Author Archive for: allanmckee
Entries by Allan McKee
Environments and Health Signature Initiative Webinar: Child Health | April 3, 2023 | 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (ET)
Children’s health is particularly sensitive to the environment. What they are exposed to during early years can have a significant impact on their healthy development. To better understand these health pathways and how to improve children’s health outcomes, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research funded three research projects considering different aspects of child health: […]
Environments and Health Signature Initiative Webinar: Agri-Food, the Food-Water Nexus and Health | April 5, 2023 | 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. (ET)
A changing climate will affect food through a range of effects on agriculture, livestock, water systems, and wildlife, which have implications for food security, foodborne disease, and malnutrition. For example, population growth, loss of environmental services and climate change are forcing communities to explore opportunities that treat municipal wastewater to allow its safe return for […]
Environments and Health Signature Initiative Webinar: Microbiome | March 29, 2023 | 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (ET)
The microbiome is the collection of all microbes, such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, and their genes, that naturally live on our bodies and inside us. Although microbes are so small that they require a microscope to see them, they contribute in big ways to human health and wellness. A person’s core microbiome is formed in […]
Environments and Health Signature Initiative Webinar: Obesity and Environment | March 27, 2023 | 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (ET)
Obesity has been recognized as a significant public health concern, especially as 20th century urban development encouraged more sedentary lifestyles and car-dependent transportation. A result of the interaction of genes, lifestyle, and the environment, obesity is an important issue for public health researchers and practitioners to understand. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research funded […]
Environments and Health Signature Initiative Webinar: Resource Development | March 9, 2023 | 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. (ET)
VIDEO AVAILABLE Health is influenced by resource development through interrelated socioeconomic, ecological, cultural, and political pathways, which demand upstream, intersectoral responses. For example, both oil and gas production and the process of consumption (as it relates to climate change) have large impacts, both positive and negative, on social, economic and environmental systems that […]
Environments and Health Signature Initiative Webinar: Urban Form and Health | February 27 | 3:00 – 4:30 pm (ET)
The way cities are built have a significant impact on our health. From land-use mix to transportation infrastructure and housing, the physical features of communities influence the health-seeking behaviours of their residents, and contribute to opportunities to incorporate physical activity in their day-to-day lives. To better understand these connections, the Canadian Institutes of Health […]