National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health

Community organizing: A community power-building approach to advancing health equity

In this webinar, NCCDH and an organizer from Migrante Manitoba will deepen public health practitioners’ understanding of community organizing as a public health intervention by defining community organizing, describing community organizing practices as well as the benefits of public health engaging with organizers, and providing case studies (focused on precarious work and immigration) of public health both partnering with organizers and using organizing methods to advance equity.

Black health primer [Online course]

This online course from the Black Health Education Collaborative addresses critical gaps in medical and public health education and training on anti-Black racism. Through eight interactive modules, it supports learners to deepen their understanding of anti-Black racism and identify solutions to address the health inequities experienced by Black people and communities in Canada.

Realizing the future of vaccination for public health (Chief Public Health Officer of Canada’s report on the state of public health in Canada, 2024)

Every vaccination holds the potential to improve the state of Canadians’ physical, mental, societal and economic health. This report from the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada presents a guide to improving vaccination uptake and public health practice in Canada.

Determining Health: Food justice practice brief

This practice brief describes key dimensions of and action on food justice as a public health priority. It provides a framework of eight principles of food justice, with a description and concrete actions for each, to guide practice.

How Whiteness shapes nursing in Canada – what does the literature say? A rapid review

This rapid review seeks to understand how Whiteness shapes the Canadian nursing profession. Examples of how polices, practices and ideas uphold Whiteness and implications for leadership were synthesized from literature.

Les déterminants de la santé et les possibilités de mesures de santé publique : Parlons-en (Let’s talk determinants of health and opportunities for public health action)

What are the factors that influence health? And, what are the opportunities for integrated, networked public health action at multiple levels? In this webinar Pemma Muzumdar and Inès Zombre will explore these questions and more, and reflect on the wider forces and systems that interact with the conditions of daily life.

Podcast episode transcript & companion document: Disrupting for reproductive justice (Mind the Disruption, Season 2, Episode 6)

Discover Season 2, Episode 6 “Disrupting for reproductive justice,” by listening to the episode and/or reading the episode companion document, which includes a written transcript, key quotes, related resources and discussion questions to support reflection, sharing and action.

Podcast episode transcript & companion document: Disrupting for racial and climate justice (Mind the Disruption, Season 2, Episode 4)

Discover Season 2, Episode 4 “Disrupting for racial and climate justice,” by listening to the episode and/or reading the episode companion document, which includes a written transcript, key quotes, related resources and discussion questions to support reflection, sharing and action.

Let’s Talk: Community organizing

To influence the structural and social determinants of health and advance health equity, public health must support power building in communities facing inequities. This Let’s Talk introduces community organizing as an effective and critical tool for building community power.

Podcast episode transcript & companion document: Disrupting for disability without poverty (Mind the Disruption, Season 2, Episode 3)

Discover Season 2, Episode 3 “Disrupting for disability without poverty,” by listening to the episode and/or reading the episode companion document, which includes a written transcript, key quotes, related resources and discussion questions to support reflection, sharing and action.

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