Are you interested in hearing about ways in which your colleagues have used resources from the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health? On Monday, June 10, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) conference participants are invited to attend 'Evidence in Action: National Collaborating Centres Working With You'.

This 90-minute interactive session will provide participants with the opportunity to interact with colleagues from across the country who have been advancing public health programs and policies to improve the health of Canadians through the use of resources available from the six National Collaborating Centres for Public Health.

For more information, please consult the conference program, available on the CPHA website, or consult the conference program directly (PDF 2.1 MB, see page 15 for details).

The National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools (NCCMT) and the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH) are jointly hosting two webinars featuring popular health equity tools.  
 
Part 1 - Promoting Action on Equity Issues: A Knowledge-To-Action Handbook
October 10, 2012 (1 PM EDT)
 
Developed by Bowen, Botting & Roy (2011), this tool provides a framework and worksheets that can be used to develop an equity-focused knowledge translation strategy. For more information and to register click here.

Part 2 - Health Equity Impact Assessment Tool
October 17, 2012 (1 PM EDT) 
 
Developed by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) in partnership with Public Health Ontario, Public Health Units and the MOHLTC’s Public Health Division, this tool can help decision-makers to consider equity issues in planning decisions.  For more information and to register click here.

The NCCHPP was joined by speakers Dan Burden and Catherine Berthod at this free one-day preconference workshop at the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) annual conference, June 11, 2012, in Edmonton.

The workshop focused on three interventions aiming at creating healthier built environments which appear to enjoy a high level of political acceptability. These interventions are:

•Road diets on suburban roads to allocate space for active transport infrastructure;
•Traffic calming on urban, residential streets;
•Redesign of main commercial streets of small communities also being used as regional transit roads.

This day included presentations and small group sessions led by Dan Burden, Executive Director of the Walkable and Livable Communities Institute, Catherine Berthod, engineer and urban planner for the Ministry of Transportation of Quebec, and the NCCHPP's François Gagnon and Olivier Bellefleur.