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Public Health Landscape

“The public health landscape has changed significantly in the last decade, resulting in a stronger focus on the upstream factors that influence health and health equity,”

Erica Di Ruggiero, PHESC Lead
Director of DLSPH's Office of Global Publich Health Education and Training

Ontario Public Health Standards

"Public health agencies will find this to be a timely and efficient approach to supporting the implementation of the newest set of Ontario Public Health Standards."

Dr. Rosana Salvaterra
Medical Officer of Health for Peterborough

Training For All Levels

"This training will provide frontline workers, middle managers, senior leadership and board memebers with a deeper understanding of foundational areas of public health practice, ultimately resulting in a healthier population."

Erica Di Ruggiero, PHESC Lead
Director of DLSPH's Office of Global Publich Health Education and Training

A Few Words About PHESC

In the spring of 2018, the University of Toronto received a $1-million Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Health and Well-Being Grant to support a comprehensive training program to improve the knowledge, skills and performance of Ontario’s public health workforce.

Public Health Training for Equitable Systems Change (PHESC) is comprised of eight organizations who aim to improve professional skills in health equity, population health assessment and effective public health practice. Training is structured around these three foundational standards and is delivered through a combination of online and in-person workshops, seminars, and short courses. Health equity is an overarching priority of this program, including a focus on Indigenous cultural safety.