March 2026 Board of Health Meeting - Communications Annual Analysis - 2024 versus 2025 Auxiliary Report

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) employs a comprehensive range of communication channels to share timely, accurate, and actionable public health information with our community. While certain channels engage specific audiences directly (such as email campaigns), others such as news releases, media engagement, and resulting media coverage extend our reach more broadly across Windsor-Essex.

March 2026 Board of Health Meeting - CEO Quarterly Compliance Report - October 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026 Information Report

  1. For the period covered by this CEO Quarterly Compliance Report:
    1. The undersigned has personal knowledge of the matters herein reported or has made due inquiry with respect to the same.
    2. Except as reported in any previous CEO Quarterly Compliance Report, the undersigned reports as follows:

    News Release: WECOSS Partners Attend Urgent Meeting in Response to Rising Overdoses in Windsor-Essex

    This afternoon, local partners with the Windsor Essex Community Opioid and Substance Strategy (WECOSS) met urgently to respond to a recent rise in opioid overdoses in Windsor and Essex County. Similar increases have been seen in similar communities across the province and in nearby communities like Chatham.