Advisory Committee on Science: About us
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC, the Agency) established the external Advisory Committee on Science (ACS) in 2025 to provide specialized high-quality, impartial, and timely scientific advice to inform the Agency's science and research agenda and priorities. The ACS includes experts in various fields such as public health, epidemiology, genomics, health communication, social sciences, health policy, and more.
Scientific advice from the ACS is provided to the Agency's Chief Science Officer, Chief Public Health Officer, and President. Advice can span a range of science issues, including:
- Science planning: providing critical assessment and guidance on agency-wide proposed scientific agendas, initiatives, and priorities.
- Science and strategic foresight: offering foresight on emerging scientific trends and opportunities for positioning PHAC within the domestic and international science and public health ecosystem.
- Knowledge mobilization: providing guidance on mobilization of scientific findings into actionable public health policies and practices.
- Innovation and direction: enabling and guiding innovative approaches in public health science and research.
- Health equity promotion: promoting the explicit consideration of health equity in all science advice.
Additionally, topics may derive from the Agency's Science Strategy, including scientific guidance on implementation considerations and effective strategies to engage people with lived experience and the public in PHAC's science activities.
For any questions or inquiries, please contact the ACS Secretariat: vos-vs@phac-aspc.gc.ca.