Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)

The Canadian Public Health Association has launched 15 new factsheets for the 2025 federal election. Designed to help health professionals and the public engage candidates on key public health issues—from data equity to decriminalization. https://lnkd.in/eQttDAYX #elxn45 #PublicHealthLeadership #HealthEquity

EXCITING NEWS! We are deeply grateful to Canada Life and Power Corporation for their generous $2 million gift to help the NCTR build our permanent home. This new space will accommodate the Centre’s growing work, enable us to better serve Survivors, and guide Canada on its path to truth and reconciliation. The new facility will be on the grounds of the University of Manitoba and is slated to open in 2029, with construction starting in 2026. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ew2usJzC

140 Canadian Mayors and Councillors have sent an appeal to all federal party leaders with a pitch for climate-supportive policies and initiatives that will create jobs, lower the costs of living, and provide affordable homes. "Create a national East-West-North clean electric grid, delivering affordable energy to urban, rural and Indigenous communities across the country;  Build a national high-speed rail network, and extend it with locally-made electric buses to reach every community in this country; Build at least two million non-market, energy-efficient homes, creating more affordable, transit-linked communities; Make our homes and buildings warmer in winter, cooler in summer with retrofits and heat pump installations across the country, that will cut energy bills and pollution; …. and fund a national resilience, response and recovery strategy so our communities can prepare for the climate disasters we know are coming, respond when they hit, and rebuild afterwards..." https://lnkd.in/gtNBgZUg Ronald Macfarlane Carol Mee Kristie Daniel Amanda Mongeon Jade Yehia Laura Chow Sue Shikaze Franca Ursitti Penelope Kuhn Inge Roosendaal Birgit Isernhagen Sarah Warren Ian Culbert #publichealth #energytransition #climatechange #healthequity CIPHI Ontario CIPHI ALBERTA Ontario Public Health Association Public Health Association of BC Manitoba Public Health Association Association pour la santé publique du Québec | ASPQ Climate Action Network Canada

🌿 New Resource Alert! 🌿 Native Women's Association of Canada is proud to launch a brand new Trauma-Informed Toolkit for Healthcare Providers, created to support culturally safe and trauma-informed sexual and reproductive healthcare for Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit, Transgender, and Gender Diverse People. This vital resource is available in English and French, and was made possible through funding from Health Canada | Santé Canada as part of the project: Supporting Culturally Safe and Trauma-Informed Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare. Together, we’re building safer, more inclusive care. Download the toolkit now and help us make a difference.

In our recent post about childhood vaccinations, we explained how today's vaccine schedule actually contains fewer antigens (the parts of germs that trigger immune responses) while protecting against more diseases than in previous decades. Modern vaccines are more precisely designed, using only the essential components needed to create immunity. As part of that discussion, we mentioned a theoretical calculation suggesting an infant's immune system could handle 10,000 vaccines simultaneously. This statistic caught many readers' attention, and we received a great question asking where this number comes from. The 10,000 vaccines calculation was developed by Dr. Paul Offit, a respected pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases, to help illustrate the incredible capacity of a baby's immune system. Dr. Offit's calculation gets a bit technical, involving B-cells, antibody concentrations, and epitopes (specific recognition sites on antigens) - but we wanted to share the science behind this frequently cited statistic. While purely theoretical (no one would ever receive thousands of vaccines at once!), this calculation helps put into perspective why the current vaccine schedule is well within the natural abilities of even a newborn's immune system, which routinely handles trillions of challenges from the environment every day. 🔗https://lnkd.in/euwSya2b

🔆🏙️ Transparent solar panels are a step closer to turning windows into clean energy generators. Researchers at CITYSOLAR just hit a record 12.3% efficiency by combining perovskites and organic cells—closing in on conventional panels. Backed by EU funding, the panels could help decarbonize Europe’s buildings sector, which emits 40% of the bloc’s CO2. “This represents a massive market opportunity,” says researcher Morten Madsen. More on this innovation in solar energy: https://loom.ly/oqsFNXw

On Tuesday, April 15th, the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) and the University of Manitoba will gather with Survivors, Elders and special guests to make a significant announcement about the NCTR’s future home. Be the first to hear this exciting announcement by tuning into the event livestream, at 10am CDT, available on the NCTR’s YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/eEYZnBnH

Just published online first Canadian Journal of Public Health / Revue canadienne de sante publique Key considerations for applying intersectionality theory to partner and stakeholder engagement in public health (Samantha G., Nidhi Marulappa and Vivian Qiang) https://lnkd.in/eGiqbUUK

Today marks the last day of Canadian Public Health Week #cjph_rcsp Modernizing public health communication competencies in Canada: A survey of the Canadian public health workforce (McAlpine et al.) https://lnkd.in/eBEazj5R #CPHW #PublicHealth

Public Health is… chronic disease prevention! Every $1 invested in tobacco prevention programs saves up to $20 in future health care costs. ROI = 1900% #CPHW25 #PublicHealthMatters