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Language and Health Equity
Language matters in public health. The NCCDH has 2 new resources to guide reflection on personal and organizational beliefs, privilege, and social position and to incorporate inclusive equity-focused language into workplans, policies, and initiatives. These resources present foundational learning on the topic of language and provide examples and tools to guide use of inclusive language that drives health equity work.
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Learning from Practice
Our Learning from Practice series continues with 4 new case studies! These resources provide practical examples of equity-driven action on the structural and social determinants of health. Use these resources to guide public health practice, policy, and decision making.
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Let’s talk about applying intersectionality in public health
In this two-part webinar series, participants will have the opportunity to review the historic roots of intersectionality, discuss its relevance to public health and health equity, and explore what it means to “take an intersectionality approach”.
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Webinar series on anti-Black racism and public health
Join the NCCDH and the Black Health Education Collaborative for a three-part interactive webinar series. In this series, participants will explore how anti-Black racism impacts health and identify concrete opportunities for public health action.
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Mind the Disruption: An NCCDH Project
On Mind the Disruption, the new NCCDH podcast, you’ll hear the stories of people who have disrupted the usual ways of doing things in their organizations, communities, and society in pursuit of better health for all.
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Equity in Action
The "Equity in Action" project highlights initiatives that have successfully promoted health equity in pandemic planning, response, and recovery. This repository lifts the voices of community leaders as a source of evidence to facilitate learning and connection among Public Health practitioners in Canada.
Latest Blog Post
Climate change resilience part 1: COVID-19 underscores the need to address inequity and transform systems
This practice brief argues that our collective experience of the COVID-19 pandemic underscores the need for urgent and revised public health action to address climate change.
Movement-building as intersectoral action to achieve health equity
This practice brief by Knowledge Translation Specialist Dianne Oickle provides an overview of movement-building as intersectoral action to achieve health equity. It identifies core elements and strategies, and what this approach means for public health efforts in social justice and policy change.
Beginning from within: Promoting the health of trans, Two-Spirit and/or gender-diverse youth
In this framework description, Dr. Julie James discusses the importance of engaging with, and following the lead of, trans and gender-diverse youth. She presents a framework her team developed that can be used to guide public health action to shift personal and organizational knowledge, attitudes and approaches; it can also be used to provide competent services to trans, Two-Spirit and/or gender diverse youth.
Featured Resource
Future Search: Action for Disrupting White Supremacy and Racism in Public Health Systems Workshop Report
This report captures the ideas, knowledge, and expertise of key actors from across Canada’s public health systems who – moving beyond anti-racist training - participated in a workshop to identify concrete actions to disrupt White supremacy and racism in public health systems. This resource can be used by others to inspire action to dismantle White supremacy and racism in public health systems in this land now known as Canada.
About NCCPH
The six National Collaborating Centres (NCCs) for Public Health promote and improve the use of scientific research and other knowledge to strengthen public health practices and policies in Canada.