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.
Healthy public policy
Determining Health: Food justice practice brief
This practice brief describes key dimensions of and action on food justice as a public health priority. It provides a framework of eight principles of food justice, with a description and concrete actions for each, to guide practice.
Podcast episode transcript & companion document: Disrupting for disability without poverty (Mind the Disruption, Season 2, Episode 3)
Discover Season 2, Episode 3 “Disrupting for disability without poverty,” 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.
Roots of health inequity [Online course]
This web-based course for the public health workforce, is hosted by the National Association of County and City Health Officials and explores the underlying causes of social injustice and health inequity, and public health’s role in building healthier communities by addressing those root causes.
COVID-19 and a “crisis of care”
This article contains a feminist analysis of public policy responses and social protections implemented in many countries during the COVID-19 pandemic using a conceptualization of care based on paid and unpaid care and domestic work.
2022 Report card on child and family poverty in Canada
This national 2022 Report Card from Campaign 2000 analyzes tax data and includes policy recommendations to eradicate child and family poverty.
The Roles of Public Health in Population Mental Health and Wellness Promotion
This report from the National Collaborating Centre for Public Policy (NCCHPP) describes five key roles for public health in population mental health and wellness promotion, including practice examples to demonstrate how these roles look in action.
Decriminalizing people who use drugs: a primer for municipal and provincial governments
This primer outlines how municipal and provincial governments can advance decriminalization of drug possession for personal use as part of a broader strategy to help protect the health and safety of people who use drugs in their communities.
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.