====== Canadian Public Health Association ======

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The **Canadian Public Health Association** (CPHA) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that "advises[s] 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."((Canadian Public Health Association. //Vision and mission.// Retrieved December 6, 2021, from https://www.cpha.ca/vision-and-mission))

===== Academic Journal =====

The CPHA publishes the [[Canadian Journal of Public Health]], which "aims to advance public health research and practice in Canada and around the world, contributing to the improvement of the health of populations and the reduction of health inequalities."((Springer. //Canadian Journal of Public Health.// Retrieved December 6, 2021, from https://www.springer.com/journal/41997?error=cookies_not_supported&code=dd01f1b5-c4f8-489c-bd9c-7ca01b9e6685)) Its Editor-in-Chief is [[Louise Potvin]]. The Journal is a member of the [[Committee on Publication Ethics]] (COPE).((Springer. //Ethics & disclosures.// Retrieved December 6, 2021, from https://www.springer.com/journal/41997/ethics-and-disclosures?error=cookies_not_supported&code=525b85a2-3666-4160-93d0-d2217531e287))

In its 2020 Annual Report, the CPHA reported revenue from the journal of $89,799.00 and expenses of $76,339.00, for a profit of $13,460.00.((Canadian Public Health Association. //2020 Annual Report.// Retrieved December 6, 2021, from https://www.cpha.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/about/reports/2020-annual-report-e.pdf)) It made an additional $30,905.00 in revenue from Publication Sales with $25,770.00 in expenses, for a profit of $5,135.00. If these two are combined, the journal made a net profit of $18,595.00 in 2020.

===== Funding and Partnerships =====

Despite claims of independence, the CPHA is funded by groups that cause substantial potentical conflicts of interest including pharmaceutical companies, government agencies, and academic institutions.((Canadian Public Health Association. //Corporate partners.// Retrieved December 6, 2021, from https://www.cpha.ca/corporate-partners)) ((Canadian Public Health Association. //2019 Annual Report.// Retrieved December 6, 2021, from https://www.cpha.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/about/reports/2019-annual-report-web-e.pdf)) ((//2018 Annual Report.// Canadian Public Health Association. Retrieved June 4, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230604220449/https://cpha.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/about/reports/2018-annual-report-web-e.pdf)) ((Canadian Public Health Association. //2017 Annual Report.// Retrieved December 6, 2021, from https://www.cpha.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/about/bod/2017-AR-web_e.pdf)) ((Canadian Public Health Association. //2016 Annual Report.// Retrieved December 6, 2021, from https://www.cpha.ca/sites/default/files/assets/annual-reports/2016_ar_e.pdf)) ((Canadian Public Health Association. //2015 Annual Report.// Retrieved December 6, 2021, from https://www.cpha.ca/sites/default/files/assets/annual-reports/2015_ar_e.pdf)) ((Canadian Public Health Association. //2014 Annual Report.// Retrieved December 6, 2021, from https://www.cpha.ca/sites/default/files/assets/annual-reports/2014_ar_e.pdf)) ((Canadian Public Health Association. //2013 Annual Report.// Retrieved December 6, 2021, from https://www.cpha.ca/sites/default/files/assets/annual-reports/2013_ar_e.pdf)) ((Canadian Public Health Association. //2012 Annual Report.// Retrieved December 6, 2021, from https://www.cpha.ca/sites/default/files/assets/annual-reports/2012_ar_e.pdf)) ((Canadian Public Health Association. //2010 Annual Report.// Retrieved December 6, 2021, from https://www.cpha.ca/sites/default/files/assets/annual-reports/2010_ar_e.pdf))

==== Academia ====

The CPHA receives funding from the following academic institutions:

  * [[Concordia University College of Alberta]]: Department of Public Health
  * [[Lakehead University]]: Department of Health Sciences
  * [[University of Alberta]]: School of Public Health
  * [[University of Lethbridge]]: Faculty of Health Sciences
  * [[University of Toronto]]: Dalla Lana School of Public Health
  * [[University of Waterloo]]: School of Public Health and Health Systems
  * [[University of Western Ontario]]: Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health

==== Government ====

=== Federal ===

The CPHA receives funding from their "benefactors" in the Canadian federal government through the following funding bodies:

  * [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR)
  * [[Canadian Institute for Health Information]] (CIHI)
  * [[Mental Health Commission of Canada]]
  * [[National Collaborating Centres for Public Health]] (NCCPH)
  * [[Public Health Agency of Canada]] (PHAC)

In its 2020 Annual Report, the CPHA reported receiving $518,471.00 from the [[Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy]] fund.

=== Provincial ===

== Alberta ==

  * [[Alberta Health Services]]

== British Columbia ==

  * [[BC Centre for Disease Control]] (BCCDC)
  * [[public_health_agencies:canada:Provincial Health Services Authority]] (PHSA)

== Ontario ==

  * [[Ontario Agency For Health Protection And Promotion]]
  * [[Public Health Ontario]]

== Québec ==

  * [[Institut national de santé publique]]

=== Regional ===

== Alberta ==

  * [[City of Edmonton]]

== British Columbia ==

  * [[First Nations Health Authority]]
  * [[Vancouver Coastal Health]]

==== Healthcare ====

  * [[Nouveau Départ]] (EHN Canada)

==== Insurance Companies ====

  * [[Economical Select]]
  * [[Sun Life Financial]]

==== Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) ====

In their annual reports over the last decade, the CPHA lists funding from the following "Supporters of Public Health in Canada", "Collaborators", and related descriptors:

