*This webinar will be offered in English, with simultaneous translation to French available through Wordly.
DATE:
Thursday, February 12, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST
REGISTRATION:
DESCRIPTION:
Public health systems across Canada are facing growing expectations and increasingly complex challenges, at a time when jurisdictions are modernizing how public health is organized, governed, and delivered. Strengthening capacity to meet these realities is a strategic priority, and shared competency frameworks provide a practical foundation for training, professional development, and consistent practice across roles, organizations, and jurisdictions.
Hosted by the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy and the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health on behalf of the National Collaborating Centres (NCCs), this webinar will highlight the NCCs’ leadership in renewing the 2.0 Core Competencies for Public Health in Canada through extensive national engagement. This updated set of competencies offers a common foundation for effective, responsive, and innovative public health practice today.
Building on this foundation, the webinar will feature complementary competency frameworks relevant to capacity-building across practice, organizations, and system governance:
- Public Health Communication Competency Framework designed to strengthen communication capacity and address health misinformation;
- Organizational Leadership Competencies for Public Health System Governance, identifying the leadership skills and policy levers required to guide resilient and equitable public health systems.
Through short presentations and a moderated discussion, participants will be introduced to several competency frameworks and reflect on how they can be used in education and public health practice across diverse contexts.
This webinar will be offered in English, with simultaneous translation available through Wordly.
RECORDING:
Please note that the webinar will be recorded and that the recording and the PowerPoint presentation will be available online afterwards.
SPEAKERS:
Marianne Jacques, Scientific Lead, National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy
Claire Betker, Scientific Lead, National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
Jennifer McWhirter, Director of Health by Design Lab and Associate Professor, Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph
Erica DiRuggiero, Director, Centre for Global Health and Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
