PHO Talks – “The Future of Environmental Stewardship”
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22 May 2019
In 2017, Public Health Ontario (PHO) launched PHO Talks, a new speaker series featuring some of the brightest minds at PHO. Speakers shared ideas that aimed to drive innovation in public health. Building on that success, PHO has filmed several new videos covering a wide range of topics.
In her PHO Talk, “The Future of Environmental Stewardship,” Dr. Elaina MacIntyre, epidemiologist specialist from our Environmental and Occupational Health department, encourages others to consider the interconnectedness of our ecosystems and how they support each other, making it possible for us to thrive. Empirical evidence shows our health is linked to the health of our ecosystems. This evidence, along with the environmental challenges that our world is currently facing, has renewed interest in environmental stewardship and in restoring balance between us and our natural world.
Elaina draws on her personal stories, expertise and passion to inspire others to incorporate environmental stewardship into their day-to-day lives. Watch a recording of her talk below and stay tuned for more videos from our PHO Talks series.
PHO Rounds: How Built and Social Environments Influence Commuters’ Travel Choices
In this PHO Rounds, Drs. Biswas and Prince Ware share results from a recent study examining the influence of both the built (e.g., walkability, cycling infrastructure, air pollution) and social (e.g., degree of marginalization and deprivation) environments on commute mode, including walking and bicycling. Using 2016 Census and environmental data for over two million Canadian workers, they identify four combinations of built and social environments around the areas where Canadians work and live and discuss which of these environments are most supportive in promoting greater population levels of active commuting.
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