
recognizable to the animal.
Exterminators in the U.S.
currently employ around
200 dogs, a number that�s
on the rise. But the training
and care for a dog can run a
pest-control company be-
tween $30,000 and
$70,000, according to the
National Pest Management
Association, a cost that�s
generally passed on to the
customer. Since training
isn�t regulated, some dogs
do not learn to find bedbugs
adequately. Those that do
can locate an infestation to
only within a few feet, which
still leaves a lot of space
that must be searched by
hand. Dogs also don�t distin-
guish between male and
female pheromones (egg-
laying females pose the
highest infestation risk) or
sense other signatures such
as the insects� odorless car-
bon dioxide and methane
emissions.
Goggin�s electronic version
uses CO2 and methane sen-
sors, as well as a proprietary
pheromone detector, to pin-
point bedbugs to within one
square inch, from a distance
three times as far away as a
dog could. The device can
also tell the bugs� sex. The
handheld unit will go on sale
this year for $200. Goggin
says a new model that works
for a wider variety of pests,
including cockroaches, ants
and mice, is on the way.
Copied from: www.popsci.com
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Inspectors Fail to Notice Body in Pool
Innovative Hot Tub Design?
Or Just Plain Yucky?
�Come on, Ivan, quit hogging the
whirlpool! I want a turn before
the chloramines hit 100,000
ppm.�
Almost a quarter million
gallons of water will be
flushed down the drain
this weekend so engi-
neers can get a closer
look at the Lafayette Park
pool in Massachusetts.
Workers began pumping
water out of the pool and
into the city sewers on
Friday afternoon, a proc-
ess that should take the
weekend, according to
S.J. Port, spokeswoman
for the state Department
of Conservation and Rec-
reation.
Officials say Marie Joseph
drowned while swimming
in the pool June 26 and
sunk to the deepest por-
tion of the pool. Her body
was hidden for two days
under 12 feet of cloudy
water before it floated to
the surface.
DCR Chairman Edward
Lambert has said the pool
will remain closed until
the department under-
stands how Joseph
drowned and why she was
not discovered for two
days, even though the
pool was open for swim-
mers and staffed by life-
guards.
The 12-member staff at
the pool has been on paid
administrative leave since
the pool closed.
�We notified the city and
got permission to drain
the water into the sewer,�
The pool regularly holds
240.000 gallons of water,
but the water level rose
substantially in the past
few days because of two
heavy rains.
The water, which was
clear two weeks ago, also
took on a green tint over
the past week.
District Attorney Sam Sut-
ter has prosecutors
searching for evidence of
recklessness or negli-
gence by the pool opera-
tors that resulted in Jo-
seph�s death.
Mayor Will Flanagan and
Steven Torres, the city�s
corporation counsel, are
also trying to determine if
two city health inspectors
failed in their duties when
they went to the pool and
allowed it to remain open
on June 27 and 28. Those
inspectors, Roger Casa-
vant and Lisa Golden,
have been on paid admin-
istrative leave since June
29. They had an internal
disciplinary hearing on
Tuesday. Flanagan said
the result of the hearing
should be announced
next week.
Flanagan said he will stop
the pool from opening
again unless he is con-
vinced by DCR officials
that it can be run safely.
http://www.heraldnews.com
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Please help CIPHI fundraise for clean water
and improved health in Sierra Leon
The Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI) invites you to join us in raising
funds for a clean water and improved health project in Sierra Leone.
Your donation will help Plan improve access to, and quality of, education and to reduce water �
borne illnesses among children and their communities in the area of Bombali, Sierra Leone.
Among the infrastructure needs of schools in Plan Sierra, is clean drinking water on school
grounds, hand-washing stations, and latrines that meet the gender-specific needs of boys and
girls. Without such basic infrastructure, school remains inaccessible to a number of children
and exposes them to water-borne and communicable illnesses, making learning difficult, and
ultimately denying children their basic dignities and rights to education and health.
This project will benefit more than 4,100 children at 7 primary schools from 36 villages. Your
gift will also directly benefit an additional 35,000 community members in the project areas by
improving their access to clean water and sanitation.
Please make a donation now, and your gift will be matched nearly 3: 1 by Dubai Cares � an
international foundation whose goal is to improve access to primary education for children in
developing nations.
*** Please note that all funds raised by the silent auction, at the September
2011 conference, will be donated to this important cause. Donations for the
auction are greatly appreciated and can be given to anyone on the executive.
You can also donate directly by visiting:
https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/Donate.aspx?EventID=45794&LangPref=en-CA
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Don�t forget to mark September 14-16 on your calen-
dars, for the 2011 Annual Education Conference. The
Branch was lucky enough to book Anders Magic for
the President�s Banquet. Several PHIs have already
seen him perform at other events and they were thor-
oughly impressed. Don�t miss it!
It�s going to be a
magical night!
Anders got his start
in magic at the ten-
der age of 5. That
Christmas he re-
ceived a Fisher
Price magic set.
Who would have
thought that a toy
could alter ones ca-
reer choice. But it
did. He still plays
with toys, but now
he calls them magic
props. He makes his
living performing
across the country
entertaining at con-
ferences and corpo-
rate events.
