Related Organizations

Please follow the links below to other public health related partners and Web sites. In addition to providing the latest information on public health issues and governance, they contain key information on public health renewal. Several initiatives are currently underway to implement recommendations made in the wake of public health crises such as SARS and Walkerton to reform and revitalize the system that is in place to protect and promote health. Regular visits to these sites will assist you in keeping up to date on and providing input to these initiatives, as well as providing a picture of how they are interrelated.

Public Health Ontario

PublicHealthOntario.ca is a new source for  public health information and resources. It contains links to important health notices, breaking news and the latest developments in public health and e-health, including many items that once resided with the Public Health Branch. The PHB site will continue to host certain limited access materials (Boil Water status reports and secure online reporting services).

Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
Ministry home page with up-to-date information and announcements about Ontario's health system. As there is currently a prominent focus on public health, there is plenty of useful information, including direct links to the various commissioned reports (e.g. Walker and Campbell), information on West Nile virus and influenza. 

Public Health Research and Education and Development (PHRED) Program
This program exists to provide evidence to support effective and efficient public health practice and improve accountability in public health practice, increase capacity within the public health system by providing leadership in the education of future public health professionals and  provide leadership in research and education through strategic partnerships. The PHRED health units are Hamilton, Middlesex - London, Sudbury, Kingston and Ottawa.

Please click here to explore the current provincial PHRED projects, including the Effective Public Health Practice Project.

The Ontario Public Health Association
The Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA) is a voluntary, charitable, non-profit association. OPHA is an organization of individuals and Constituent Associations from various sectors and disciplines that have an interest in improving the health of the people of Ontario.
Please visit their Core Competencies Project page to participate in defining the skills, abilities, knowledge and attitudes - collectively known as core competencies - necessary for an efficient, high-quality public health workforce in Ontario

2006 Annual Conference

This year's OPHA Annual Conference will be held October 25 to 27, 2006 at the Nav Canada Conference Centre in Cornwall. This year's conference is brought to you by the Ontario Public Health Association and the Eastern Ontario Health Unit.

Information and Abstracts Submission utilities are available at www.ophaconference.ca . Abstracts are due by May 15, 2006.

Public Health Agency of Canada
This is the home page of Canada's new Public Health Agency (PHAC). A part of the public service, PHAC coordinates federal efforts in identifying and reducing public health risks and threats and supports national readiness to respond to health crises. 

 The Canadian Institute for Health Information - Canadian Population Health Initiative

The Canadian Population Health Initiative (CPHI), as a part of Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), was launched in 1999 to expand the public's knowledge of population health.

The Canadian Public Health Association
The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) is a national, independent, not-for-profit, voluntary association representing public health in Canada with links to the international public health community. CPHA's members believe in universal and equitable access to the basic conditions which are necessary to achieve health for all Canadians.

The Ontario Safety Association for Community & Healthcare (OSACH) is a non-profit corporation established under the Ontario Business Corporations Act and is a "designated entity" under the Workplace Safety & Insurance Act, subject to provisions of this statute in terms of governance, funding, functions, operations and objectives.

OSACH's services are based on the principles identified in the Ontario Ministry of Labour's paper, Preventing Illness and Injury -- A Better Health & Safety System for Ontario Workplaces (January 1998). OCACH was formerly known as the Health Care Health and Safety Association of Ontario and specializes in health and safety issues for health care-related workplaces.