Advancing research on urban living and human health

Canada
📢 Important Announcement! 📢 We wanted to let our followers know that CANUE will be closing their X account and moving over to Bluesky! 🚀 Stay tuned for more updates and exciting content on Bluesky. Thanks for being a part of CANUE! Join us on Bluesky: @canue.bsky.social
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🌍 Nous vous rappelons de vous joindre à nous le lundi 18 novembre, de 13 h à 14 h (HNE), pour un webinaire au cours duquel CanPath et CANUE présenteront 17 nouveaux ensembles de données sur l'exposition environnementale. 🔗 Inscrivez-vous ici : canpath.ca/fr/2024/10/amelio…
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🌍 A reminder to join us on Monday, November 18, from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST for an insightful webinar where CanPath and CANUE will introduce 17 new environmental exposure datasets. 🔗 Register here: canpath.ca/2024/10/enhancing… #HealthResearch #EnvironmentalHealth
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📄 Read our paper on the approach to developing the HealthyPlan.City tool, published in open access with @SpringerNature in the Journal of Urban Health: link.springer.com/article/10…
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📰HealthyPlan.City dans La Presse: Où se jouent les iniquités environnementales dans nos villes ? lapresse.ca/actualites/envir… via @lp_lapresse
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📰HealthyPlan.City featured in the Toronto Star Where in Toronto are you most exposed to extreme summer heat? New tool maps environmental problem areas in 125 Canadian cities thestar.com/news/canada/wher… via @torontostar
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🚨HealthyPlan.City is now live! This web mapping tool provides a block-by-block snapshot of environmental inequities in over 125 cities across Canada. ➡️Try it here: healthyplan.city/en ✅And answer our user feedback survey at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Our Resources page has an Intro to ArcGIS course, academic webinars on primary research with @CANUEConsortium data, @esricanada tools for health analysis, and advanced spatial analysis with python and R! geohealthnetwork.com/resourc… #GISChat #EpiTwitter
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"There is a hope that adaptation can also be directed to both address climate change but also other long standing health and health equity challenges." Michael Brauer, CANUE Director and Prof. @ubcspph, comments on Canada's climate adaptation strategy. rabble.ca/environment/after-…
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🚨JOB OPPORTUNITY The Environmental Predictors of Cognitive Health and aging (EPOCH) study at the @umichsph is seeking a data manager to support data collection and maintenance. Part time: careers.umich.edu/job_detail… Or full time: careers.umich.edu/job_detail… 📅Apply by August 31
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🔊We're Hiring! Please share! Join our #THRiVElab team at @umanitoba / @CHRIManitoba. About Us: thrivediscovery.ca Apply at viprecprod.ad.umanitoba.ca/d… (Position #28436)
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🚨JOB OPPORTUNITY The Environmental Predictors of Cognitive Health and aging (EPOCH) study at the @umichsph is hiring a post-doctoral research fellow to explore environmental factors that positively and negatively impact healthy aging. 🔗careers.umich.edu/job_detail… 📅Apply: Aug. 31
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Our Resources page has an Intro to ArcGIS course, academic webinars on primary research with @CANUEConsortium data, @esricanada tools for health analysis, and advanced spatial analysis with python and R! geohealthnetwork.com/resourc… #GISChat #EpiTwitter
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“We need trees in our streets, plants in our gardens, and flowers on our balcony. We need nature as our neighbor all the time,” #UBCForestry's Cecil Konijnendijk says.🌳💐🌇 Read about how Milan is bringing urban forestry to one crucial neighbourhood: bit.ly/458lvnp
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Check out our piece on promising practices for advancing transportation #equity in @itecanada's Transportation Talk, via Tessa Williams @ChatrLab and @LevelupPlanning 👉 itecanada.org/transportation…
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Cycling in Canada has been experiencing a great boom. Yet, there has been no consistent way to measure cycling infrastructure to determine where people have access to safe and comfortable facilities and routes. Until now: Canada’s first national cycling map from @ChatrLab🚲🗺️
How Canada's first national cycling map will benefit both riders and public planners theconversation.com/how-cana… via @ConversationCA
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What’s standing in your way of getting active this summer? Maybe it's a literal building. 🏢🚴 @walkabilly @TeamInteractCA is trying to help cities build, grow, and expand in ways that clear the way for people to stay active and healthy. cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/53167.html
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☀ Important information on recognizing the health risks during a heat wave! Use our Heat Check Tool to learn more ▶ ncceh.ca/resources/evidence-… #extremeheat #heatwave
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