Moving Forward from the COVID-19 Pandemic: 10 Opportunities for Strengthening Canada’s Public Health Systems
Section 4: Conclusion

Appendix 1. Summary of attendee characteristics

The dialogue sessions were attended by 214 unique participants (a total of 484 attendees overall when counting instances where participants attended multiple events). This appendix contains demographic information for the 214 individuals who participated in the events.

Figure A - Racial Identity

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  • Asian: 18%
  • White: 58%
  • Black: 7%
  • Latins: 4%
  • Indigenous: 3%
  • Other: 6%
  • Prefer not to disclose: 2%
  • Undetermined: 3%

Figure B - Gender

Figure B: Long description
  • Man: 22%
  • Woman: 74%
  • Non-binary: 1%
  • Prefer not to disclose: 1%
  • Undetermined: 2%

Figure D - Sector

Figure D: Long description
  • Government: 32%
    • Federal: 14%
    • Provincial: 9%
    • Local: 9%
  • NGO: 6%
  • Research: 28%
  • Student: 15%
  • Other: 19%

Appendix 2. Meeting reports

Individual meeting reports are available upon request.

Please email ipph-ispp@cihr-irsc.gc.ca for full reports on the following meetings:

Dialogue events
Topic Host
Public health data systems
May 12, 2021		 David Buckeridge
Professor, McGill University
Public health workforce planning
May 27, 2021		 Gail Tomblin Murphy
Vice President of Research and Innovation, Nova Scotia Health
Infodemiology – public trust and communication
May 28, 2021

Nicole Damestoy
Chief Executive Officer, Institut national de santé publique du Québec

Lise Gauvin
Professor, Université de Montréal
Mobilizing communities and partnerships
May 28, 2021		 Elaine Hyshka
Assistant Professor, University of Alberta
Governance of Public Health Systems
June 4, 2021

Jane Philpott
Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences and Director, School of Medicine, Queen’s University

Ian Culbert
Executive Director, Canadian Public Health Association
Public health systems in a globalized world
June 4, 2021		 Kelley Lee
Professor, Simon Fraser University
Strengthening the academicpractice interface in public health
June 10, 2021		 Malcolm Steinberg and Greg Penney
Network of Schools and Programs of Population Public Health
Building anti-racist public health systems
June 18, 2021

Sume Ndumbe-Eyoh
Senior Knowledge Translation Specialist, National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health

Nancy Laliberté
Indigenous Health Consultant (Nêhiyaw/Métis)
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