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.
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
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?
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.
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.