PHABC is proud to announce our 12th annual public health summer institute, “Fake or Fact? Promoting Digital Health Literacy in an Era of New Media and Misinformation,” happening Thursday June 24th and Friday June 25th, 2021. Once again, we have partnered with Saskatchewan Public Health Association, Public Health Agency of Canada, and Yukon Public Health Community of Practice to host this event across Canada.
As a result of the ongoing pandemic, we will be hosting our summer institute entirely online, so no matter where you are in the country you can join us virtually. Registration is on now via Eventbrite, for only $50 plus taxes you can join us online to explore the population health challenges and opportunities related to the dissemination, diffusion and promotion of health information in the digital age.
As an added bonus, registrants who are located within BC, Saskatchewan or Yukon will receive a complimentary one-year membership to their region’s public health association!
We are excited to have Dr. Lorie Donelle, associate professor at the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing at Western University, and Dr. Simon Carroll, adjunct professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Victoria, as scientific program co-chairs for this year’s school on digital health literacy. Dr. Irv Rootman, chair of the BC Health Literacy Network and BC representative for Health Promotion Canada, will serve as our honorable co-chair.
We will be releasing more information on the summer institute; it’s agenda, featured speakers, etc., in the coming weeks. To keep up to date on everything summer institute related follow the link below:
From February 3rd, 2021 to March 3rd, 2021, the Public Health Association of BC (PHABC) conducted a survey on food access programming and organizations. A foundational analysis was done on the results of the survey in an effort to characterize and understand the current landscape of food access programming across British Columbia (BC).
To read the final report and executive summary, including our recommendations to strengthing food access in BC, follow this link: Food Access in British Columbia
This project was made possible through funding from the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction via the Victoria Foundation’s Food Security Provincial Initiatives Fund, and a McConnell Foundation grant.
We know many of you will be celebrating in different ways this year, so from our family to yours, we hope that you can still take joy in the holidays and connect virtually with those you love.
As a thank you to our dedicated team members and all the hard work they have done to manage and grow their programs during this unprecedented time, we will be closing our office from 5pm Friday December 18th, 2020 to Monday January 4th, 2021 at 9am to allow them to unplug, recharge, and come back in 2021 ready to create change for the benefit of all British Columbians.
Want to start the New Year with a New Job? PHABC is hiring!
We’re looking for a part-time (0.5FTE) Financial Officer to join our administrative team in Victoria, BC. As Financial Officer, the individual will be responsible for all financial tasks related to the running of the Association’s office, including full-cycle accounting, the ongoing maintenance of internal records & reports, and the preparation and maintenance of records & schedules for all projects and programs.
Due to the current pandemic, this is a work from home position but requires the candidate to live in Victoria, BC and have reliable transportation across the capital region. A valid driver’s license and access to a personal vehicle is preferred. In-office work and some travel across BC may be required once pandemic circumstances lift.
We will be accepting resumes and cover letters until 4pm onFriday January 8th, 2021 via email to Christina Harding at coordinator@phabc.org. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
PHABC is an equal opportunity organization & all qualified applicants will receive consideration for this position without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, or age.
Gallery of Memories
Introductory session now available on YouTube!
Did you miss the launch of “Gallery of Memories: Public Health Perspectives During the 2020 Pandemic” at our Annual General Meeting on December 3rd, 2020? Well, you’re in luck! We have posted the video to our YouTube channel and you can access it any time by following this link: https://youtu.be/oI6yo8sVWdU
This project has been spearheaded by the Capacity Building Committee Co-chairs and will support the collection of stories, art, and experiences of Public Health Professionals working under colliding pandemics. We encourage you to listen to their experiences, this is meant to be the start of an engaging project to celebrate public health professionals across the province.
Keep watching the PHABC website for more information about this project in the new year and start reflecting on how your practice has been affected by the pandemics. Maybe we will tell your story next!
We hope everyone stays safe and healthy through the holiday season so we can continue working together to create a safe, healthy, and fair BC for all.
If this were a normal year, we would be getting excited to welcome you in person to our conference and annual general meeting. Unfortunately, this year is quite unlike any other and so we have moved our Annual General Meeting online in the hopes that many of you will still be able to join us.
On Thursday December 3rd, 2020 from 12:00pm to 1:30pm; grab your lunch, log in to your Zoom account and come learn about what our association has been doing this past year & how we have managed through the first 8 months of this pandemic.
The first hour will be our official agenda for the meeting but please stay for the remaining time for the launch of “The Gallery of Memories,” Capacity Building Committee’s new project consisting of a collection of stories, art, and experiences of public health professionals working and living under colliding pandemics. We encourage you to sit back and listen to the experiences told by this first set of storytellers.
More information about the Annual General Meeting, including Zoom connection instructions, is available here: https://phabc.org/agm-2020/
We cannot wait to welcome you to our Virtual AGM and hope that everyone is staying safe and healthy as we take a step back once again from social interactions to collectively bend the curve.
This is your opportunity to get more recognition for the work you’ve been doing, get reimbursed for your time based on best practice compensation for peers, and help us to create a tight-knit community of likeminded individuals, organizations and groups fighting against overdose and drug poisoning deaths. Act fast, we won’t be extending the deadline again!
The application only takes a few minutes to complete. If you are really pressed for time just leave us your contact information and we will follow up with you to get the whole story. If you can answer all the questions in the online form, that’s great! But if you just don’t have time right now, we get it. That’s why we’re keeping it as barrier-free as possible.
For those who were able to submit their work already, thank you for working hard to meet the original deadline! We’ll follow up if we need to for any clarifications. If you haven’t yet, get on it! Check out the form, all the details about the project, and complete your application before midnight on the 30th by following this link: phabc.org/essential-practices-2020-submission-form/
Once the call closes, we may request some follow up information through December and we will work closely with our advisory committee to select which submissions will be featured in our series. You should know the status of your submission by the end of January!
For those of you who are not submitting your work for consideration but are still passionate about the fight against drug overdoses and poisoning in this province and beyond, stay tuned! This series is only part of our plan to launch a network along with a dedicated webpage of resources related to overdose response & prevention.
Please follow our social media for updates on this project in the new year!
Please also feel free to connect with us via email at essential.practices@phabc.orgif you want to be a part of this network or have some resources you think would be suitable for our resources page.
Together we can create safe, healthy, and inclusive communities for all.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the availability of key resources we have come to the decision to reschedule our virtual Annual General Meeting to a new date.
PHABC annual report will be made available in advance on our website, phabc.org, by clicking “About PHABC” under the “About Us” tab of our main menu.
Once the AGM has been completed at 1:00pm we invite you to stay for the opening stage of “The Gallery of Memories.” This project, developed by PHABC’s Capacity Building Committee co-chairs, will support collecting stories, art, and experiences of Public Health professionals working under colliding pandemics.
The following professionals are our first storytellers.
Trevor Hancock, Morris dancer and Professor & Senior Scholar (Retired), School of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria
Lara Frederick, Public Health Program Lead, Northeast Division, Northern Health
Aaren Topley, Provincial Manager, Can You Dig It, Public Health Association of BC
Paola Ardiles, Faculty Teaching Fellow & Lecturer, Social Innovation and Community Partnerships, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
We hope that this project will be a way to celebrate everything our public health professionals have been doing for the health of all British Columbians. We thank you for your dedication to public health and your perseverance though this pandemic.
