Canadian Public Health Association

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.”¹⁾

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.”²⁾ Its Editor-in-Chief is Louise Potvin. The Journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).³⁾

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 $13,460.00.⁴⁾ 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.

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.^{5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14)}

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

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.

• Alberta Health

• BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)
• Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA)

• Ontario Agency For Health Protection And Promotion
• Public Health Ontario

• Institut national de santé publique

• City of Edmonton

• First Nations Health Authority
• Vancouver Coastal Health

• Nouveau Départ (EHN Canada)

• Economical Select
• Sun Life Financial

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)

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:

• Amgen
• AstraZeneca
• Biodextris
• BIOTECanada - Vaccine Industry Committee. Aggregated group of pharmaceutical companies.¹⁵⁾
• Dynavax - Developing a COVID-19 vaccine product with Valneva.¹⁶⁾
• GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
• IMV
• Innovative Medicines Canada - Formerly named Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D). Aggregated group of pharmaceutical companies.¹⁷⁾
• Johnson & Johnson - Through the parent company as well as Janssen, their pharmaceutical arm.
• Medicago
• Merck
• Moderna
• Novartis
• PlantForm
• Pfizer
• Precision Nanosystems
• ProMIS Neurosciences
• Reckitt Benckiser
• Red Leaf Medical
• Sanofi
• Seqirus/CSL
• Valneva - Developing a COVID-19 vaccine product with Dynavax.
• VBI Vaccines - Developing a COVID-19 vaccine product with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI).^{18) 19)}
• VIDO-Intervac - Based at the University of Saskatchewan. Developing a “variant-proof” COVID-19 vaccine product with CEPI.^{20) 21)} Partnered with South China Vaccine Co. Ltd. at Guangzhou Science City in the People's Republic of China.²²⁾ Receives funding from the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease and Guangzhou Yuanbo Medical Technology Company.²³⁾
• Virica Biotech

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

• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

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.

The CPHA funds a project called 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 acceptance and uptake in Canada.”²⁴⁾