Public Health 2020 goes virtual! Public Health 2020 is the national conference where public health professionals, researchers, policy-makers, academics, students and trainees come together to strengthen efforts to improve health and well-being, to share the latest research and information, to promote best practices and to advocate for public health issues and policies grounded in research. […]

 Online this year due to COVID-19, but just as engaging as ever Registration is open. https://phabc.org/summer-school-2020-registration/ Speaker biographies: https://phabc.org/speaker-biographies/ Plenary session descriptions: https://phabc.org/plenary-session-descriptions/ Break out session descriptions : https://phabc.org/breakout-session-descriptions/ For at least the past 70 years, since the mid-20th century, we have been living  — unknowingly, for the most part — in a new geologic […]

Our annual AGM will be at the Health Sciences Building, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon on April 27th at 3 pm.  Please send any comments or agenda items to mail@saskpha.ca. Come out and meet the new board members! To join via WebEx: https://usask.webex.com/join/wanda.martin   

This webinar will focus on health equity tools available to public health practitioners to address population health inequities. We will learn about the Equity Lens in Public Health’s (ELPH) updated inventory of health equity tools, which identifies nine categories of health equity tools developed for a range of purposes and audiences. Guest presenters will explore […]

Canadian Public Health Association now accepting submissions for Public Health 2018, Canada’s largest public health knowledge exchange event. It is the national forum where public health professionals, researchers, policy-makers, academics, students and trainees come together to strengthen efforts to improve health and well-being. Presenters will share the latest research and information to promote best practices […]

Panel discussion 1. Upstream - the depth of poverty and connections to changes in government policy, and the overall cost of poverty from a provincial perspective 2. Food security – the rising costs of food and the connection to the deepening of poverty in SK 3. Income – living wage and guaranteed income as tools […]

St. Francis Xavier University is seeking a Knowledge Translation Specialist to join the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (@NCCDH_CNNDS), one of six National Collaborating Centres for Public Health. THE CENTRE The NCCDH (www.nccdh.ca) focuses on knowledge related to social and economic factors that influence health. The centre assists the public health sector to […]

CPHA is launching "A day in the life of..." webinar series for students, trainees, and early career professionals. Curious about what it's really like to work in public health? Join us each month as we dive into a typical day in the life of different public health professionals. The webinars — a combination of mentorship […]

The 2017 conference themes are: 1. Building public policies that support health (Public Policy) 2. Creating participatory community partnerships 3. Strengthening sustainable community partnerships 4. Evaluation and performance 5. Reorienting/engaging environments to be responsive to death, dying, loss and bereavement. Six Plenaries, covering each of the five conference themes, including an opening plenary: “Palliative Care […]