Provincial-Territorial Roundtables

Location

Dates

March 29, 2005

March 30, 2005

March 31, 2005

April 1, 2005

April 3, 2005

April 26, 2005

April 27, 2005

April 28, 2005

April 29, 2005

May 26, 2005

May 27, 2005

July 22, 2005

Expert Roundtables on Public Health Themes

Location

Dates

May 6, 2005

June 18, 2005

June 24, 2005

July 4, 2005

July 5, 2005

Partnered Events

Dates

June 3, 2005

May 18, 2005

Citizen Dialogues

The purpose of the Citizens' Dialogues, commissioned by the Public Health Agency of Canada, was to use a deliberative process to engage ordinary Canadians in a discussion on what they consider to be most important with respect to determining public health goals for Canada. Five dialogue sessions were held across the country – in Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Quebec City (French) and Halifax – in August 2005. Just over 100 citizens participated in this consultation. Each session was attended by roughly 20 participants, randomly recruited to be representative of the region, according to gender, age, income and education level. While most participants came from within commuting distance from their respective centre, some were drawn from other parts of the province, adjacent provinces and the northern territories.

FINAL FINDINGS REPORT [PDF]

Youth Engagement Strategy

A four-phase methodology was designed, incorporating a series of on-line discussions, an hour-long live web cast, and a long focus group. This variety of qualitative research tools enabled an assessment of how these public health statements could be promoted among young Canadians. The on-line discussions were designed to get feedback on how the goals were resonating with the current Canadian reality and their aspirations for long term health. The live web cast was designed to solicit specific questions that young participants might have when presented with the goals. A subsequent on-line discussion and long focus group were planned to generate insights about building a youth marketing campaign around the goal statements for Canadian youth.

Due to the calling of the Federal Election on January 26 and subsequent change of departmental priorities, the two final phases of research in this project (the summary on-line discussion and long focus group) were not completed. This report will attempt to address as many of the research questions as was possible with the completion of the two phases.

A National Youth Health Network to Engage Young Adults [PDF]

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Location

Dates

Community Forum on Public Health
Featured speaker:The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of State (Public Health)
Location: City View United Church,
6 Epworth Avenue, Ottawa, ON

May 9, 2005
7:00 pm