Canadian Policy Research Network has a mission “to help make Canada a more just,
prosperous and caring society. It seeks to do this through excellent and timely research,
effective networking and dissemination, and by providing a valued neutral space within which an open dialogue among all interested parties can take place.” The organization
does research related to health. The web site includes a large collection of full-text
documents.
See http://www.cprn.com (Canada)
Canadian Public Health Agency is an agency of the government of Canada created to
renew the public health system in Canada and support a sustainable health care system.
Its mission is “to promote and protect the health of Canadians through leadership,
partnership, innovation and action in public health.” It hosts a large collection of reports
and articles related to health promotion.
See http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/new_e.html (Canada)
Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) is a national, not-for-profit association representing public health in Canada with links to the international public health community. CPHA's mission is “to constitute a special national resource in Canada that advocates for the improvement and maintenance of personal and community health…” It contains many links to other health-related organizations and has a collection of full-text research reports and articles. http://www.cpha.ca/ (Canada)
Canadian Women's Health Network (CWHN) works to improve the health and lives of girls and women. As such, it is guided by a woman-centred vision of health and wellness and believes that the social conditions that impact on health must be addressed. The web
site includes some publications and research bulletins.
See http://www.cwhn.ca/index.html(Canada)
Centre for Community Health Promotion Research, University of Victoria focuses
on “research that investigates the complex interrelatedness of the broad determinants of health and systemic changes required to promote health, particularly at the community level.”
See http://web.uvic.ca/calendar2005/CAL/Rese/CfCoHPR.html (Canada)
Centre for Health Promotion “…is a community-academic partnership. The Centre is
committed to excellence in education, evaluation and research. In a multi-disciplinary,
collaborative context it activates, develops and evaluates innovative health promotion
approaches in Canada and abroad.”
See http://www.utoronto.ca/chp (Canada)