AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
For immunization providers: Interim national vaccine storage, handling and transportation guidelines for ultra-low temperature and frozen temperature COVID-19 vaccines

The objective of the Interim National Vaccine Storage, Handling and Transportation Guidelines for Ultra-Low Temperature and Frozen Temperature COVID-19 Vaccines – 2021 is to supplement and update the guidance for storage, handling and transportation of ultra-low temperature and frozen temperature COVID-19 vaccines for immunization providers in Canada.


Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Expert Advisory Group Report 1: Charting a Path toward Ambition

This first report from the Expert Advisory Group articulates key findings from those deliberations including: establishing an ambition for Canada's health data ecosystem, understanding the root causes that have prevented progress, highlighting opportunities from a revitalised approach, and developing a practical set of areas of focus and principles. These will be elaborated in future reports to guide the development of a pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy.

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
At a Glance: Departmental Evaluation Plan for the Public Health Agency of Canada, 2021-22 to 2025-26

The Office of Audit and Evaluation (OAE) Departmental Evaluation Plan for PHAC describes the Program Evaluation Division's scheduled work for the five-year period from 2021-22 to 2025-26. The Plan was developed to meet PHAC's commitments under the Policy on Results (2016), which requires that each department prepare a five-year plan, annually updated. The projects included in this Evaluation Plan were selected to ensure full coverage of all Grant and Contribution spending over $5 million annually over a five-year period, prior commitments in Treasury Board Submissions, the information needs of program management, and program risks, and optimal use of resources. The Departmental Results Framework (DRF), program inventory, and performance information profiles developed by PHAC have formed the basis for this plan.

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Transition book for the Chair and CEO of the Canadian Transportation Agency - 2021

This is the transition binder for the new Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), France Pégeot, appointed on June 1st, 2021.
The binder contains briefing information on CTA Governance, legal framework, industry trends and other relevant information. A detailed overview of CTA's branches is also available.
 


Organization: Canadian Transportation Agency | Office des transports du Canada
Novel Food Information - Cotton Producing Demethylase (DMO) and Phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) - MON 88701

Health Canada has notified Monsanto Canada, Inc. that it has no objection to the food use of herbicide tolerant cotton event MON 88701. The Department conducted a comprehensive assessment of this cotton event according to its Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Novel Foods. 

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Novel Food Information - FloraGLO® Crystalline Lutein

Health Canada has notified Kemin Foods, L.C. that it has no objection to the sale of FloraGLO® Crystalline Lutein as a food ingredient to be added to a wide variety of foods at lutein levels of 0.3 to 10 mg/serving or reference amount to beverages, cereals, puddings and fillings, trail mix, plant based beverages, egg products, margarine-like spreads, salad dressings, frozen desserts, soups, candies, and at 20 mg/day level in food for special dietary use intended as the sole source of nutrition. The Department has conducted a comprehensive safety assessment of the addition of lutein to the Canadian food supply, according to its Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Novel Foods Derived from Plants and Microorganisms.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Non-Commercial Radio - Statistical and financial summaries 2016-2020

This report presents a summary of statistical and financial data from the annual returns provided by non-commercial radio stations for the broadcast year ended 31 August 2020.

Data for the non-commercial radio stations provides a five-year comparative financial analysis by language, region as well as by type: campus, community, Indigenous (Type B Native) and religious. For the purpose of this publication, religious stations are strictly comprised of non-commercial services as commercial religious stations are included in the main Radio Statistical and Financial Summaries.

In order to avoid disclosure issues, regions with two or fewer ultimate owners have been combined with another region.

Organization: Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission | Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes
Novel Food Information – Glyphosate tolerant Corn – HCEM485

Health Canada has notified Stine Seed Farm, Inc. that it has no objection to the food use of corn expressing a version of corn 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase to confer tolerance to glyphosate herbicide. The Department conducted a comprehensive assessment of this corn event according to its Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Novel Foods. 

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Appearance of The President of Shared Services Canada  Report 1, Procuring Complex Information Technology Solutions,      of the 2021 Reports of the Auditor General 

Opening Statement for the President of Shared Services Canada

1. Opening Statement for the President of Shared Services Canada
2. Auditor General 2021 Report 1 – Procuring Complex Information Technology Solutions
3. Management Action Plan for Shared Services Canada – Procuring Complex Information Technology Solutions (2021) (OAE)
4. Issue Note: 2021 Reports of the Auditor General - Procuring Information Technology Solutions
5. PACP Committee Overview

Procurement

1. Issue Note: Procurement at Shared Services Canada
2. Issue Note: Data Analytics at Shared Services Canada

Next Generation Human Resources and Pay

1. Issue Note: Next Generation Human Resources and Pay

Workplace communications services

1. Issue Note: Workplace Communication Services Procurement

Organization: Shared Services Canada | Services partagés Canada
Aging and chronic diseases: A profile of Canadian seniors

Aging and Chronic Diseases: A Profile of Canadian Seniors. This report was developed before the current pandemic and focuses on the health and chronic disease patterns of Canadian seniors. It provides the data and scientific context we need to make evidence-based decisions to address chronic diseases, some of which increase the risk of severe COVID-19, and other challenges to the health of seniors. Going forward, we will monitor the impacts related to the comorbidity of COVID-19 and chronic diseases and other long-term consequences.

