The Grey-Bruce Board of Health, which consists of representatives from Grey County and Bruce County as well as provincial appointees, meets monthly in Grey Bruce Public Health's Boardroom, 101 17th St. E., Owen Sound.
2026 Meeting Schedule Coming Soon.
Recordings of Board of Health meetings can be viewed on Grey Bruce Public Health’s YouTube channel: GreyBrucePublicHealth - YouTube
There may be times when a citizen or group may wish to present to the Board on an issue. You can arrange to be a delegation by contacting the Executive Assistant for the Board of Health. Submit your request by:
Mail: 101 17th Street East Owen Sound ON N4K 0A5
E-mail: AdminMedicalOfficer at AdminMedicalOfficer@publichealthgreybruce.on.ca
Phone: 519-376-9420 ext. 3940
All requests must be received no less than 7 days prior to the meeting date and should include the name(s) of the speaker(s) and the subject matter to be discussed. Delegations are limited to 10 minutes.
Communications addressed to the Board of Health will become part of the public record and may be placed on a public agenda and identified in minutes.
Dr. Brittany Graham
Dr. Graham joined the leadership team at Grey Bruce Public Health in 2025, initially serving as the organization’s Physician Consultant. Dr. Graham was appointed Acting Medical Officer of Health for Grey-Bruce in 2026.
Dr. Graham earned her MD from McMaster University in 2020 before completing a Master of Public Health degree in 2022. She joined GBPH after completing a five-year Public Health and Preventive Medicine Residency (PHPM) from McMaster University.
Dr. Graham brings a multidisciplinary approach to public health with Master’s degrees in Global Health Science (2016) and Social Anthropology (2017) from the University of Oxford.
During residency, she had the opportunity to contribute to a range of public health initiatives, including preventing adverse childhood experiences, supporting immunization, and promoting population mental well-being.
The Public Health Act (1884) established the first boards of health. By 1900, there were over 800 public health units in Ontario including several independent boards across Grey and Bruce Counties. Owen Sound formed a Public Health Department in 1911. Provincial grants to municipalities for health units were established in 1945 prompting Bruce County to establish a consolidated health unit in 1946. Grey County amalgamated several local boards to a county health unit in 1963. The Public Health Act was amended in 1967 requiring municipalities to provide full-time public health services. The Owen Sound and Grey County units amalgamated that year. In 1983, the Health Protection and Promotion Act was proclaimed (revised in 1997). Grey-Owen Sound joined with Bruce in 1989 and as a result of municipal restructuring in 2001 was re-named the Grey Bruce Health Unit.
Ontario’s Health Protection and Promotion Act (HPPA) provides the enabling legislation for boards of health and the statutory basis for the Ontario Public Health Standards. The guiding purpose of the act is to “...provide for the organization and delivery of public health programs and services, the prevention of the spread of disease and the promotion and protection of the health of the people of Ontario.” R.S.O. 1990, c. H.7, s.2
The Ontario Public Health Standards identify guidelines for the provision of mandatory health programs and services including goals, societal outcomes, board of health outcomes and requirements.