9am – 10am pacific | 12 noon – 1pm eastern REGISTER NOW Utilitarian walkability by 1km buffered postal code – Prepared by Urban Design 4 Health Ltd and Toronto Public Health The Walkable City: Neighbourhood Design and Preferences, Travel Choices and Health, April 2012 Toronto Public Health Hear about Dr. Frank’s recent collaborative work in […]
Don’t miss Dr. Larry Frank’s webinar: Lessons Learned: Moving Walkability to Policy and Practice
9am- 10am pacific | 12 noon – 1 pm eastern
Post-doctoral, graduate and undergraduate students who are developing data for CANUE, or who have used our data to produce new research are eligible to apply for a student travel award. We will provide up to $2,500 toward the costs of presenting at a conference (travel, hotel, and registration fees) or visiting a research team at […]
DOWNLOAD THE WEBINAR SLIDES DOWNLOAD THE WEBINAR AUDIO FILE The Canadian Institutes for Health Research has announced a new Operating Grant Competition for data analysis using existing databases and cohorts. We are especially proud to be the focus of two grants available under the Environments and Health Signature Initiatives portion of this competition. CANUE data have […]
CANUE member Dan Crouse talks about exposure to fine particulate matter and diabetes in the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort.
CANUE member Dr. Michael Jerrett presents at the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine – Geographical Sciences Committee Meeting, May 2018. Hear Dr. Jerrett’s thoughts on how we deal with individual movements through time and space, what that means for environmental exposures, and how we capture data to characterize exposures for health studies.
CANUE Members are heading to Ottawa in August 2018! Keep in the loop via the Newsletter.
Roadside vegetation design characteristics that can improve local, near-road air quality. Baldauf, R., V. Isakov, A. Venkatram, P. Deshmukh, B. Yang, K. Zhang, R. Logan. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. Elsevier BV, AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, 52:354-361, (2017) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2017.03.013 Abstract As public health concerns have increased due to the rising number of studies linking adverse health […]
February 28 | 2018 9am – 10am pacific | 12 noon – 1pm eastern VIDEO AVAILABLE The rise of physical inactivity and associated chronic health conditions (e.g., diabetes, cardiovascular disease) are a national challenge for Canada, both in terms of costs to healthcare systems and human suffering. This burden has prompted interest improving […]
Post-doctoral, graduate and undergraduate students who are developing data for CANUE, or who have used our data to produce new research are eligible to apply for a student travel award. We will provide up to $1,250 toward the cost of travel, hotel, and registration fees for selected events. Applications will be reviewed by a Committee […]