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, Vol 41, No 1, January 2021

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy and Practice (the HPCDP Journal) is the monthly, online scientific journal of the Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch of the Public Health Agency of Canada. The journal publishes articles on disease prevention, health promotion and health equity in the areas of chronic diseases, injuries and life course health. Content includes research from fields such as public/community health, epidemiology, biostatistics, the behavioural and social sciences, and health services or economics.


Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, Vol 41, No 5, May 2021

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy and Practice (the HPCDP Journal) is the monthly, online scientific journal of the Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch of the Public Health Agency of Canada. The journal publishes articles on disease prevention, health promotion and health equity in the areas of chronic diseases, injuries and life course health. Content includes research from fields such as public/community health, epidemiology, biostatistics, the behavioural and social sciences, and health services or economics.

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Vaccination Coverage Goals and Vaccine Preventable Disease Reduction Targets by 2025

As part of the National Immunization Strategy objectives for 2016-2021, vaccination coverage goals and vaccine preventable disease reduction targets were set based on international standards and best practices. The goals and targets are consistent with Canada's commitment to World Health Organization (WHO) disease elimination targets and Global Vaccine Action Plan, while reflecting the Canadian context.

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, Vol 41, No 6, June 2021

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy and Practice (the HPCDP Journal) is the monthly, online scientific journal of the Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch of the Public Health Agency of Canada. The journal publishes articles on disease prevention, health promotion and health equity in the areas of chronic diseases, injuries and life course health. Content includes research from fields such as public/community health, epidemiology, biostatistics, the behavioural and social sciences, and health services or economics.

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Community Liaison Committee to the Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health: Report May 2019

The CLC was established 20 years ago as an independent group to bridge communication between the laboratory and community residents. By remaining at arm's-length from CSCHAH, we ensure the transparent and open flow of information. Our committee members represent all Manitobans and come from a variety of both science and non-science backgrounds. All members are volunteers, and all are nominated by various stakeholders and community groups.

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Wider impacts of COVID-19: A look at how substance-related harms across Canada have changed during the pandemic

There is an increasing concern about a range of wider impacts of the pandemic response. Among these is the impact on problematic substance use. Feelings of isolation, stress and anxiety, lack of a regular schedule, boredom and limited available or accessible services for people who use substances may impact harms.
Deaths, hospitalizations and visits to the emergency department are examples of harms.

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
COVID-19 information and resources: reducing your risk for infection and spreading the virus

Canadians can access comprehensive information and resources on COVID-19 on the Government of Canada coronavirus disease website Canada.ca/coronavirus, including updates on the current situation, self-assessment and mental and physical health resources. The website also provides guidance on limiting the spread of the virus to others in community, business and medical professional settings. Immediate mental health and substance use supports are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to Canadians of all ages and at no cost, at the Wellness Together Canada online portal. Additional information on the epidemiology of COVID-19 for public health professionals is available in the daily COVID-19 in Canada epidemiology update. Many more webpages.


Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program

The Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP) is an injury and poisoning surveillance system that collects and analyzes data on injuries to people who are seen at the emergency rooms of 11 pediatric hospitals (and one children's outpatient clinic within a general hospital) and 9 general hospitals in Canada.

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Cancer in Young People in Canada Data Tool

The Cancer in Young People in Canada (CYP-C) Data Tool provides pan-Canadian surveillance data on children and youth with cancer to inform research and planning for cancer control efforts. The CYP-C surveillance system operates through a collaboration between the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, and the C17 Council, a network of all seventeen children’s cancer hospitals across the country.

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Novel Food Information - Avocado Pulp, Tomato-based Salsas, and Guacamole Treated by High Pressure Processing (HPP)

Health Canada has notified Gridpath Solutions Inc. that it has no objection to the food use of avocado pulp, guacamole, and tomato-based salsas treated by high pressure processing (HPP). The Department conducted a comprehensive assessment of these HPP-treated food products according to its Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Novel Foods. 

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Novel Food Information - Chromax® as a source of trivalent chromium in foods for special dietary use

Health Canada has notified Nutrition 21, Inc., that it has no objection for the use of Chromax® (chromium picolinate) as an alternate source of trivalent chromium in foods for special dietary use as defined in Division 24 of Part B of the Food and Drug Regulations (FDR).

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Novel Food Information - Cibus Canola Event 5715 (Imidazolinone and Sulfonylurea Herbicide Tolerant)

Health Canada has notified Cibus US LLC, a legal affiliate of Cibus Canada Inc., that it has no objection to the food use of Cibus canola event 5715. The Department conducted a comprehensive assessment of this canola variety according to its Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Novel Foods. 

