FRANCES SOMMERFREUND SILVERMAN 1942–2018 A memorial service will be held at the Congregation of Or Shalom, 534 Huron Street, London, Ontario. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in memory of Professor Silverman to the Occupational and Environmental Health Trust Fund of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (https://donate.utoronto.ca/give/show/207). Frances Sommerfreund Silverman […]
We are getting ready to start some intensive work on developing urban form metrics from high resolution satellite and street-level imagery. We will be hosting two virtual meetings to develop a comprehensive list of metrics and applications that are high on the priority list for CANUE members. Your […]
Congratulations to our latest travel award recipients:
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 […]
Congratulations to travel award recipients Jeff Allen, Paulina Laila Bela, Lauren Jewett, and Lorien Nesbitt…
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.