PPH Staff Development

The purpose of the WRHA PPH Staff Development Working Group is to support collective workforce cohesion, program identity, and shared values, and support learning opportunities and capacity building. For more information about the PPH Staff Development Working Group see the group’s Terms of Reference.

The PPH Staff Development Working Group has proposed a plan for the 2019/20 PPH staff development season – review the plan here: PPH Staff Development 2019/20 Plan

Past PPH Staff Development Sessions

Overview 2018/19	PPH Staff Development 2018-19 Plan Summary Report: PPH Staff Development 2018/19
June 12 & 13, 2019 8:30 - 12:00 pm	PPH Staff Development ½ day session Towards New Ways of Working Together Presentations: Population and Public Health Update Ways of Knowing and Working Together Videos: What causes addiction? Two-eyed Seeing: Poet Laureate Rebecca Thomas presents at Halifax Regional Council, 2016
October 2018	Feedback from Staff June Session & Team Discussions 2017/18
June 12 & 13 2018 8:30am - 12 noon	*Working Towards Reconcilliation* Main room slide set
February / March 2018	*Acknowledging Truths* Reading: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Discussion Guide
September/ October 2017	Reading - Let’s Talk: Racism and Health Equity (NCCDH, 2017) Slides and discussion questions found here

June 2017	The 2017 Staff Development Say sessions were held on June 13 and 14 on the topic of *Shifting our Public Health Lens: Integrating Trauma Informed Concepts. Presentations and handouts from the session are available for review: Agenda & Speaker Biographies Dr. Mariette Chartier: What does MB’s population based data tell us?* - slides Alana Maertins: Breaking the Silence: Trauma-informed care - slides Trauma Informed Practice handout & discussion questions Self-care handout
March 2017	Standing Team Agenda: WRHA Harm Reduction Position Statement
January 12^th or 17^th, 2017 9 to 10:30am	Webinar: Community Development "Putting Community in the Driver's Seat"
December 2016	Standing Team Agenda: Cultural Safety Reading Discussion Guide Handout
November 2016	Standing Team Agenda: Understanding Neglect in First Nations Families. NCCAH (2013). Discussion Guide Handout
October 13^th or 18^th, 2016 9 to 10:30am	Webinar: Closing the Gaps in Indigenous Health
July 2016	Standing Team Agenda Discussion Topic: "Let's Talk...Advocacy and Health Equity"
June 2016	The 2016 Staff Development Day sessions were held on June 21 and June 23, 2016 on the topic of Anti-Racism in Indigenous Health. Presentations from the sessions are available for review: Welcome & closing – slides Dr. Marcia Anderson DeCoteau: Levels of Racism – slides The Mothering Project: Leading with Kindness: An approach to anti-racist health care – slides Dr. Ian Whetter: Reflections on White Privilege and White Fragility – slides
May 2016	Standing Team Agenda Discussion Topic: "Let's Talk...Universal and Targeted Approaches to Health Equity"
April, 2016	Webinar: Community Development and Public Health - slides
March 2016	Standing Team Agenda Discussion Topic: "Let's Talk...Moving Upstream"
January 2016	Standing Team Agenda Discussion Topic: "Let's Talk...Populations and the Power of Language"
December 2015	Webinar: Indigenous Health Promotion – slides
November 2015	Standing Team Agenda Discussion Topic: "Let's Talk...Public Health Roles for Improving Health Equity"
October 2015	Standing Team Agenda Discussion Topic: "Let's Talk...Health Equity"
September 2015	Webinar: Healthy Built Environments - Listen to the audio file while scrolling through the slides - Healthy Built Environments - slides - Healthy Built Environments - audio

PPH Staff Development - 2014 Session

The 2014 Staff Development Day sessions were dedicated to conversations about health equity and the work of our program in the WRHA. Scroll through the slides as you can watch the video to hear and see the presentation made in September 2014.

- Building Population and Public Health's Health Equity Plan - presentation slides

- Building Population and Public Health's Health Equity Plan - presentation video

- Health for All: Building Winnipeg's Health Equity Action Plan

- WRHA's Health Equity webpage

PPH Staff Development - 2013 Session Presentations

- Overview and Update on HIV

- Workplace Wellness Ergonomics and Taking Care of Your Darn Self

- Let's Promote Health

- ANCR Presentation 2013

- Panorama Breakout Session (2)

- Panorama - Lynda