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Recognizing the health impacts of the natural and human-made surroundings in which we live, work, and play.

2019 SPPI Conference - Good Neighbours Strong Communities

Topics: Built Environment
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A closer look at energy expenditure and pollution inhalation during urban cycling: Physics, physiology, and travel behaviour

Topics: Built Environment, Outdoor Air
Although urban cycling is widely known and promoted as physically active transportation, the actual physics of utilitarian cycling have been given little attention in transportation engineering and…
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A local food environment policy framework: How to take action and measure change in Ontario

Topics: Built Environment, Equity, Food
Government policies targeting the availability, affordability, and marketing of foods can shape the food environment. Local governments are often the first to implement innovative healthy food…
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A Well-Being Mandate: City Building in the 21st Century

Topics: Built Environment
The way we build cities shapes how people live. City building can create positive or negative health outcomes. It can contribute to or detract from the genuine well-being of individuals and…
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Adaptation Canada 2020 : Raising our Game on Resilience

Topics: Built Environment, Climate Change
Adaptation Canada 2020 is Canada’s national conference on climate change adaptation. Building on the success of the 2016 conference in Ottawa, Adaptation Canada 2020 rolls out February 19-21 for…
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An Introduction to Healthy Built Environments

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Are greener (and bluer) cities really better for health?

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Bed Bugs and Public Health: A Re-emerging Scourge for the New Public Health

Topics: Built Environment, Nuisance Control, Pest Control
Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) 2010 Centennial Conference 
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Bed bugs: What to do about unwanted houseguests

Topics: Built Environment, Pest Control
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Best Safety and Hygiene Practices for Public Workspaces in the COVID-19 Environment

Topics: Built Environment, COVID-19
The National Academies’ Federal Facilities Council invites you to join us for a webinar on Tuesday, June 23 from 2-3pm ET on the challenges of operating workplaces with a public interaction component…
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Bringing Health Back Into Planning: Overview of Canadian Tools and Cross-Sector Action

Topics: Built Environment
Presentations:IntroductionCatherine Elliott, BC Centre for Disease ControlHealth 201Alice Miro, Heart and Stroke Foundation of CanadaHealthy Built Environment InventoryErna van Balen, NCCEHCLASP…
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Building Safe & Inclusive Communities: The Public Health Approach

Topics: Built Environment, Children's Environmental Health, Drinking Water, Equity, Food, Indoor Air, Public Facilities, Radiation, Recreational Water
The annual conference is designed to help attendees learn new methods of fostering safe, healthy and inclusive communities by showcasing the latest work and research within the realm of public health…
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Building Sustainable Communities: 2019 Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation Conference

Topics: Built Environment
The 2019 Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (CRRF) Conference is all about bringing together practitioners, policy makers, community leaders, and researchers interested in rural issues.  This…
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Built Environment: A multisectoral health issue

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Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) - A Day in the Life of an Urban Planner with a Public Health Impact

Topics: Built Environment, Health Impact Assessment, Practices and Procedures
What role can urban planners play to improve health? How do you embed a public health lens in municipal plans and policies? Given that the built environment, land use and transportation systems are…
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Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium (CANUE) - Measuring Walkability and Urban Sprawl: Opportunities and Challenges

Topics: Built Environment
Urban form is associated with health behaviours, including physical activity, and health outcomes, including diabetes. A challenge with conducting studies examining the association between the urban…
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Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium (CANUE) - Urban Green and Built Infrastructure as a Tool to Mitigate Local Air Pollution

Topics: Built Environment, Outdoor Air
For his presentation, Dr. Baldauf will summarize the U.S. EPA’s research program on the use of built and green infrastructure to mitigate local air pollution impacts from transportation facilities.…
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CANUE - Extreme Heat, Forest Fires and the Role of the Built Environment

Topics: Built Environment, Climate Change
This summer, record-breaking hot temperatures in British Columbia were met with a higher-than-average number of wildfires across the province. Extremely hot days caused by climate change are expected…
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Connecting for active communities during COVID-19 and beyond

Topics: Built Environment, COVID-19
From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, B.C. residents have been encouraged to stay as active as possible while remaining physically distant. What can we learn from others around the province at…
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Conversation series: From risk to resilience: A health equity approach to pandemic preparedness, response and recovery

Topics: Built Environment, COVID-19, Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Response, Equity
National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH), Office of the Chief PHO of Canada This 5-part conversation series is anchored in findings from the chief public health officer (CPHO…
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