As part of the 12th International Conference on HIA held in Québec City in August 2012, the NCCHPP offered an introductory workshop on the health impact assessment (HIA) approach. The three-hour workshop was given in French in the morning and in English in the...

Although the practice of HIA has grown up considerably in recent years in many parts of the world, it is still being developed in Canada, and its currency is even more limited in Aboriginal contexts. These contexts are characterized by cultural, geographical and...

On March 13, 2012, the NCCHPP, in partnership with the NCC for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH), organized a dialogue session with academics and practitioners in the field of Aboriginal health. The objective of this session was to explore the potential uses of Health Impact...

The NCCHPP has developed a generic presentation on Health Impact Assessment (HIA). Complete with speaking notes and a set of slides you can personalize, this powerpoint presentation can be used by public health practitioners or anybody interested in disseminating...

Following the NCCHPP presentation to the Senate Subcommittee in April 2008, the Centre was invited to return to make a presentation on Health Impact Assessment. In this presentation, Louise St-Pierre focused on two questions:.Is it necessary and realistic to implement...