12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Organization

Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) / Association canadienne de santé publique (ACSP) - Address, activities & membership

Address:

404 - 1525 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, ON  K1Z 8R9
Canada

Telephone number: 613-725-3769  Ext. 142

• Contact information in previous versions

  • 404 - 1525 Carling Avenue
    Ottawa, ON  K1Z 8R9
    Canada
    
    Telephone number: 613-725-3769  Ext. 142
    
    Fax number: 613-725-9826  
    
    
  • 300 - 1565 Carling Avenue
    Ottawa, ON  K1Z 8R1
    Canada
    
    Telephone number: 613-725-3769  Ext. 127
    
    Fax number: 613-725-9826  
    
    
  • 400-1565 Carling Avenue
    Ottawa, ON  K1Z 8R1
    Canada
    
    Telephone number: 613-725-3769  Ext. 127
    
    Fax number: 613-725-9826  
    
    

Description of the organization's activities:
Founded in 1910, the Canadian Public Health Association is the independent voice for public health in Canada with links to the international community. As the only Canadian non-governmental organization focused exclusively on public health, we are uniquely positioned to advise decision-makers about public health system reform and to guide initiatives to help safeguard the personal and community health of Canadians and people around the world.

• Descriptions of the organization's activity in previous versions:

  • The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) is a national not-for-profit voluntary membership association founded in 1910 and incorporated in 1912. CPHA is composed of health professionals from over 25 health-related disciplines. Its members believe in universal and equitable access to the basic conditions necessary to achieve health for all Canadians. CPHA develops and communicates its positions and policies to promote healthy public policy, programs and practices. It also undertakes initiatives that develop tools and resources for public health practitioners and provides a forum for discussion on public health issues. CPHA promotes the improvement and maintenance of personal and community health according to the public health principles of disease prevention, health promotion and health protection.
  • The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) is a national not-for-profit association incorporated in 1912. CPHA is composed of health professionals from over 25 health disciplines and is active in conducting and supporting health and social programs both nationally and internationally. CPHA stresses its partnership role by working with federal and provincial government departments and international agencies, non-governmental organizations and the private sector in conducting research and health services programs.Mission Statement: The Canadian Public Health Association is a national, independent, not-for-profit, voluntary association representing public health in Canada with links to the international public health community. CPHA's members believe in universal and equitable access to the basic conditions which are necessary to achieve health for all Canadians.CPHA's mission is to constitute a special national resource in Canada that advocates for the improvement and maintenance of personal and community health according to the public health principles of disease prevention, health promotion and protection and healthy public policy.

Organization's membership or classes of membership:
Membership in the association is voluntary, and fee-based. Membership is open to any individual who subscribes to CPHA's vision and mission and is engaged or interested in public health. Membership categories are: Regular; Student (for full-time post-secondary students); Career in Transition (for people early in their career, newly-arrived in Canada, under- or unemployed, or otherwise living on a reduced income); Retired; and Honorary Life.

• Organization's memberships or classes of memberships in previous versions:

  • CPHA's members give the association unparalleled credibility, direction and authority to speak out on public health issues. The members also provide expertise and they volunteer their time to assist the association advance its work. Membership in the association is voluntary, and fee-based. Membership is open to any individual who subscribes to CPHA's mandate and objectives and is engaged or interested in public health. Membership categories are: Regular; Student (for full-time post-secondary students); Retired; Low Income; International (for non-residents of Canada); and Honorary Life.
  • The membership is the strength and spirit of CPHA. Members give the Association unparalleled credibility, direction and authority, as well as expertise and human resources, both nationally and internationally. In return, the Association provides members with an opportunity to speak out on broader public health issues, outside discipline boundaries.Membership in CPHA is voluntary. The composition of members encompasses professionals in public health practice, professors and researchers in universities and colleges, government workers and individuals interested in issues that affect community and public health.Membership is open to any individual who subscribes to the objectives of the Association and is engaged or interested in community or public health activities. CPHA categories of membership are: Regular, Student, for full time, post-secondary students, Retired, Low Income, International, for non-residents of Canada, Corporate, Honorary Life.

End date of the last completed financial year: 2022-12-31

List of Government Funding

Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Health Canada (HC)	$839,879.00	Yes
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)	$2,359,673.91	Yes