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Media Advisory: Public Health 2020: The Canadian Public Health Association’s annual conference

Location

Ottawa, ON

Public Health 2020 is the meeting place for the public health community to connect, collaborate, innovate, inspire, share and learn. It is a gathering of leaders and change agents from public, private and voluntary organizations that contribute to health and wellness. It is the largest annual public health gathering in Canada and a key knowledge exchange event. This year we are embracing existing and new technologies that will enable our conference to proceed virtually. The daily schedules will look a bit different, but as usual, we will host a range of session formats.

What: Public Health 2020: The Canadian Public Health Association’s annual conference
When: Wednesday 14 October to Friday 16 October from 12:00-16:30 EDT daily
Where: Online

FINAL PROGRAM | SUPPLEMENT

Highlights include:

  • Plenary I: Reflection in the Time of COVID-19: A conversation with Drs Theresa Tam and Howard Njoo
  • Plenary II: Climate change, human health and the public health response with Chris Buse
  • Plenary III: Population Mental Wellness with Carol Hopkins and Mariette Chartier
  • Plenary IV: Reflection in the Time of COVID-19: A conversation with three Chief Medical Officers of Health: Deena Hinshaw, Kami Kandola, and Robert Strang
  • Plenary V: Public health, truth and reconciliation with Marcia Anderson, Michael Redhead Champagne, and Cordell Neudorf
  • Plenary VI: Reflection in the Time of COVID-19: Debunking misinformation and disinformation with Timothy Caulfield

Honorary Awards:

Each year, we honour individuals or organizations who provide outstanding service to their community and profession. Our members nominated candidates for the following prestigious awards.

  • R.D. Defries Award and Honorary Life Membership: Cordell Neudorf, Medical Director, Health Surveillance and Reporting, Saskatchewan Health Authority; Professor, Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan
  • Ron Draper Health Promotion Award: Kim Raine, Professor, Centre for Health Promotion Studies, School of Public Health, University of Alberta
  • Certificate of Merit: Anna Taddio, Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto

CPHA is pleased to host Public Health 2020 through a unique and effective collaboration with the following organizations:

Contributing Partners

Canadian Institute for Health Information
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
National Collaborating Centres for Public Health

Collaborators

Assembly of First Nations
Canadian Alliance for Regional Risk Factor Surveillance
Manitoba Public Health Association
Métis National Council
Network of Schools and Programs of Population Public Health 
Pan America Health Organization
Public Health Agency of Canada
Public Health Physicians of Canada

For more information contact:
Dolores Gutierrez, Communications & Marketing Officer
Canadian Public Health Association
Telephone: 613.725.3769, ext. 190
communications@cpha.ca

About the Canadian Public Health Association
Founded in 1910, the Canadian Public Health Association is the independent voice for public health in Canada with links to the international community. As the only Canadian non-governmental organization focused exclusively on public health, we are uniquely positioned to advise decision-makers about public health system reform and to guide initiatives to help safeguard the personal and community health of Canadians and people around the world. We are a national, independent, not-for-profit, voluntary association. Our members believe in universal and equitable access to the basic conditions that are necessary to achieve health for all.

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