2019
Today we honour individuals who provided outstanding service to their community and profession
April 30, 2019
Each year, we honour individuals or organizations who provide outstanding service to their community and profession. Our members nominate candidates for the following prestigious awards.
The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) congratulates the following 2019 honorary award recipients.
R.D. Defries Award: Peter Bryce (posthumously)
Dr. Peter H. Bryce, a charter member of the Canadian Public Health Association, was a leader in the field of public health at the turn of the 20th Century. He served as the…
Public Health 2019
April 26, 2019
Public Health 2019 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.
What: Public Health 2019: The Canadian Public Health Association’s annual conference
When: Tuesday 30 April at 08:30 to Thursday 2 May at 14:00 EDT
Public health arguments in support of federal carbon pollution pricing to be heard by Ontario’s Court of Appeal this week
April 15, 2019
Public health advocates will argue that the federal government of Canada has both the right and responsibility to impose carbon pollution pricing to meet its greenhouse gas reduction targets and protect human health and well-being from the negative environmental, physical and mental health effects caused by inaction on climate change.
“Reducing our reliance on a carbon-based economy will be one of the most significant shifts the worldwide economy has seen since the Industrial Revolution,” says Ian Culbert, Executive Director of the Canadian Public Health Association…
Play is the business of childhood
March 12, 2019
Like a game of broken telephone, somewhere along the line the importance of play, particularly outdoor play, got distorted. Play is crucial for children’s physical, mental and emotional health, and it can reduce their experiences of depression, anxiety, aggression, and sleep problems. Play provides children with skills necessary to thrive as adults. Yet children spend less time in active, outdoor play today than previous generations.
Today the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) launched a Toolkit of resources targeted to a range of audiences to…
Let kids play!
March 12, 2019
National public health association supports unstructured children's play
The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) promotes unstructured play as a child’s right and a critical component to child and youth health and well-being. Actions are necessary to reduce the barriers limiting opportunities for unstructured play at school and in the community.
“We need to ‘let kids be kids’ and provide them with opportunities to play each day. By doing so, we will see far-reaching benefits at home, in the classroom, and in communities. This…
Health Professionals to Federal Political Parties: Action Needed to Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change
February 5, 2019
Today, Canada’s top health care providers and public health officials are in Ottawa to send a clear message to all political parties: Canadians are already feeling the adverse health effects of climate change and time is running out to prevent catastrophic climate change.
Together, representatives from the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE), the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA), the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) and the Urban Public Health Network (UPHN) are calling for action: asking federal parties…
Canadian Produce Marketing Association and Canadian Public Health Association welcome new Canada Food Guide
January 22, 2019
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) and Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) welcome the positive changes announced today in Health Canada’s unveiling of Canada's new Food Guide.2018
Racism is a public health issue in Canada—it’s time to speak out
December 17, 2018
CPHA, in collaboration with seven Provincial/Territorial Public Health Associations, are speaking out against racism in Canada. Unfortunately Canada remains a nation where a person’s colour, religion, culture or ethnic origin are determinants of health that result in inequities in social inclusion, economic outcomes, personal health, and access to and quality of health and social services.CPHA enters legal fight supporting carbon pricing to protect the health and security of all Canadians
November 30, 2018
The Canadian Public Health Association announced today that it will enter the legal battle over carbon pricing. Carbon pricing is a necessary part of Canada’s strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and curb the negative environmental, physical and mental health effects caused by inaction on climate change.
“Climate change is a critical public health issue that threatens to undermine the past century of gains in public health in Canada, achieved in part through CPHA’s efforts since it was founded in 1910,” the CPHA’s executive director Ian Culbert said. …
Time for progress in reducing emissions or risk human lives and viability of health systems says new Lancet Countdown report
November 28, 2018
Canada’s slow progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions is having a significant impact on the physical and mental health of Canadians, suggests a new brief published today by the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change. With support from the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) and the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), the report, Lancet Countdown Policy Brief: Canada in 2018, provides seven evidence-informed policy recommendations…