March 2025

Rabies through a One Health lens

Rabies remains a significant public health concern in Canada. Historically a shared responsibility across animal and public health agencies at provincial and territorial levels, shifting disease dynamics could necessitate new approaches to rabies management across sectors and jurisdictions. This blog outlines rabies occurrence in Canada and highlights how a One Health lens can be applied to rabies prevention and control.

Upcoming Webinar

Using advanced surveillance tools to understand norovirus evolution, public health impacts, and to enhance outbreak response

April 3, 2025 | 12:00 - 1:00pm Pacific Time

Natalie Prystajecky PhD SCCM
Mayank Singal MD MPH CCFP FRCPC
BC Centre for Disease Control

Register free

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Announcements

CPHA Public Health 2025
29 April - 1 May
RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg | Winnipeg, Manitoba

Preliminary program now available
The wait is over, the full conference schedule is available. Download the preliminary program to review three days of thought provoking sessions, expert speakers and key topics shaping the future of public health.

Join the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health in our collaborator session: Better Together: Drawing on 20 years of knowledge translation to navigate new public health challenges, and other NCC presentations.

Vision 2030: Moving data to public health action 

Public Health Agency of Canada is pleased to share the final report of “Vision 2030: Moving data to public health action.” This vision was developed through extensive engagements with approximately 1,800 participants, including public health professionals, academics, Indigenous health experts, and the public, and was guided by a surveillance expert round table.  

Vision 2030 highlights the desired states and characteristics of a high-functioning public health surveillance “system of systems”, along with opportunities for action and examples of progress by public health partners across Canada.   

National Assessment Process: Call for authors

Canada’s National Assessment Process is currently seeking Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors, Contributing Authors and Student Leaders for the new report ‘Living in Our Changing Climate’ (title TBC). The authors will lead the development of various chapters, covering topics such as ecosystems, water, food, energy, infrastructure, and the economy. 

If you have any questions, please reach out to the Secretariat (nationalassessment-evaluationnationale@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca).

Webinar Recording

Mapping walkability for a healthier built environment in Peel Region, Ontario

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