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Updated October 2007
Below are members and alPHa staff who represent the Association on provincial advisory bodies and other organizations. Please click here to download the survey form, to be completed by alPHa representatives to external committees.
Advisory Council on Drinking Water Quality and Testing Standards
Established by the Ministry of the Environment to review the Drinking Water Systems Regulation and make recommendations on provincial drinking water standards and other measures to improve the safety and quality of Ontario's drinking water supply. Please click here to read background information.
- Dr. Alex Hukowich, Emeritus COMOH member
Please click here to read the Council's February 2005 final report to the Minister of the Environment
Biosolids Utilization Committee
Advisory committee under OMAF and MOE that discusses standards and guidelines for the land application of biosolids.
BUC Terms of Reference
Cancer Care Ontario - Ontario Cervical Screening Collaborative Group
The Ontario Cervical Screening Collaborative Group (OCSCG) was established in 1993, as a result of concern that the incidence and mortality rates of cervical cancer have not changed appreciably in Ontario over the last decade. The goal of the OCSCG is to reduce the incidence and mortality rates of cervical cancer.
Cancer Care Ontario - Recruitment, Education and Communications Committee
The Recruitment Education and Communications Committee is an advisory committee to the OCSP as well as the Ontario Cervical Screening Collaborative Group (OCSCG). The Recruitment, Education and Communications Committee links to the Recall and Follow-Up Committee.
- Dr. Michael Finkelstein, Toronto
Cancer Care Ontario - Provincial Cancer Prevention and Screening Program
This Council provides expert advice and support for the development of a cancer prevention strategy / system for Ontario to address Cancer 2020 targets, building on existing cancer prevention and screening activities in the province and engaging other relevant provincial and national chronic disease and cancer control initiatives.
http://www.cancercare.on.ca/index_cancer2020.htm
- Dr. Robert Kyle, Durham Region
Interagency Council of Food Safety
Member agencies of the Ontario Interagency Council on Food Safety (OICFS) share responsibility for ensuring a safe food supply thereby protecting and improving public health. The OICFS’ goal is food safety excellence in Ontario. The Council provides a means of information sharing and coordination of government partners. These initiatives are in keeping with coordinating government food safety programming, while respecting the jurisdictional authority of member agencies.
MINUTES, OCTOBER 2007
Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) Action Group
Provides advice and expertise to the Lead, Systems Integration (LHIN) regarding the design and implementation of LHINs. Please look for the LHIN Bulletin mid-month, every month. Also, LHIN-related updates and reports will be posted on this site at the beginning of every month, if necessary. These bulletins can be downloaded from http://www.health.gov.on.ca/transformation/lhin/lhin_bul.html
- Dr. Robert Kyle, Durham Region
Ontario Council on Community Health Accreditation
The Ontario Council on Community Health Accreditation promotes accountability and excellence in public health programs and services.
- Dr. Allan Northan, Algoma Health Unit (medical officer of health representative)
- Helen Mulligan, Brant (board of health representative)
Ontario Drug Awareness Partnership
Provides strategic provincial direction to Ontario's Drug Awareness Committees
Ontario Health Informatics Standards Council
The Ontario Health Informatics Standards Council (OHISC) is the council with the responsibility to recommend health informatics standards to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. OHISC has the role of health standards leadership, advice and education in Ontario. Health informatics standards allow for the secure exchange as well as consistency and comparability of electronic health information across the healthcare system. Using standards is fundamental to the way personal health information will be managed in the future.
- Hong Ge, Simcoe
- Elizabeth Rolland, Kingston
Please click here to read summary of 2004 activities
Please click here to read the June 2004 Newsletter
Ontario Health Providers Alliance
Mandate: To facilitate collaboration amongst a broad spectrum of provincial health service organizations, and to foster a cooperative environment and promote dialogue between the Alliance and the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
Ontario Public Health Association
A voluntary, non-profit organization of community and public health professionals that supports and analyzes issues regarding health promotion and disease prevention
Ontario Public Health Association Core Competencies Project
From Walkerton, to SARS, to West Nile virus, public health is in the spotlight. With that scrutiny comes opportunity. A task group of the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA) has seized this opening to better define public health and the skills, abilities, knowledge and attitudes - collectively known as core competencies - that make for an efficient, high-quality public health workforce in Ontario.
Ontario Public Health Benchmarking Partnership
Provides a coordinated approach to assist public health units in effective and efficient program planning through benchmarking and the determination of best practices
- Brenda Guarda, APHEO, York Region
Ontario Tobacco-Free Network
A volunteer, not-for-profit coalition with a mission to eliminate tobacco use in Ontario and support local tobacco-free councils
Postpartum Enhancement Advisory Group
Advises the Office of Integrated Services for Children on the planning and implementation of the postpartum enhancement of the Healthy Babies, Healthy Children program
(NOTE: This committee has evolved into an informal advisory network)
- Dr. Robin Williams, Niagara Region
Provincial Advisory Committee on Sustainable Strategies for Safe Schools
A three-year project to identify and document integrated and sustainable violence prevention programs in Ontario schools, and develop a comprehensive, stage-appropriate set of resources for distribution.
- Dr. Graham Pollett, Middlesex-London
Provincial Emergency Management Advisory Council
Ministry of Public Safety and Security – Advises on the development, implementation and maintenance of emergency management programs in Ontario
- Ken Gorman, Durham Region
Agenda and Issues for Discussion, 2004
Minutes, 2004 Annual Meeting
Summary of Actions and Resolutions, 2004
Provincial PHRED Steering Committee
Oversees the planning and coordination of the Public Health Research, Education and Development Partnership, a collaborative program that conducts applied public health research and program evaluation
- Dr. Robert Kyle, Durham Region
Please click here to view the PHRED Web site, current projects, annual reports and other information.
Program Update, April 28, 2005
Spring Days Presentation, April 27, 2005
2005 PHRED Provincial Workplan
2004 PHRED Deliverables Report (Feb '05)
Program Update, June 24, 2004
Program Update, November 16, 2004
Briefing Note - PHRED Response to Walker Report
Community Action Working Group
This is the successor to the Ontario Tobacco Strategy Steering Committee. Some of the initiatives underway at CAWG include advocacy regarding 100% provincial tobacco enforcement funding, enforcement protocols and a central "Q&A" database.
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