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July 2, 2025 | 12:00 – 1:30 pm ET

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

English

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.

SPEAKERS
Jonathan Cagampang Heller (he/him)
Senior Health Equity Specialist
Diwa Marcelino
Organizer, Migrante Manitoba
MARCH 27, 2025 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm ET

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)

French
French

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.

Speakers
Pemma Muzumdar (she/her)
Knowledge Translation Specialist
Inès Zombre
RN, MSc, PhD Population Health,
FEBRUARY 20 - APRIL 17, 2025

NETWORK CONVERSATION SERIES - Project: Becoming a Network-of-Networks | Projet: Devenir un réseau national intersectoriel

English and French
English and French

Series Please join us for a 3-part network conversation about becoming a network-of-networks to support intersectoral action and nurture an eco-social wellbeing movement in Canada.

PART 1 FEBRUARY 20, 2025 | 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET

The network role in collaborative change making and learning

SPEAKERS
Jorge Garza
Director, Communities Building Belonging, Tamarack Institute
Joël Nadeau
Codirecteur general, Projet Collectif
PART 2 MARCH 27, 2025 | 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET

Network implementation from an Indigenous perspective

SPEAKER
Alexandre Bacon
Founding President and Public Speaker, Ashukan Institute
PART 3 April 17, 2025 | 1:00 - 2:30 PM ET

Resourcing a sustainable network

SPEAKERS
Jean-Marc Chouinard
Kerstin Tebbe
Founder/CEO, Collective Mind
February 13, 2025 | 12:00 – 1:30 pm ET

Transformer les systèmes de santé et de services sociaux pour mieux répondre aux besoins des personnes 2ELGBTQI+ d’expression française en milieu minoritaire

French

Transforming social and health service systems to better meet the safety, inclusion, and equity needs of French-speaking 2SLGBTQI+ individuals in a minority setting French-speaking 2SLGBTQI+ individuals in Manitoba are faced with unique challenges at the crossroads of their sexual orientation, their gender identity, and their status as members of a linguistic minority. During this webinar, participants will be given the opportunity to explore two of the Collectif LGBTQ* du Manitoba key research projects. The webinar will end with a presentation of the project now underway—Vers des soins pour tous.tes (Towards care for all)—which explores how health systems can be made more accessible and equitable for 2SLGBTQI+ individuals.

Speakers
Kevin Prada (he/him)
queer researcher, speaker, mental health worker, graduate student in Counselling Psychology at McGill University
Maxe F.-Giguère (they/them)
Research Associate, Collectif LGBTQ* du Manitoba
FEBRUARY 11, 2025 | 11:30 – 1:00 pm

Advancing health equity in organizations and systems using frameworks as a tool

English

This webinar will present results of a 2023 review of the literature which identified 47 actionable health equity frameworks. Key themes about co-creation, use and implementation of frameworks were identified by public health practitioners and will be highlighted in this session. In this webinar, panelists from three organizations, a local public health unit in Ontario, a provincial health agency in Nova Scotia, and a state health and wellbeing agency in Queensland, Australia, will share their practical stories about laying the groundwork and implementing health equity frameworks. They will highlight opportunities and challenges experienced.   

Panelists
Karen Roundpoint (she/her)
Social Determinants of Health, Public Health Nurse, Eastern Ontario Health Unit
Chantal Lalonde (she/her)
Program Manager, Chronic Disease Prevention & Wellbeing, Injury Prevention, and Health Equity, Eastern Ontario Health Unit
Eric Hemphill (he/him)
Acting Executive Director, Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness
Dr. Dru Armstrong (she/her)
Evaluation and Impact Manager, Health and Wellbeing Queensland, Australia
JANUARY 22, 2025 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET

British Columbia’s Population and Public Health Framework: Strengthening public health

English

Join us for an engaging webinar exploring British Columbia's Population and Public Health Framework: Strengthening Public Health. Participants will gain valuable insight into wise practices and lessons learned, and opportunities to continue to collaborate toward equitable and sustainable population and public health action.

SPEAKERS
Dr. Meaghan Thumath
Executive Director, Strategy, Planning & Evaluation, Population & Public Health Division
Lara Miramontes
Senior Director, Public Health Planning & Strategic Initiatives, Population & Public Health Division
Justine Wardle
Manager, Public Health Planning & Strategic Initiatives, Population & Public Health Division
December 11, 2024 | 2:30 - 4:00 pm ET

Let’s talk determinants of health and opportunities for public health action

English

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 Jonathan Heller, authors of “Let’s Talk: Determinants of Health”, will explore these questions and more, and reflect on the wider forces and systems that interact with the conditions of daily life.

SPEAKERS
Pemma Muzumdar (she/her)
Knowledge Translation Specialist
Jonathan Cagampang Heller (he/him)
Senior Health Equity Specialist
November 26, 2024 | 12:00 - 1:15 pm ET

Public health action to transform food systems and advance food justice

English

This webinar will explore the connections between food systems and health inequities and provide action steps for the public health community to advance food justice. Through an overview of core concepts and illustrative examples, attendees will be equipped with a deeper understanding of food systems and strategies to advance food justice at different scales.

SPEAKERS
Bernice Yanful (she/her)
Knowledge Translation Specialist
Dianne Oickle (she/her)
Knowledge Translation Specialist
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