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Webinar – Equity in Crises: Addressing Inequities in Emergency Contexts
Emergencies can amplify existing health inequities, making it essential to integrate equity considerations into preparedness, response, and recovery planning. This webinar, hosted by the National Collaborating Centres for Healthy Public Policy, Determinants of Health, and Infectious Diseases, shared knowledge, tools, and stories that can help public health organizations build resilience and sustain attention to health equity in emergencies.
Report – Health in All Plans: Leveraging Tools to Integrate Health into Land Use Planning
This report presents the findings from the a 2024 survey that explored how Public Health Units across Ontario are using health-supportive tools in their engagement with municipal land use planning processes. The report identifies key barriers, opportunities, and recommendations for future action, including a repository of sharable tools. This report was prepared by the Built Environment Work Group at the Ontario Public Health Association.
Strengthening Organizational Leadership Competencies for Public Health System Governance
Discover this infographic showcasing 20 organizational leadership competencies for governing public health systems in Canada. Developed through a study led by Dr. Erica Di Ruggiero and her collaborators, these competencies are grouped into eight domains: systems thinking, policy development, implementation and evaluation, partnership and collaboration, anti-oppression and decolonization, organizational learning, oversight and monitoring, resource management, and legal competence. This work aims to strengthen leadership capacity and governance across Canada’s public health systems.
Directory – Resources relevant for the development of competencies and knowledge for Health in All Policies
This directory aims to facilitate access to a selection of relevant resources (guides, presentations, webinars, workshops, etc.) and to support capacity building among public health professionals, decision-makers, and partners from other sectors concerned with the determinants of health.
Webinar – The Many Facets of Health in All Policies in Canada
This webinar highlighted the diversity of Health in All Policies (HiAP) approaches across Canada through a cross-cutting dialogue between the leads of four initiatives featured in the Portrait of HiAP in Canada series.
Portrait of Health in All Policies in Canada: Advancing Infant, Child and Youth Mental Health Through the Atlantic Summer Institute’s Upstream Investment Policy Brief
This document presents the work of the Atlantic Summer Institute on Healthy and Safe Communities in promoting Mental Health in All Policies. It is part of a series of case studies aimed at enhancing knowledge about HiAP, highlighting promising practices, and promoting the exchange of ideas across Canada.
Series – Portrait of Health in All Policies in Canada
This series highlights a variety of Health in All Policies initiatives in Canada. Each case summary examines an initiative’s origins, mission, objectives, governance, implementation mechanisms, achievements, funding, and evaluation tools.
What Can Organizations Do to Enhance their Capacity to Promote Healthy Public Policies?
This document presents strategies and tools adopted by public health organizations to strengthen their capacity to act on healthy public policies. These are grouped into five key dimensions and illustrated with public health examples from Canada and beyond.
Video – What are the lessons learned from implementing a Health in All Policies-inspired approach to address health disparities?
In this video, Dr. Cordell Neudorf discusses the key lessons learned from implementing a Health in All Policies-inspired approach to address health disparities, emphasizing the importance of engaging affected communities, fostering intersectoral collaboration, building coalitions, adapting communication and advocacy strategies, and empowering public health staff to contribute to systemic change at all levels.
Video – How can Health in All Policies approaches contribute to improving health equity in Canada?
In this video, Dr. Cordell Neudorf explains how Health in All Policies approaches are essential for improving health equity in Canada. These approaches help address the social and structural determinants of health through intersectoral collaboration, policy advocacy, and the adaptation of public health services to the needs of diverse populations.