Supporting equity in planning and policy [Action guide]
This action guide offers practical strategies, case examples and implementation guidance to help local governments integrate equity in community planning.
Intersectoral action
Sustaining momentum from the COVID-19 pandemic to drive organizational change for health equity
This Equity in Action story is distilled from an interview with Amy Stevens and Scott Fry, Advisors on the Health Equity, Partnerships and Innovation Team at Peel Region’s Health Services Department. The interview took place in January 2025, and the details should be considered within the context of that time period. Peel Region made impactful changes to their public health approach during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recognizing gaps in a one-size-fits-all approach, the Health Services team slowed down, engaged with members
COVID-19 immunization response in Peel Region: Lessons in humility, relationships and power
This Equity in Action story is distilled from an interview with Liz Estey Noad, Director of Health Equity, Partnership and Innovation (formerly Director of Transition and Transformation, Peel Public Health), and Brian Laundry, Director of Strategic Policy and Performance, Department of Health Services (formerly co-lead for Peel’s Mass Vaccination Program), Peel Region, Ontario. The original interview took place in February 2023 and its details should be considered within
Working together to thrive: Well-being and public health
Growing momentum around well-being as a shared policy goal provides opportunities for public health to leverage well-being approaches to advance population health, health equity and planetary health for current and future generations, and to share public health expertise in support of well-being initiatives.
The four pillars of housing influencing health equity
This blog post from the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health features a webinar recording and conceptual model outlining four key ways housing impacts 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.
NETWORK CONVERSATION SERIES – Project: Becoming a Network-of-Networks | Projet: Devenir un réseau national intersectoriel
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.
The network role in collaborative change making and learning
We will explore: How can a network of networks contribute to collaborative change making and learning? How does this relate to creating a wellbeing society as a shared purpose? How do we bridge from local to national and back to local? How do we incorporate this into our theory of change?
Podcast episode transcript & companion document: Disrupting for health care for all (Mind the Disruption, Season 2, Episode 5)
Discover Season 2, Episode 5 “Disrupting for Health Care for All,” 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: Bonus episode – Taking intersectoral action to drive decent work (Mind the Disruption, Season 1, Episode 7)
This episode companion document provides a new way to engage with the Mind the Disruption podcast. It includes a written transcript of Season 1, Episode 7 “Bonus episode – Taking intersectoral action to drive decent work” with key quotes and related resources to prompt further reflection and exploration.