Health Canada is “the federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health, while respecting individual choices and circumstances.”
See http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca (Canada)

Health Council of Canada “is mandated to monitor and report on the progress of health care renewal on Canada… the Council reports to the Canadian public and operates as a non-profit agency … 26 councillors, including representatives of federal, provincial and territorial governments, experts and citizen representatives. … have a broad range of experience bringing perspectives from government, health care management, research and community life from across Canada.”
See http://healthcouncilcanada.ca (Canada)

Health and Learning Knowledge Centre (HLKC) is “based in the University of Victoria [and] has been identified to be the national centre of reference for health and learning. A consortium composed of 17 organizations from across the country will help lead the Health and Learning Knowledge Centre activities. This knowledge centre will build on the research that links levels of education and levels of health and will draw upon the active base of researchers in BC and Yukon who specialize in the health- education interface and will also create links among researchers right across the country.”
See http://www.ccl-cca.ca/healthlearning/home/default.asp (Canada)

Horizons Community Development Associates is composed of medical professionals and educators and focuses on measuring community capacity and brokering knowledge for community health action. It has an on-line tool for use to measure community capacity.
See http://www.horizonscda.ca/projects/ccmkit.html (Canada)

Institute for Community Research is dedicated to using research to promote equal access to health, education, and cultural resources. The organization creates collaborative research, education, and program models in health, education, and community/heritage arts that support individual, organizational, and community change. Their website includes examples of community-based research as applied in impoverished communities. See http://www.incommunityresearch.org (United States)