Built Environment


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

Building Safe & Inclusive Communities: The Public Health Approach

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…
Built EnvironmentChildren's Environmental HealthDrinking WaterEquityFoodIndoor AirPublic FacilitiesRadiationRecreational Water

Decolonizing the City: The Future of Indigenous Planning in Vancouver

While Vancouver has made many great strides on Indigenous planning practices and reconciliation, there are too many impasses that uphold the colonial status quo. This panel will examine the present…
Built EnvironmentIndigenous Environmental Health

Indigenous Food Safety and Security: Community Adaptations in the Wake of Climate Pressures

Indigenous people have long relied on traditional foods, as they are nutritionally, culturally, and economically important to individuals and communities, and are an important aspect of food…
Indigenous Environmental HealthBuilt EnvironmentFood

The Indigenous Healthy Built and Social Environment: A Framework to Address Health Disparities of Indigenous Peoples

For over a century, through the advancement and investment into the colonial built environment, Canada has progressed and achieved status as one of the greatest developed countries in the world.…
Indigenous Environmental HealthBuilt Environment

The Ontario Public Health Convention (TOPHC)

Indigenous Environmental HealthBuilt EnvironmentBiological AgentsCannabisChildren's Environmental HealthContaminants and HazardsDrinking WaterEmergency PreparednessEmergency ResponseSurveillanceEquityFoodIndoor AirPersonal Service EstablishmentsPractices and ProceduresRadiationRecreational WaterTobacco ReductionWater

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