About Us

The Role of the Public Health Agency of Canada - Regional (Alberta/NWT)

• Healthy Children and Youth Section
• Population Health Section
• Planning and Operations
• Emergency Preparedness
• Other
  • Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses
  • Field Epidemiology
  • Quarantine Officers

The Mission, Vision and Mandate of the Public Health Agency of Canada

• Mission: To promote and protect the health of Canadians through leadership, partnership, innovation, and action in public health
• Vision: Healthy Canadians and communities in a healthier world
• Mandate: In collaboration with our partners, lead federal efforts and mobilize Pan-Canadian action in preventing disease and injury, and promoting and protecting national and international public health through the following:
  • Anticipate, prepare for, respond to and recover from threats to public health;
  • Carry out surveillance, monitor, research, investigate and report on diseases, injuries, other preventable health risks and their determinants, and the general state of public health in Canada and internationally;
  • Use the best available evidence and tools to advise and support public health stakeholders nationally and internationally as they work to enhance the health of their communities;
  • Provide public health information, advice and leadership to Canadians and stakeholders;
  • Build and sustain a public health network with stakeholders.