Vision & Aims
Vision & Aims
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VISION
To expand access to and application of innovative environmental data, promoting healthier, more equitable, and sustainable environments.
MISSION
CANUE collates, develops and mobilizes high-quality, standardized data to improve urban environmental health and address inequities driven by urbanization and climate change. Through national and international partnerships across academia, government, non-profit organizations, communities and the private sector, we deliver data, tools and information to researchers, urban planners, public health experts, media, and the general public, promoting a better understanding of environmental health impacts and new solutions to improve the wellbeing of all Canadians.
WHAT WE DO
ADVANCE DATA INNOVATION
- Develop state-of-the-art environmental metrics used for health research, surveillance and advocacy
- Maintain robust data platforms with health-relevant indicators
- Incorporate emerging data sources to enhance urban environmental health research, surveillance, and policy
CREATE ACCESSIBLE TOOLS FOR KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
- Distribute environmental exposure data to researchers for impactful research
- Equip planners and public health experts with targeted tools
- Inform the public and media about environmental health issues
- Adopt emerging technologies for data and information sharing
FOSTER PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION
- Promote data use through stakeholder partnerships
- Collaborate internationally to share knowledge and best practices
- Evaluate better means of connecting data products to end users
BUILD CAPACITY FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING
- Provide a national platform for data sharing, knowledge exchange and integration of diverse environmental data into health research platforms
- Offer comprehensive training across CANUE data and tools
- Foster a community of practice around open data for advancing environments and health research and policy