Education Websites
- IPAC Canada’s Education Resources for Infection Control Professionals – IPAC Canada Conference content, online webinars, learning tools, and more.
- Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology – Online training courses, conference content, professional development tools, certification prep
- World Health Organization Teleclasses – Online training modules about infection prevention and control, public health, global health, and more.
- World Health Organization Global Infection Prevention and Control
- Do Bugs Need Drugs? – An antimicrobial stewardship program based from Alberta Health Services (partnered with BC Centre for Disease Control’s Community Antimicrobial Stewardship program).
- Kids Boost Immunity – Free online learning resource for Canadian students that pairs local learning with a global reward: vaccines for children in developing nations through UNICEF. The sister website for adults: I Boost Immunity
Educational Videos
Click here for PICNet’s collection of educational videos
Courses, Programs, and Certifications
Infection Prevention and Control
Infection Prevention and Control courses within Canada – for those who are interested in working in Infection Prevention and Control, or already working (or transitioning) in an IPC role.
- IPAC Canada Essentials in Infection Prevention and Control Course
- Online based, regular and accelerated options available
- IPAC Canada Long Term Care Infection Prevention and Control Certificate Course
- Hybrid online/in-person based
- Centennial College: Infection Prevention and Control Course PI-100
- 90-hour hybrid online/in-person based
- Queen’s University: Infection Prevention and Control Online Professional Development Course
- Intensive online based program, 90-hours of online coursework over 18 weeks
- University of British Columbia: Infection Prevention and Control Certificate
- Online course credit-based, includes a practical component (clerkship), under the UBC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Currently under revision (March 2023)
- Bay River College: Infection Prevention and Control Program
- 16 weeks online based program
Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S)
- Canadian Occupational Health Nurses Association Inc. – A list of Canadian OHN programs
- Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety – A collection of health and safety programs and management systems for OH&S requirements
Public Health
BCCDC Grand Rounds
Health Quality BC (HQBC) Webinars
There are many archived webinars on the Health Quality BC (HQBC) website.