Gurleen Bhatia

Experience

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  National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health (NCCEH | CCNSE)

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2009

  Research Assistant
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  Fraser Health

  May 2009 - Jul 2016

  Environmental Health Officer / Public Health Inspector / Healthy Built Environment

  Promote and maintain a high standard of public health, environmental conditions, and environmental control standards; enforce applicable regulations and by-laws; identify all factors detrimental to community and environmental health and for the abatement of same as provided for by applicable rules, regulations and by-laws; review and draft new and/or updates standards, programs and controls; carry out a wide variety of public health and environmental control inspectional duties; perform education, research, assessments, analytical tasks, and prepares relevant reports. Facilitate community engagement and community capacity building to promote positive change in the environment on population health and the built environment; advocate for healthy public policies that contribute to population health of a community. Liaise with public health professions, design professions, land use planning professional organizations, and decision-makers in municipal and regional governments to bring forth the impact of the built environment on health and well-being of the public; assist with funding proposals, briefing documents, evidence based research to obtain support for healthy built environment framework; help guide the framework and provide content for long range planning documents such as Official Community Plans, Neighbourhood Concept Plans, Parks Master Plans and Transportation Plans; provide leadership for healthier, more livable communities; promote active living approaches and shape healthier built environments such as neighbourhood design, transportation networks, natural environments, housing, and food systems. Show less

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  City of Vancouver

  May 2015 - Mar 2016

  Safety Assistant
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  City of Vancouver

  Aug 2016 - Aug 2019

  OH&S Superintendent
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  University of Victoria

  May 2017 - Dec 2023

  Instructor, Continuing Studies

  Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH) certificate program

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  British Columbia Institute of Technology

  Sept 2019 - now

  Faculty

  Occupational Health and Safety / Environmental Health