Newsletters
This page contains our Centre Connect newsletters, which showcase key findings and highlights from Centre-led initiatives, partnered initiatives, and Centre scientists' research. The newsletters also provide information on work led by Centre partners and practice affiliates as well as links to healthy community resources or events.
2026
Centre Connect September 10, 2026
Upcoming Webinar - Workplace Psychological Health & Safety: The Shift from Change the Worker to Change the System; Reminder: Centre for Healthy Communities 2026 Innovation Forum; New Publication - Mistreatment Matters: Risks of Unmitigated Employee Mistreatment from the Public
Centre Connect September 1, 2026
Registration Open: Centre for Healthy Communities 2026 Innovation Forum - Advancing Financial Wellbeing in Canada: Working Across Sectors for Greater Impact
Centre Connect August 6, 2026
Save the Date: Centre for Healthy Communities 2026 Innovation Forum; New Publication: Patterns of Support for Alcohol Reduction Policies; Health Benefits of Getting your Kids in the Garden Early
Centre Connect July 8, 2026
Centre for Healthy Communities 2025-2026 Annual Public Report
Centre Connect June 17, 2026
Save the Date: Centre for Healthy Communities 2026 Innovation Forum
Centre Connect April 28, 2026
Reminder Upcoming Webinar: Global Progress and Perspectives on Non-Communicable Disease; Now Available: Centre for Healthy Communities White Papers; New Publication: Developing a Tool to Build Capacity for Healthy Public Policy Change
Centre Connect April 15, 2026
Upcoming Webinar: Global Progress and Perspectives on Non-Communicable Disease
Centre Connect February 25, 2026
Centre for Healthy Communities Webinar Recording: Supporting Evidence-Informed Action on Financial Wellbeing; Unpaid Family Caregiving for People who Use Drugs in Rural Canada: Community Report; Healthy Communities at Home Website
2025
Centre Connect December 2, 2025
Centre for Healthy Communities Upcoming Webinar: Supporting Evidence-Informed Action on Financial Wellbeing; Recording Available: Creating a Global Public Health Treaty Surveillance Platform; Gardening Initiatives as an Approach to Support Children and Youth
Centre Connect October 23, 2025
Centre for Healthy Communities 2025-2030 Strategic Plan; New Publication: Evidence-based Municipal Actions to Support People Experiencing Homelessness during Extreme Weather Events; New Publication: Municipal Community Safety and Well-being Policies; Webinar Registration: Creating a Global Public Health Treaty Surveillance Platform
Centre Connect October 7, 2025
Centre for Healthy Communities Webinar: Creating a Global Public Health Treaty Surveillance Platform
Centre Connect July 16, 2025
Centre for Healthy Communities 2024-2025 Annual Report; New Centre for Healthy Communities Research Work; New Partnered Research: Healthy Schools | LINK | Écoles Saines; Gardening initiatives as an approach to cancer prevention for children and youth
Centre Connect April 2, 2025
Effective Interventions to Prevent Youth Vaping Behaviours: A Rapid Review; Opinion: Invest Tobacco Settlement Cash to Save More Albertans from Smoking; Understanding the Short- and Long-term Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People Who Use Substances in Edmonton's Inner City; Exploring Barriers and Drivers of Water Reuse in Alberta
2024
Centre Connect December 12, 2024
Highlights from the Centre for Healthy Communities 2024 Innovation Forum
Centre Connect July 17, 2024
Centre for Healthy Communities 2023-2024 Annual Report
Centre Connect June 26, 2024
Centre for Healthy Communities 2024 Innovation Forum Save the Date; Now Available: Recording and Summary from the Café Scientifique on Financial Wellbeing
Centre Connect May 7, 2024