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Judging by these photos (thanks Nicole), it looks like our Mani-
toba Branch attendees had a great time at this year�s national
conference in Halifax.
Making the trip were: Darcy Chrisp, Rob Carlson, Kathleen Mar-
tin, Julie Scarpino, Nicole Lunsted, and Marcia Fifer. Delegates
not around during the photo-shoot were: Peter Skobel, Karen
Leewing, and Lesly Andrews.
Halifax
Highlights
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And in Baby News...
Congratulations to Helene and
Rob Mancini, on the May birth
of Gianluca.
Gianluca weighed in at a
healthy 6 pounds, 2 ounces,
and was 20 inches long.
Mom and Dad and Gianluca
are all doing great.
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similar to that used to
produce Dolly the
sheep.
The milk is still under-
going safety tests but
with government per-
mission it will be sold to
consumers as a more
nutritious dairy drink
than cow's milk.
Workers at the univer-
sity's dairy farm have
already tasted the milk,
and say it is sweeter
and stronger than the
usual bovine variety.
There are 1.5 billion
people in the world who
don't get enough to eat.
It's our duty to develop
science and technology,
not to hold it back. We
need to feed people
first, before we consider
ideals and convictions.
Professor Li Ning, direc-
tor of the research pro-
ject
"It's good," said worker
Jiang Yao. "It's better for
you because it's geneti-
cally modified."
The scientists have also
produced animals that
are resistant to mad
cow disease, as well as
beef cattle that are ge-
netically modified to
Chinese scientists have
genetically modified
dairy cows to produce
human breast milk, and
hope to be selling it in
supermarkets within
three years.
The milk produced by
the transgenic cows is
identical to the human
variety and has the
same immune-boosting
and antibacterial quali-
ties as breast milk, sci-
entists at China's Agri-
cultural University in
Beijing say.
The transgenic herd of
300 was bred by insert-
ing human genes into
cloned cow embryos
which were then im-
planted into surrogate
cows.
The technology was
produce more nutritious
meat.
The director of the re-
search project, Profes-
sor Li Ning, says West-
ern concerns about the
ethics of genetic modifi-
cation are misplaced.
"There are 1.5 billion
people in the world who
don't get enough to
Chinese Cows Make Human
Breast Milk eat," he said. "It's our
duty to develop science
and technology, not to
hold it back.
"We need to feed peo-
ple first, before we con-
sider ideals and convic-
tions."
In contrast to Europe,
China has eagerly em-
braced genetically
modified food.
GM cooking oil, papa-
yas, tomatoes and pota-
toes are already widely
available.
Insect-resistant rice and
corn modified to help
pigs absorb more nutri-
ents were both recently
approved by the govern-
ment.
From: news.sky.com
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CIPHI Manitoba Branch
P.O. Box 171, 208 Provencher Blvd.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R2H 3B4
Please visit us at: www.ciphi.mb.ca
Your Manitoba Branch Executive Includes:
Darcy Chrisp, President
Stéfane Gravelle, Past President
Melanie Cyrenne, Vice President
Shaun Miles, Treasurer
Dana Gallant, Secretary
Greg Stevenson, Councilor
Natalie Lowdon, Councilor
Stephen Hancock, Councilor
Ali Rana, Councilor
Stephen Yeo, Councilor
Carmen Cross, Webmaster
Andreas Oertel, Editor � The Placard
The Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors � Manitoba Branch �
A.O.P. � Resort owners on the tiny Caribbean island of St. Bien had fi-
nally had enough of their local health inspector � so they got rid of him.
But they didn`t toss 78-year-old Heinz Bodensee into the ocean. They
paid him to retire.
�It�s true,� laughs Max Van Moritz, manager of the high-class Tortuga
Antilles Hotel. �We had enough of his shenanigans and simply wanted
him gone.�
After years of complaining about the food inspector, they took matters
into their own hands back in April. Several dozen of the swankiest hotels
on the Dutch island, each contributed approximately $3,000 US into a
�retirement fund� for Bodensee. �We had no luck complaining to his su-
pervisors (on neighboring Zeeland Island),� explains Van Moritz, �so we
presented Mr. Bodensee with a golden handshake he couldn�t refuse.�
The once professional, likeable inspector had always been respected,
but that all changed in recent years. His inspections were not only be-
coming bizarre, they were also disturbing to the wealthy guests vacation-
ing on St. Bien.
�The last straw for our property came in March,� said Van Moritz. �Mr.
Bodensee went to the pool, took off all his clothes, and swam for an
hour. Then, after donning only his underwear, he conducted an inspec-
tion of our beach-side grill. The staff were upset, the guests complained
� it was all just too much. He had to retire, and we wanted that to be an
easy decision for him.�
Mr. Bodensee and the St. Bien Health Authority declined to comment on
the situation. However, sources on Zeeland Island have confirmed the
inspector did accept the �gift� from resort owners and he has now offi-
cially resigned.
Truth or Twaddle? St. Bien Hoteliers Get Rid of Local
Health Inspector
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