  * [[Alberta Public Health Association]]
  * [[Assembly of First Nations]]
  * [[Association pour la santé publique du Québec]] (ASPQ)
  * [[Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health]] (CADTH)
  * [[Canadian Alliance for Regional Risk Factor Surveillance]] (CARRFS)
  * [[Doctors of BC]]
  * [[Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada]]
  * [[Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami]]
  * [[Manitoba Public Health Association]] (MPHA)
  * [[Métis National Council]]
  * [[Network of Schools and Programs of Public Health]] (NSPPH)
  * [[Ontario Public Health Association]] (OPHA)
  * [[Public Health Association of British Columbia]]
  * [[Public Health Association of Nova Scotia]] (PHANS)
  * [[Public Health Physicians of Canada]] (PHPC)

==== Pharmaceutical Companies ====

The CPHA receives financial support from all of the major pharmaceutical companies with a stake in the COVID-19 crisis, either directly or through aggregates:

  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Amgen]]
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:AstraZeneca]]
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Biodextris]]
  * BIOTECanada - Vaccine Industry Committee. Aggregated group of pharmaceutical companies.((BIOTECanada. (2021, October 15). //Canada’s Vaccine Industry Committee.// Retrieved December 6, 2021, from http://www.biotech.ca/policy-matters/health/canadas-vaccine-industry-committee/))
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Dynavax]] - Developing a [[https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=covid-19_vaccines|COVID-19 vaccine product]] with [[:pharmaceutical_companies:|Valneva]].((Bachelot-Fontaine, L., Arndt, N., Cole, D., & Pinzolits, T. (2020, April 22). //Valneva and Dynavax Announce Collaboration to Advance Vaccine Development for COVID-19.// Valneva. Retrieved December 6, 2021, from https://valneva.com/press-release/valneva-and-dynavax-announce-collaboration-to-advance-vaccine-development-for-covid-19/))
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:glaxosmithkline|GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)]]
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:IMV]]
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Innovative Medicines Canada]] - Formerly named Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D). Aggregated group of pharmaceutical companies.((Innovative Medicines Canada. //Member Companies.// Retrieved November 2, 2021, from http://innovativemedicines.ca/about/member-companies/))
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Johnson & Johnson]] - Through the parent company as well as [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Janssen]], their pharmaceutical arm.
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Medicago]]
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Merck]]
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Moderna]]
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Novartis]]
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:PlantForm]]
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Pfizer]]
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Precision Nanosystems]]
  * [[ProMIS Neurosciences]]
  * [[Reckitt Benckiser]]
  * [[Red Leaf Medical]]
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Sanofi]]
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Seqirus|Seqirus/CSL]]
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Valneva]] - Developing a [[COVID-19 vaccine]] product with [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Dynavax]].
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:VBI Vaccines]] - Developing a COVID-19 vaccine product with the [[Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations]] (CEPI).((Anderson, N. (2021, March 9). //CEPI and VBI Vaccines Collaborate to Advance Vaccine Candidates Against COVID-19 Variants.// VBI Vaccines. Retrieved November 24, 2021, from https://www.vbivaccines.com/press-releases/cepi-collaboration/)) ((Anderson, N. (2021, September 29). //VBI Vaccines Announces New Preclinical Data and Initiation of VBI-2905 Clinical Study Targeting Broadened Immunity Against COVID-19 and Variants of Concern.// VBI Vaccines. Retrieved November 24, 2021, from https://www.vbivaccines.com/press-releases/initiation-of-vbi-2905-clinical-study/))
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:VIDO-Intervac]] - Based at the [[University of Saskatchewan]]. Developing a "variant-proof" COVID-19 vaccine product with CEPI.((Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). (2021, November 4). //CEPI announces first funding awards in quest to develop ‘variant-proof’ COVID-19 vaccines.// Retrieved December 6, 2021, from https://cepi.net/news_cepi/cepi-announces-first-funding-awards-in-quest-to-develop-variant-proof-covid-19-vaccines/)) ((Brusky, T. (2021, November 4). //CEPI awards USask’s VIDO $6M for vaccine development.// Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization. Retrieved December 6, 2021, from https://www.vido.org/news/cepi)) Partnered with [[:pharmaceutical_companies:South China Vaccine Co. Ltd.]] at [[Guangzhou Science City]] in the [[People's Republic of China]].((South China Vaccine Corporation. //ABOUT US.// Retrieved December 6, 2021, from http://www.gdscvc.com/about)) Receives funding from the [[Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease]] and [[Guangzhou Yuanbo Medical Technology Company]].((Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO). //Annual Report 2019–2020.// Retrieved December 6, 2021, from https://www.vido.org/assets/upload/pdf/annual_reports/VIDO - Annual Report 2019-2020.pdf))
  * [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Virica Biotech]]

==== Supra-national Organizations ====

Some funding for the CPHA comes from outside Canada's borders from international interests:

  * [[Pan American Health Organization]] (PAHO)

===== Projects and Conferences =====

In its 2020 Annual report, the CPHA revealed that its revenue and expenses related to "Projects and Conferences" was identical at $2,924,754.00, for a net profit of $0.

==== CANVax ====

The CPHA funds a project called [[CANVax|The Canadian Vaccination Evidence Resource and Exchange Centre (CANVax)]], an "online database of curated resources to support immunization program planning and promotional activities to improve [[vaccine_hesitancy|vaccine acceptance]] and uptake in Canada."((//About CANVax.// Retrieved December 10, 2021, from https://www.canvax.ca/about-canvax))