Written submissions are being accepted until January 30, 2026.

alPHa has submitted a letter to the Ontario Finance Minister that provides the Association's input to the 2023 pre-budget consultations. 

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alPHa has developed a Statement on Health Equity and COVID-19, which outlines the rationale for a strategy to address the disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 on marginalized populations. 

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Carmen McGregor, Member, Board of Health, Chatham-Kent Public Health
Dr. Lynn Noseworthy, Medical Officer of Health, Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit*
Michael Perley, Director, Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco

Carmen McGregor, nominated by the Boards of Health Section of alPHa, has been a longstanding, key contributor to alPHa, serving as President currently and during the 2017-2018 term. Her strong leadership has guided the Association on many key provincial files such as Public Health Modernization, the Expert Panel on Public Health recommendations, and numerous pre-budget submissions to government, to name a few.

Noting the resiliency, warmth and integrity she brings to her role as a local medical officer of health, the Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health section of alPHa nominated Dr. Lynn Noseworthy. For thirty years, she has been a strong advocate for public health at both local and provincial levels, having served on alPHa’s Executive from 1999 to 2003 and again from 2008 to 2011 and as President for the 2001-2002 term. Dr. Noseworthy also participated on many provincial committees and was active in the Ontario Medical Association’s Public Health Physicians Section from 1993 to 2003.

This year, the alPHa Board recognized Michael Perley of the Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco with a DSA for his results-oriented leadership on comprehensive provincial tobacco control and reduced tobacco usage. He played an important role working with local boards of health to develop municipal smoke-free bylaws that paved the way for the 2006 Smoke-Free Ontario Act that mandated smoke-free public and work places. More recently, his advocacy and tireless work on the impacts of vapour products and cannabis legalization have helped to spotlight the need to focus on mitigation efforts within the health community.

The award ceremony, originally scheduled to take place at the alPHa annual conference this month, has been postponed. Recipients will be invited to accept their award in person once the new date is determined. In the meantime, alPHa congratulates these most deserving individuals and looks forward to celebrating with them in due course. 

*Updated with corrected information 2020/06/19

Ontario Dietitians in Public Health (ODPH) has launched the updated No money for food is…Cent$less campaign. The goal of the campaign is for all Ontarians (and Canadians) to have adequate income for food without compromising their ability to pay for other basic necessities. We are aiming to make food insecurity an issue for the upcoming federal election and put food insecurity on the policy agenda for the next federal government.

https://www.odph.ca/centsless

The French “No Money for Food is…Cent$less” webpages are here:

https://www.odph.ca/la-nourriture-ne-suffit-pas-eliminer-la-faim

https://www.odph.ca/que-faire

The ODPH campaign is adapted from the No money for food is…Cent$less campaign originally developed by Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit.

Please take a moment to visit the webpage and watch the updated video developed by Northwestern Health Unit, view the newly designed infographic, and sign our open letter to federal party leaders on the What you can do? page. Please consider sending the e-letter from your personal email account and encourage coworkers at your health unit or community partners to engage with this campaign as well. 

ODPH will be tweeting about the campaign between now and the federal election @RDsPubHealthON, so please like and retweet our tweets throughout the campaign!

As well, please check out this new toolkit for Youth Action on Food Insecurity!  We encourage you to share this with secondary schools or local community youth groups.  It is still a ‘draft’ which we are piloting this fall.  Anyone using the toolkit is invited to share feedback by December 20^th. A final version and French translation will be available in early 2020.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact Mary Ellen Prange maryellen.prange@hamilton.ca or Tracy Woloshyn tracy.woloshyn@york.ca.