Our goal is to be the indispensable online resource for environmental health practitioners and policy-makers across Canada. This website was developed for you. As an environmental health practitioner, policy-maker, or researcher who's committed to collaborating on evidence-based practice and policy, please take a moment to provide feedback on how this website meets your needs.

Who We Are

The NCCEH is one of six centres created to foster linkages within the public health community. The centres are funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada through the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health program. Located at the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) in Vancouver, the NCCEH's focus is environmental health, defined initially as services and programs currently delivered by regional and local health agencies in Canada.

Our function is to:

• synthesize, translate, and exchange knowledge;
• identify gaps in research and practice knowledge; and
• build capacity through networks of environmental health practitioners, policy-makers, and researchers.

Since our inception, we have conducted a national environmental scan, produced a needs, gaps, and opportunities assessment report, and set up an advisory board. We also launched this website, which is intended to provide a vehicle for practitioners, policy-makers, and researchers to network and share information.

Click to view a summary of our activities in 2008-2009.

Click to view the NCCEH team. 

What We're Doing

• Producing review, guidance, and summary documents of evidence on topical issues relevant to practitioners and policy-makers.
• Identifying national and global partners and building capacity via secondments, courses, practicums, and other training/sharing opportunities.
• Connecting practitioners, policy-makers, and researchers committed to building and using an evidence-based approach to policy and practice.
• Conducting a major project to enumerate past cases of waterborne illnesses in Canada and identify drinking water system risk factors associated with them. Click to see Report.
• Evaluating our work through an independent process.

To learn more about the NCCEH, please contact us today!