The Public Health Agency of Canada's new Centre for Surveillance, Integrated Insights, and Risk Assessment (SIIRA) has adapted the Tripartite Zoonosis Guide’s Joint Risk Assessment (JRA) Operational Tool as a cornerstone for its infectious disease risk assessments, owing to its adaptability, comprehensive guidance, and scientific integrity. In Canada, the collaborative JRA methodology underpins SIIRA's rapid risk assessment strategy for infectious diseases and aligns with the One Health Approach to Risk Assessment framework, a collaborative effort between SIIRA and partners across One Health sectors. Although not used in workshop format, key components have become the basis for SIIRA’s ongoing risk assessment processes across diverse risk questions. Integral to Canada's utilization of the JRA are its: 1) systematic procedures for risk framing, steered by a committee, 2) structuring of the assessment around a risk pathway model, 3) precise formulation of risk questions, and 4) integration of risk assessment with risk management and risk communication strategies. These components enhance not only internal collaborative processes, but also support cooperative engagement and effort across sectors.

Additionally, SIIRA has further adapted the JRA methodology within its rapid risk assessment approach by refining the assessment of likelihood, and is pioneering the development of qualitative impact scales, employing a STEEPP (social, technological, economic, environmental, population health & health system, political & regulatory) framework.

For further details on risk assessments in Canada, please contact risk.assessment-evaluation.du.risque@phacaspc.gc.ca