Centre for Healthy Communities Scientific Director Awarded a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Community Environments and Public Policy for Wellbeing; Health Benefits, Strategies, and Examples to Help Strengthen Social Cohesion in Alberta Webinar and Panel Discussion: Recording Available; Highlights from the Centre for Healthy Communities 2023 Innovation Forum
Centre Connect March 20, 2024
Centre for Healthy Communities Webinar and Panel Discussion: Health Benefits, Strategies, and Examples to Help Strengthen Social Cohesion in Alberta Registration; Café Scientifique: Driving Multi-Level Action to Improve Financial Wellbeing Registration; Healthy Communities Conversation on Strengthening Health Promotion Capacity Among Indigenous Communities: Summary
2023
Centre Connect December 6, 2023
Centre for Healthy Communities New Publication: Supporting healthy community decision-making in municipalities: A synthesis of evidence-informed resources from across Canada; Other Healthy Homes & Healthy Communities Resources
Centre Connect October 26, 2023
Centre for Healthy Communities 2023 Innovation Forum Registration; Social Cohesion Resource for Building Healthy Communities; Other Health Equity Resources
Centre Connect September 26, 2023
Centre for Healthy Communities Membership Option; Financial Wellbeing & Financial Strain Framework Publications
Centre Connect June 30, 2023
Centre for Healthy Communities 2022-2023 Annual Report
Centre Connect May 31, 2023
Healthy Communities Conversation on Storm and Wastewater Reuse: Summary; Healthy Homes & Healthy Communities; Policy Readiness Tool: Assessing Readiness for Policy Change
2022
Centre Connect December 1, 2022
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity Resource List
Centre Connect October 6, 2022
Webinar: Applying Action-Oriented Resources to Reduce Financial Strain and Promote Financial Wellbeing; Stopping Domestic Abuse; International Presence at G20 Summit Pre-event
Centre Connect July 12, 2022
Join Us in Celebrating! Centre for Healthy Communities 5th Anniversary
Centre Connect June 29, 2022
Centre for Healthy Communities CPHA and IUHPE Conference Presentations; Let's Talk Health Equity: Healthy Communities Conversation - Key Highlights; Strengthening Indigenous Research Capacity in Canada; Supporting Indigenous Families in Wood Buffalo; How Does Your Environmental Influence Your Health?
Centre Connect May 26, 2022
Updated Centre for Healthy Communities Website; Structural Interventions for Financial Strain and Financial Wellbeing; Removing Barriers to COVID-19 Vaccination; Revealing how Parkinson's Disease Affects Life-space Mobility; An Evaluation Approach on Reproductive Justice in the Northwest Territories; Running for a Good Cause
Centre Connect April 22, 2022
Evaluating Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)/Antimicrobial Use (AMU) Surveillance Systems in Canada; One Health, One Hive - Understanding the Relationship Between Honey Bees, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Climate Change; The Impacts of Nature on Baby's Gut Health; One Health and Antimicrobial Stewardship - Next Steps for Canada; Our Planet, Our Health
Centre Connect March 31, 2022
Promoting Sustainable Financial Wellbeing and Health for All; Introducing Two Action-Oriented Resources on Financial Wellbeing and Financial Strain; Strong Partnerships: Communities and Health Services Take Action on Financial Strain
Centre Connect March 21, 2022
Women's Achievements in CHC; Moving from Microaggressions to Micro-Affirmations in Workplace Environments; World Health Organization Inequality Monitoring Resources
Centre Connect February 25, 2022
Understanding Canadian Municipal Universal Accessibility Policies; Enhancing Patient-engaged Research through Photovoice; Government Response to Crises Faced by Indigenous Communities; Past Webinar on Health Equity Datasets Inventory
Centre Connect January 20, 2022
Website Launch: Healthy Homes & Healthy Communities; Report - Healthy Homes & Healthy Communities in a Post-COVID Alberta: What Canadian Resources and Recommendations Exist?