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Novel Food Information - Cluster dextrin®, CCD® (cyclic dextrin, highly branched)

Health Canada has notified Glico Nutrition Co., Ltd. that it has no objection to the sale of Cluster Dextrin®, CCD® (cyclic dextrin, highly branched) as a food ingredient to be added to foods and beverages in Canada. CCD® is intended to be used as a carbohydrate source, totally or partially replacing conventional digestible carbohydrates in a variety of food categories at a level ranging from 3% to 50%. 

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Novel Food Information - Arctic Apple Events GD743 and GS784

Health Canada has notified Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc. that it has no objection to the food use of Arctic Apple events GD743 (Golden Delicious (GD) variety) and GS784 (Granny Smith (GS) variety). The Department conducted a comprehensive assessment of these varieties according to its Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Novel Foods. 

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, Vol 40, No 7/8, July/August 2020

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy and Practice (the HPCDP Journal) is the monthly, online scientific journal of the Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch of the Public Health Agency of Canada. The journal publishes articles on disease prevention, health promotion and health equity in the areas of chronic diseases, injuries and life course health. Content includes research from fields such as public/community health, epidemiology, biostatistics, the behavioural and social sciences, and health services or economics.


Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Infection prevention and control for COVID-19: Interim guidance for outpatient and ambulatory care settings

This document provides guidance specific to the COVID-19 pandemic in outpatient and ambulatory care settings. Outpatient and ambulatory care settings are defined here as those providing health care on an outpatient basis and can include hospital-based and non-hospital based clinics, physician offices, community health centers and urgent care centers.

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Guidance for providers of services for people experiencing homelessness (in the context of COVID-19)

Organizations, community health workers and volunteers play an important role in helping prevent the spread of COVID-19 among those who experience homelessness. It is important that these service providers plan ahead and take precautions in their environments/workplaces, based on public health advice to reduce disruptions to their services. 

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health Communication: Use of Non-Medical Masks (or Facial Coverings) by the Public

Canadian public health guidance related to COVID-19 has been changing as the evidence base and our understanding of COVID-19 is rapidly evolving. We are continually looking at the evidence as it is being produced and working with our partners across the country and around the world to learn more.

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Lifting of restrictive public health measures - Recommendations from the F/P/T Special Advisory Committee on COVID-19

This document provides recommendations and guidance for re-opening approaches that can be tailored to jurisdictions across the country. It draws on and supports the First Ministers Statement on a shared public health approach to support restarting the economy, and elaborates further advice on indicators that governments can use and a proposed gradual approach to lifting of public health measures

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Risk-informed decision-making guidelines for workplaces and businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic

Workplaces/businesses can implement key measures to limit the spread of the virus in their settings. Workplaces/ businesses are heterogeneous; therefore, the Public Health Agency of Canada recommends that employers and business owners conduct a risk assessment to determine the most appropriate public health actions for a particular workplace/business during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Interim guidance: Management of mass fatalities during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic

The Public Health Agency of Canada, in collaboration with Canadian public health and infection prevention and control (IPC) experts and the Funeral Services Association of Canada, has developed this guidance on public health measures for the management of mass fatalities from COVID-19. The guidance is for local and regional planners, community leaders, funeral service workers, medical examiners, and coroners.

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Interim guidance: Death care services and handling of dead bodies during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic

The Public Health Agency of Canada, in collaboration with Canadian public health, infection prevention and control (IPC) experts, and the Funeral Service Association of Canada has developed this document to provide guidance on IPC and public health measures in relation to death care services in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Infection Prevention and Control for COVID-19: Interim Guidance for Long Term Care Homes

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) develops evidence-informed infection prevention and control guidelines and recommendations to complement provincial and territorial public health efforts in monitoring, preventing, and controlling healthcare-associated infections. The intended purpose of this document is to provide interim guidance to Long Term Care Homes to prevent transmission of COVID-19.

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Public Health Agency of Canada releases interim guidance for infection prevention and control of COVID-19 for long-term care homes

The Public Health Agency of Canada released evidence-informed guidelines to help residents, seniors and health care workers in long-term care homes remain safe and healthy. The "Infection Prevention and Control for COVID-19: Interim Guidance for Long-Term Care Homes" provides recommendations that complement provincial and territorial public health efforts to prevent and control health care-associated infections.

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Appearance of the Honourable Steven Guilbeault Before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (CHPC) about Bill C-10, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts

Briefing binder used by the Honourable Steven Guilbeault Before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (CHPC) about Bill C-10, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts

Organization: Canadian Heritage | Patrimoine canadien
2016 Census Road Network File

The census road network files are digital representations of Canada's national road network, containing information such as street names, types, directions and address ranges. The 2016 Census Road Network File also includes the unique identifier, name and type for each side of a street arc (where applicable) for the following geographic levels: provinces and territories, census subdivisions, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations. In the 2016 Census Road Network File, streets are ranked according to five levels of detail, suitable for mapping at small to medium scales.


Organization: Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada