Effective policy determines how decisions are made at the local, national, and international level. The CCH helps to ensure that policies consider health implications across a wide array of organisms, individuals and systems. We do this through evaluation of the science-base for policy development as well identifying appropriate institutional roles. Examples of policy consultations include:
- British Columbia Foot-and-Mouth Disease forum and workshop
- Infection control practices in feedlot cattle to reduce or prevent antimicrobial resistance
- Examining the potential impacts of American bullfrogs on drinking water quality
- Bovine tuberculosis surveillance program in British Columbia’s wild cervids
- Disease management in endangered species
- Impacts of management decisions on risks of wildlife shedding zoonotic protozoa into a watershed
- Public health and wildlife rabies
- Marine protected area selection
- Translocation of fish and wildlife
- Environmental impact of drugs