| Year |
Highlights |
| 2024 |
Participated in discussions with the Ministry of Health and Public Health Ontario about the current and future state of public health data |
| 2023 |
Regular operations back underway post-pandemic
Ontario Health Liaison role added to the organization
APHEO became incorporated under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act |
| 2020 |
Non-essential business suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
Epidemiology Capacity Assessment released |
| 2018 |
Orientation manual for new epidemiologists developed
Policy & Procedure manual produced
Finance Committee created |
| 2017 |
Changes to membership criteria grew the number of full members
Moved to a fully electronic voting process |
| 2015 |
APHEO rejoins the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA) as
a constituent society
APHEO's new website is launched |
| 2012 |
Semi-annual workshop held as Ontario Public Health Convention (TOPHC) Post-Convention Workshop
APHEO's new logo is released |
| 2011 |
Switched to webinar based business meetings and education session |
| 2010 |
First workshop to be held every other year alternating with conferences |
| 2009 |
First joint conference with Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CSEB) held in Ottawa |
| 2008 |
Chronic Disease Risk Factor Inventory Matrix prototype developed by APHEO for PHAC
Parts of APHEO website including Core Indicators Project updated to community-based wiki style
Third strategic planning session held and updated strategic plan produced for 2009-2012 |
| 2007 |
First meeting of the Pan-Canadian Public Health Epidemiology Network atttended by APHEO members
First year of a three-year Epidata Project |
| 2006 |
First joint meeting held between the Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health and APHEO
Core Competencies for Public Health Epidemiologists drafted
Epidata Project planning initiated with the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and the Denmark Epidata Group
APHEO provides consultation in the development of the
Ontario Public Health Standards (OPHS) and Public Health Assessment
Protocol (PHAS) and the Core Indicators become integrated into the OPHS |
| 2005 |
Further enhancements to website and APHEOLIST |
| 2004 |
Inaugural APHEO Award of Excellence presented to Carla Troy
Executive Committe expanded to include Past President position
Second strategic planning session held and updated strategic plan produced for 2004-2007 |
| 2003 |
New URL www.apheo.ca and web site redesign |
| 2002 |
Became Constituent Society of OPHA
Expanded annual conference from 1.5 days to full two day event
Second round of indicators project "Core Indicators for
Public Health in Ontario” website www.cehip.org/apheo/indicators
launched |
| 2001 |
APHEOLIST listserve initiated and maintained for APHEO by CEHIP |
| 2000 |
Held first strategic planning session and produced strategic directions for APHEO |
| 1999 |
alPHa Resolution: Reinstating Provincial Notice of Birth or Stillbirth (PNOB) Forms to Boards of Health
Promotional display produced
Core Population Health Indicators for Ontario produced |
| 1998 |
alPHa Resolution: Improving Provincial Birth Data |
| 1997 |
APHEO website launched www.cehip.org/apheo, APHEO logo produced
The association was expanded to include affiliates - those
who have an interest in public health epidemiology and don’t meet
membership requirements |
| 1996 |
First annual report produced |
| 1995 |
Became affiliate organization of the Association of Local
Official Health Agencies (ALOHA, now alPHa, Association of Local Public
Health Agencies), and member organization of Ontario Council on
Community Health Accreditation (OCCHA) |
| 1994 |
First constitution approved including official name and mission |
| 1993 |
The first annual APHEO workshop, with a topic of Perinatal Epidemiology, was held at the University of Toronto. |
| 1992 |
Draft terms of reference created for "Ontario Association of Health Unit Epidemiologists” (unofficial name)
Schedule of quarterly meetings was established and the first executive committee was elected |
| 1991 |
Local Epidemiologists Lili Davis-Burchat and Manjusha Gossain
summoned all interested parties to an initial meeting in Etobicoke.
Fourteen attended and the "Health Unit Epidemiologist Group” took root |
