On all sides: How race, ethnicity & gender influence health risk for transgender students of color
Adding a transgender status question to your survey? This 2020 report from Advocates for Youth demonstrates why it is important.
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Children and Schools During COVID-19 and Beyond: Engagement and Connection Through Opportunity
This policy brief from the Royal Society of Canada explores the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health, learning and achievement of children and youth, while also highlighting pandemic recovery lessons for teachers and leaders. Recommendations are made for pandemic recovery in education to support educators, administrators, support staff, school mental health professionals and decision makers as well as parents/guardians.
Webinar: Health equity in student research: Sexualized violence services and pandemic homelessness policy
This event took place in English. Academic research is a well-cited source of evidence to inform public health action to address health equity. But valuable academic work on the social determinants of health comes from more than established scholars or graduate students: University undergraduate programs that include a focus on social determinants of health and
Resources to support teaching social determinants of health in environmental public health curriculum
The NCCDH and the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health (NCCEH) have compiled a collection of resources to support the teaching and learning environments of environmental public health training programs, as well as public health inspectors currently in practice.
Reflections from a health equity educator
Devin Wood is an MSc student at Carleton University in Ottawa, ON, who worked as the NCCDH’s student health equity educator in July and August 2018.
Key public health resources for Master of Public Health students: A curated list
This curated list from the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH) outlines key resources to support Master of Public Health (MPH) students looking to incorporate health equity action into their career in Canadian public health.
Webinar: Health equity in the field: Reflections for students and early career professionals
In partnership with the Ontario Public Health Association New Professionals Network The goal of the webinar is to introduce public health students and early career professionals to health equity practice in the field. The webinar offers participants insight into everyday health equity practice through a focus on real life experiences of public health practitioners. After
My time with the NCCDH & the Ontario public health community
Master of Public Health (MPH) student Linda Chan reflects on her experience with the NCCDH and other members of the Ontario public health community at a preconference workshop held at the Ontario Public Health Conference (TOPHC) on April 2, 2013.
Students reflect on the Researcher-Practitioner Health Equity Workshop: Bridging the Gap
In February 2012, Carmen Dell, Alycia Fridkin, and Fareen Karachiwalla attended the Researcher-Practitioner Health Equity Workshop: Bridging the Gap. We thank them for this reflection: It was a pleasure and honour to be student attendees at the Health Equity Workshop in Toronto hosted by the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH) and CIHR’s