2021
Centre Connect December 16, 2021
Upcoming Webinar: Introduction to Health Equity and Centre for Healthy Communities Health Equity Datasets Inventory; Relationships Matter! Social Networks, Advice Seeking and Comprehensive School Health; Weight Stigma Among Young People: What Is It and What Can We Do About It?; Is Reducing Tobacco Use to Less than 5% Still Achievable by 2035
Centre Connect November 19, 2021
Celebrating World Children's Day; How to Increase Access to Child-Led, Risky Play in your Community; Mobile Adventure Playgrounds: Tools to Foster Play Opportunities; Webinar: How to Increase Play Opportunities
Centre Connect October 21, 2021
Using One Health to Prevent the Next Global Pandemic; Alberta Nutrition Report Card; Link Between Voting Restrictions and Health Insurance; Recording for Webinar on Careers that Promote Environmental Health
Centre Connect September 23, 2021
Health Equity Datasets Inventory; Relative Income Inequality and Maternal Mental Health; Deaths of Despair Among Youth
Centre Connect June 18, 2021
Vicarious Trauma; Campaign for a Smoke Free Alberta; E. Coli Bacteria in Wastewater Treatment Plants; Casual Link between Birth Method, Infant Gut Bacteria, and Peanut Sensitivity; Upcoming Webinar.
Centre Connect May 6, 2021
Virtual Delivery of Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence Interventions Handbook; Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Use Surveillance Report; Healthy School Communities: A New Publication; Urban Accessibility; Centre for Healthy Communities Scientists at the Canadian Obesity Summit.
Centre Connect April 9, 2021
Webinar on Age Friendly Homes & Communities; Measuring Accessibility Publication; Career Opportunity; Upcoming Event: Healthy Communities Conversation.
Centre Connect March 5, 2021: Upcoming Events: Women's Mental Health and Substance Use; Practical Tips to Realizing Your Healthy School Community.
Centre Connect February 23, 2021
Financial Strain: A Top Source of Worry in COVID-19 Mental Health Crisis; A Health Network Aimed At Improving Health Outcomes for Indigenous Peoples in Alberta; A Toolkit for Healthy Communities: Promoting Resiliency in Times of Pandemic Recovery and Environmental Stewardship; One Health Antimicrobial Stewardship Conference; Upcoming Webinar: Scoping Population Health in Impact Assessment (ScopHIA); Participatory Edmonton Symposium - Animating Spaces Where Everyone Matters.
Centre Connect January 28, 2021
Snow and Ice on Sidewalks: Complaints Made to 311 in Two Alberta Cities; From Nepal to Canada: Placing Green Principles for Chronic Disease Prevention at the Centre of the Post-COVID-19 Recovery; A New Podcast.
2020
Centre Connect December 2, 2020
New Commentary; When home is not the safest place: Supporting people at risk of domestic violence during COVID-19; Do you value the public recreation and parks in your community? Have your say!; Congratulations to a Centre for Healthy Communities Scientist.
Centre Connect November 3, 2020
Curbing the Youth Vaping Epidemic; Youth Vaping and Proximity to Schools; Connecting with Practice Affiliates: Tobacco Control; Policy Readiness Tool Infographic; One Health Workshop Series.
Centre Connect September 30, 2020
Entering Accessibility Article and Infographic; Connecting With Partners: Universal Design and Accessibility; Discover YEG Map.
Centre Connect August 20, 2020
A New Centre Initiative; Scientist and Practice Affiliate Responses; New Webinar Collection; Get Involved Today.
Centre Connect July 31, 2020
Social Isolation in Seniors; Family Separation, Isolation, and Migration Policies; Social Participation in Youth.
Centre Connect June 26, 2020
COVID-19 and Mental Health; Financial Strain and Public Health Webinar; Building Financial Well-Being: A Community Planning Toolkit; School Authority Staff: A Key Component of Healthy Communities.
Centre Connect May 25, 2020
Mobile Adventure Playground and Play Charter 'How to' Guides; Mobile Adventure Playgrounds Webinar.
Centre Connect March 5, 2020
Innovation Forum Recap; Edmonton Winter Bike Map.
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