The 2009 NCCPH Summer Institute fostered pan-Canadian exchanges between over 200 public health practitioners, policy makers, researchers and other actors. Participants engaged in discussions and brought forward their perspectives and experiences to build knowledge about how collaboration, networking and evaluation can foster change in public health. Learn more on the discussions and activities that took place in Mont Ste-Anne, click here to read the report.

The Confederation of University Faculty Associations of BC (CUFA BC) is acknowledging Margo Greenwood for the publication of the groundbreaking report “Aboriginal Health: Leaving No Child Behind” prepared with UNICEF by the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH).She was named academic of the year at a ceremony in Vancouver April 7, 2010.

The NCCPH have conducted a web-based survey to rate priorities on their collaborative Small Drinking Water Systems Project. In total, 130 participants, from all provinces and the Northwest Territories, have answered the survey.

Mona Shum, the manager of the NCCEH, will be presenting an “Update on the NCCPH Small Drinking Water Systems Project” on March 23rd at the Consensus Conference on Small Water Systems Management for the Promotion of Indigenous Health at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. For more information on this presentation, please contact us at info@nccph.ca.

The NCC for Environmental Health in collaboration with the NCCfor Methods and Tools are planning a workshop on how to make evidence-informed decisions in the absence of sufficient evidence. This workshop will be held at the June 20-23 CIPHI Ontario conference in Guelph. For more information on this event, please write to us at: contact@ccnse.ca

NCCID has just launched the Purple Paper. This weekly newsletter summarizes peer-reviewed H1N1 literature pertinent to public health. This new project by NCCID aims to contextualize research findings to shed light on the Canadian situation in a usable accessible format.

From October 26-30, 2009, NCCDH's Senior Scientist – Early Child Development, Dr. Mollie Butler travelled to Nairobi, Kenya for an historical five-day Global Conference co-hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Government of the Republic of Kenya.

The NCCPH 2010 Summer Institute will be held in Winnipeg, from June 28 to 30, 2010. Don't miss this unique learning and networking opportunity! Each year, this event gathers over 200 participants including public health practitioners, policy makers and researchers from all accross Canada. Many conferences and workshops will be offered. The special Early Bird Rate is only valid until May 15th 2010, so hurry and fill out your registration form! To learn more, please click here.

The NCCPH Knowledge Translation Graduate Student Awards are being offered for the first time this year by the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health at the Canadian Public Health Association Centenary Conference that will take place from June 13-16, 2010 at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto. The purpose of the awards is to recognize the work of graduate students (current or within 12 months of completion) regarding knowledge translation in public health in Canada. This year's nominations should be submitted no later than April 2, 2010. To learn more, please click here.

 

On November 3rd 2009, at the Ontario Public Health Association Annual Conference held in Toronto, NCCHPP's Christopher McDougall hosted a session on the use of ethical analysis in public health. This interactive session was an opportunity to discuss and reflect on the utility of various fundamental ethical concepts in the evaluation of public health practices and policies. To find out more, please contact Christopher McDougall.

Dr David Butler-Jones, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada's presented his second annual report on the state of public health in Canada entitled Growing up well – priorities for a healthy future.