This summary provides an overview of a recent report written by Dr Kate Mulligan titled Strengthening community connections: The future of public health is at the neighbourhood scale.
Adding a transgender status question to your survey? This 2020 report from Advocates for Youth demonstrates why it is important.
This report, commissioned by the Office of the Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) at the Public Health Agency of Canada, explores the intersection of public health and primary health care, and the importance of building community capacity for action to address health inequities.
This practice brief from the NCCDH and Nova Scotia Health describes results of a situational assessment and literature search, including key dimensions of digital equity and how to take an equity-based approach to digital health services.
This scoping review from Hassen et al. identifies anti-racism interventions implemented in outpatient healthcare settings.
This case study by the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health (NCCPH) explores the evacuation of Ashcroft Indian Band following the Elephant Hill wildfire in 2017. It includes insight into the health and social impacts of the evacuation, as well as the role of public health to support long-term emergency planning and recovery.
This curated resource list from the NCCDH highlights resources that support movement-building as an equity-focused intersectoral approach to dismantling current systems in order to achieve health equity.
This report (and accompanying webinar) from YWCA Canada and YMCA Canada explores the disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth including those who are Black, Indigenous, and racialized, female and gender diverse , and those living with disabilities.
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.
This report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (BC Office) describes changes in employment throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery.
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