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The National Collaborating Centres foster and promote networks to facilitate the exchange of knowledge between the public health community, researchers and other actors. They prepare different workshops, conferences and courses that they present at various local, provincial, national and international events. This section lists the latest news about the Centres and the events they are planning or attending, and also includes other news of interest related to the public health sector.

Bed Bugs and Public Health
Posted on : 7/15/2010. Categorized as : Bed bugs
The recent increase of beg bugs infestations has become a “very nasty problem which causes a lot of morbidity and marginalization,” said Dr. Tom Kosatsky of the NCC for Environmental Health, at the CPHA 2010 pre-conference session held on June 13th. Presented by the NCCs, this session was an opportunity to learn more on the social impacts of a bed bugs infestation, the bed bugs biological characteristics, as well as challenges facing control and prevention. Click here to access the PPT presentations.

 

Small Drinking Water Systems Project Presentation at CPHA 2010
Posted on : 7/19/2010. Categorized as : small drinking water systems
The NCCs hosted a session presenting the latest news and updates on the Small Drinking Water Systems Project on June 15, at the Canadian Public Health Association Conference in Toronto. This event was an opportunity for participants to give their feedback on the projects's work and orientation. Have a look at the PPT presentation, or click here to find out more on the project.
Congratulations to the NCCPH KT Awards Winners
Posted on : 3/1/2010. Categorized as : award, students
Four graduate students received the NCCPH Knowledge Translation Awards for the excellence of their work in knowledge translation in public health. The awards were given on June 13, 2010, at the Canadian Public Health Association Conference Opening Ceremony in Toronto. Click here to find out the winners' names!
Summer Institute recorded sessions available online
Thank you to all who participated in the NCC Summer Institute 2010. For those who could not attend the event, note that some of the webcasted sessions are still available online, click here to watch them.
NCCPH Summer Institute 2009 Report
Posted on : 4/19/2010. Categorized as : summer institute
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.
NCCAH Lead Margo Greenwood named Academic of the year by CUFA
Posted on : 4/7/2010. Categorized as : children, academic, award
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.
Small Drinking Water Systems Project- Survey Results Summary
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. Find out more, have a look a the Survey Results Summary.
Update on NCCPH Small Drinking Water Systems Project on March 23 2010, NCCPH
Posted on : 2/2/2010. Categorized as : small drinking water systems, drinking water
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.
NCCHPP workshop: Deliberating to Inform Decision-making
The Centre has organized a day-long workshop to be held in Montréal on March 12th, 2010, during the Annual Public Health Days (Journées Annuelles de santé publique-JASP). The objective of this one-day conference is to inform public health professionals and decision-makers about the use of deliberative processes to inform decision-making. To read more, click here.
Consultation on Community-Acquired Antimicrobial Resistance (caAMR), February 10-11, 2010, NCCID
Posted on : 1/25/2010. Categorized as : antimicrobial resistance
This conference's objectives include expanding the understanding of the Canadian situation with respect to caAMR, identify strategies and priorities for adressing caAMR and clarify NCCID's role in contributing to the reduction of caAMR in Canada. About 45 invited experts are expected to attend. For more information please write us at nccid@icid.com
NCCPH Brief Update
The NCCs have produced their latest Brief Update! This short document gives an overview of the latest events, publications, and news from each Centre and the NCCs common projects such as the Small Drinking Water Systems Project and the Summer Instuitute 2010.
Workshop on Evidence-Informed Decision Making, June 2010, NCCEH & NCCMT
Posted on : 1/12/2010. Categorized as : evidence-informed decision
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 is publishing a weekly literature Synthesis on H1N1
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.
Public Health Ethics at the OPHA Annual Conference
Posted on : 10/26/2009. Categorized as : public health ethics
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.