This briefing note, by Paul Cairney of the University of Stirling, presents the importance of distinguishing between uncertainty and ambiguity in the strategies aimed to develop evidence-informed policy making.
Published in January 2019. Description. Download  624 K
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Published January 23, 2019.
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This resource, in the form of a table, shows how the public health functions are organized at the federal, provincial and territorial levels in Canada
Updated in 2018  Description.  Consult the Table Online.
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Published November 7, 2018.
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The Scan of Mental Health Strategies aims to show what is being developed in the field of population mental health across Canada. It provides an overview of mental health and wellness and related strategies through comparative tables and summaries, with a particular emphasis on work related to the promotion of mental health and the prevention of mental illnesses.
Updated in October 2018. Description.
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Published September 12, 2018.
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Published July 18, 2018.
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Published May 22, 2018.
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In this short summary, we present the main findings from a review of the international and Canadian public health and bioethics literatures that was conducted in order to learn about public health ethics (PHE) education in public health programs and schools.
Published in May 2018.  Description.  Download.  924 K
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This document presents a preliminary, graphic summary of results from a questionnaire that was intended to survey Canadian public health practitioners on the subject of public health ethics.
Published in March 2018.  Description.  Download.  1 MB
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This document presents a preliminary, graphic summary of results from a survey of university directors of population and public health programs, or professors responsible for ethics teaching, within population and public health schools or programs in Canadian universities on the subject of teaching ethics in public health in their institutions.
Published in March 2018.  Description.  Download.  1 MB
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The purpose of this document is to equip public health actors to conduct a critical and nuanced ethical analysis of public health policies or population-based interventions accused or suspected of being paternalistic.
Published in February 2018. Description.  Download  848 K
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Published February 15, 2018.
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This briefing note belongs to a series on the various models used in political science to represent public policy development processes.
Published in January 2018.  Description.  Download   632 K
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