Call out: Member recruitment for the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Services

This call out closes on January 23, 2026.

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• Expert Roster call out for membership on the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Services
• Expertise sought
• How to apply
• Selection process
• Terms and conditions
• Questions

Expert Roster call out for membership on the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Services

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is creating a roster of public health science experts that can be called upon for expert science advice, when needed, to complement internal science expertise. The Expert Roster for the Public Health Agency of Canada will ensure that experts are engaged through a transparent process that considers their skills and Canada's diversity in terms of gender, ethnicity, regions, Indigenous groups, racialized communities and official languages.

The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Services replaces the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care was established in 2009 to develop clinical practice guidelines that support primary care providers in delivering preventive health care.

This pan-Canadian call out will recruit individuals with expertise related to the development of clinical practice guidelines in Canada. The intent is to identify members for the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Services, to be launched in April 2026.

Expertise sought

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Services members will be required to have expertise, knowledge or experience in:

• disease prevention and health promotion of children, youth, and/or adults
• guideline production and dissemination; and
• systematic reviews, their methodology and their application to clinical decision-making and/or policy.

Lived/living experience; a background in primary care or preventive medicine; and expertise in health disparities, health equity, ethics (public health ethics, research ethics, bioethics), or health economics will be considered an asset.

For the purposes of establishing the Expert Roster for the Public Health Agency of Canada, PHAC is seeking submissions from people with a minimum of 10 years' experience working in public health or other relevant fields of expertise, and at least 5 years' experience working in 1 or more of the listed primary specializations (listed alphabetically below, not in order of importance). While the primary purpose of this call out is recruitment to the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Services, you may register your expertise in any of the listed primary specializations:

How to apply

Those meeting the experience criteria are invited to complete the Government of Canada (GC) form, provided in the link above. It's a secure, fillable and accessible form. The submission process takes approximately 10 to 15 minutes to complete.

You can request access to your information at any time to verify or update content. After submitting the GC form, you will receive an email containing instructions for submitting your CV and a Declaration of Affiliations and Interests.

Important notes before getting started

Once a submission is started, it needs to be completed in its entirety. There is no option to save. The following information will be needed for your submission:

• Personal information (name, address, contact information)
• Professional competencies (areas of expertise and research, including years of experience)
• Education
• Employment/affiliations
• CV
• Language skills
• Demographic information for equity, diversity, and inclusion purposes
• Declaration of Affiliations and Interests

Selection process

Your submission will be reviewed by the PHAC's Science and Policy Integration Branch (SPIB).

Expert selection will be at PHAC's discretion, taking into account the combined assessment of education, professional experience, research, publication record, teaching and other science-related activities, and considerations of equity, diversity and inclusion.

Profiles will be reviewed for completeness and alignment with the call out. You will be contacted should additional information be required, your advice is being sought or both.

Terms and conditions

Interested persons must declare any real, potential or apparent conflicts of interest by completing and submitting a Declaration of Affiliations and Interests form. All declarations will be re-verified if or when expert advice is sought.

Individuals must represent themselves in any submission and not submit as representatives of any organization, including governments, commercial industries, research entities, academia, civil society organizations, or any other institutions.

PHAC reserves the right to accept or reject any expression of interest, to annul the call out process and reject all submissions at any time without incurring any liability to the affected applicant or applicants and without any obligation to inform the affected applicant or applicants of the grounds for these actions.

Experts who complete a submission to the Expert Roster for the Public Health Agency of Canada are doing so on a voluntary basis without any remuneration. Should your suitability be identified to provide expert advice on a topic other than that of this call out, it is presumed that you agree to be considered, contacted or both.

Questions

For a copy of the terms of reference for the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Services, please contact: tf.modernization-modernisation.du.ge@phac-aspc.gc.ca.

Should you need more information, refer to the Expert Roster initiative page. If you still have questions, contact Expert_Roster-Liste_d_Experts@phac-aspc.gc.ca with the subject line "Call Out member recruitment for the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Services".

Get additional information on the expert roster.