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Renewed GeoConnections
The 2010 Federal Budget announced renewed funding for the GeoConnections program. The Budget provides $11 million in funding over the next two years to continue development of the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) and to provide consolidated geographic-related information to Canadians via the Internet.
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Public Health Geomatics Conference
This project resulted in Canada's first Public Health Geomatics Conference, entitled Geographic Information Systems in Public Health. The conference had two streams - Advancing Public Health Practice through Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and GIS Applications to Public Health Research and was held as part of the 98th Annual Conference of the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA), in Ottawa, Ontario, in September 2007.
The objectives of the project were to increase the public health community's exposure to and awareness of the necessity of incorporating a spatial and temporal aspect to their health data analyses, and the use of geomatics (specifically GIS) to accomplish this.
The conference allowed public health professionals to share research, as well as network and learn from others about spatial issues and methods in public health. The conference promoted geospatial resources for public health professionals, such as tools available through the Public Health Agency of Canada, and data, services and funding provided by GeoConnections and the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure.
Primary Partner:
Public Health Agency of Canada
Ottawa,
Ontario;
Partners:
Canadian Public Health Association
Canadian Institute for Health Information - Canadian Population Health Initiative
Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Institute of Population and Public Health
Funding From GeoConnections: $37,500.00 ( 36.42 %)
Estimated Inception Date: April, 2007
Estimated Completion Date: October, 2007
Deliverables from this project benefitted the following provinces: All provinces