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August 8, 2024 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET

How can public health promote decent work as a social determinant of health?

English

Join us for this webinar where we will focus on how the Canadian public health community can promote decent work – a vital social determinant of health and health equity.

SPEAKERS
Rebecca Cheff (she/her)
Knowledge Translation Specialist
Carolina Jimenez (she/they)
Knowledge Translation Specialist
July 24, 2024 | 1:00 – 2:30 pm ET

Promoting the rights and health of transgender people as a public health equity priority

English

Public health has a critical role to promote the rights and health of transgender and gender-expansive people. This webinar will explore transgender and nonbinary health equity issues and practical applications to support the Canadian public health field to understand and act on improving health inequities for transgender and nonbinary people. 

SPEAKERS
Travis Salway (he/him)
Assistant Professor of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Brittany Jakubiec (they/them)
Director of Research, Egale
Veronica Merryfield (Ms./she/her)
Founder, Cape Breton Transgender Network
January 31, 2024 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET

An introduction to decent work as a social determinant of health

English

Work is a powerful condition of everyday life that can harm or promote the health of workers and their families. Employment conditions and working conditions are two interrelated social determinants...

Speakers
Rebecca Cheff (she/her)
Knowledge Translation Specialist
Carolina Jimenez (she/they)
Knowledge Translation Specialist
October 17 - November 29, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET

Fourth COVID-19 Conversation Series - Shifting worldviews: stories about advancing equity and justice

English

Series In this fourth COVID-19 conversation series, we will share stories where barriers to advancing equity and justice were removed and views of a more equitable and just future came into being.

STORY 1 October 17, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET

Prioritizing reconciliation, collectives, trust and humanity

STORYTELLERS
Jesse Thunderchild
Director, Street Culture Project
Sandy Allison
Public Health and Preventive Medicine Specialist, Family Physician, Past President of Public Health Physicians of Canada, and Assistant Clinical Professor, University of British Columbia
Daniel Sims
Academic Co-Lead, National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health and Associate Professor, First Nations Studies, University of Northern British Columbia
STORY 2 October 31, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET

Overcoming organizational challenges to advance equity

Storytellers
Steve Van de Hoef
Project Manager, The Bridge Consortium
Krista Vandermeer
Manager of Community Health Programs and Engagement, Belleville and Quinte West Community Health Centre
Victoria Law
Public Health Nurse, Social Determinants of Health, Hastings and Prince Edward Public Health
STORY 3 November 14, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET

Community expertise, building community power and making change happen: Hogan’s Alley Society

Storytellers
Modupe Bankole-Longe
Research Director, Hogan's Alley Society
Rudayna Bahubeshi
Manager, Equity, Inclusion, Diversity and Anti-Racism, Provincial Equity and Indigenous Health, Ontario Health
STORY 4 November 29, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Community expertise, building community power and making change happen: Peer-2-Peer Program

Storytellers
Marcus Vandusen
Peer-2-Peer Project Pathfinder
Renee Geniole
Reach Out Chatham-Kent (R.O.C.K.) Operations Coordinator, and Peer-2-Peer Project Lead
Margery Muharrem
Individual Donor and Women United Coordinator, United Way of Chatham-Kent, and Peer-2-Peer Project Circle of Support member
Jordynne Lindsay
Public Health Nurse, Chronic Disease and Well- Being, Chatham Kent Public Health
September 2023 | 12:00 - 2:00 pm ET

Workshops: Power and health equity

English, French

NCCDH is hosting two workshops on Power & Health Equity. This is an opportunity to expand on and apply the ideas described in NCCDH recently released Let’s Talk: Redistributing Power for...

July 13, 2023 | 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET

Gender identity, sexual diversity and health equity in public health

English
English with simultaneous French interpretation

Public health has a critical role to play in stopping hate, violence, and harm against the 2SLGBTQI+ community. Action on health equity for people with diverse gender and sexual identities starts with...

Speakers
Fae Johnstone (they/she)
Executive Director/Co-Owner, Wisdom2Action
Aimee MacDonald (she/her)
Gender & Sexuality Diversity Advisor, St. Francis Xavier University
Jessy Dame (he/him)
Indigenous Sex and Gender Lead, Certified Registered Nurse, Vancouver Coastal Health
May 31, 2023 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET

Addressing inequity and abuse in long-term care: Implications for public health practice

English
English and simultaneous French interpretation

In this National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health event, an expert team of researchers from McMaster University will present findings from a CIHR-funded study that sheds light on abuse...

Speakers
Andrea Baumann
Associate Vice-President, Global Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre in Primary Care and Nursing Health Human Resources
Mary Crea-Arsenio
Senior Research Analyst in Global Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
March 22 & May 3 2023

Let’s talk about applying intersectionality in public health

English
English with simultaneous French interpretation

Series Intersectionality can refer to a concept, a framework, an approach, an analytical strategy and/or a social justice movement.  The term is increasingly used (and misused) in both public health and...

PART 1 MARCH 22, 2023 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

What is intersectionality, and why it is important for public health?

SPEAKERS
Pemma Muzumdar (she/her)
Knowledge Translation Specialist
Bernice Yanful (she/her)
Knowledge Translation Specialist
PART 2 MAY 3, 2023 | 1:00 PM – 2:45 PM ET

What are the opportunities to apply intersectionality and transform public health action?

SPEAKERS
Ramona Kyabaggu
Assistant Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina
Christian Daboud
Manager of Health Equity, Middlesex-London Health Unit
Samiya Abdi
Executive Director, Black Health Education Collaborative
Ashlee Christoffersen
Postdoctoral Fellow, Simon Fraser University, Honorary Fellow, University of Edinburgh
Maya Gislason
Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University
Shermeen Farooqi
Policy Analyst, Public Health Agency of Canada
March 9, 2023 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET

You Talked, We Listened: What is next for Health Promotion Canada?

English
English with simultaneous French interpretation

Health promotion is a universal approach for creating a healthy society. The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion lays the foundation to achieving health built on five core actions: build healthy...

SPEAKERS
Lesley Dyck
Health Promotion Consultant
Kevin Churchill
Manager, Clinical and Family Services, Lambton Public Health
February 1 - March 29, 2023

Anti-Black Racism and Public Health

English
English with simultaneous French interpretation

Series In this series, participants will explore how anti-Black racism impacts health and identify concrete opportunities for public health action.  

PART 1 FEBRUARY 1, 2023 | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET

#BlackLivesMatter in public health: Critical race theory, historical roots and legacies of anti-Black racism

PART 2 MARCH 1, 2023 | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET

Anti-Black racism: A look at the social and physiological health impacts of injustice

PART 3 MARCH 29, 2023 | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET

Uprooting anti-Black racism: Strategies and approaches for public health


SPEAKERS
Dr. OmiSoore Dryden
James R. Johnston Endowed Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University,  Co-Lead, Black Health Education Collaborative 
Dr. Onye Nnorom
Family Doctor and Public Health Specialist
Samiya Abdi
Executive Director, Black Health Education Collaborative