Final Program - Canadian Public Health Association

14:00 – 15:30 Salon 4 (Meeting Level)
PLANNED SESSION – CIHR-IPPH
Perspectives on Health Inequity: Local to Global Food Insecurity
We live in a global society where structural and social health inequities are widespread. Highly unequal access to food has
resulted in a variety of economic, environmental, and health crises. In this session, speakers will explore the past, present
and future of the global food crisis. Dr. Evan Fraser, Canada Research Chair in Global Human Security at the University of
Guelph, will argue that this challenge requires rethinking the food trade, the nature of scientific research, and our own
food culture. Dr. Lynn McIntyre, CIHR Chair in Gender and Health at the University of Calgary, will discuss food insecurity
as a population health challenge with a local and global focus. She will examine threats that food insecurity poses to
physical, social and mental health.
Learning Objectives:
* Increase delegates’ understanding of global food insecurity;
* Increase delegates’ understanding of the relationship between food insecurity and population health;
* Identify solutions to address global food insecurity at the local, national, and global level.
Speakers:
* Evan Fraser, Associate Professor, University of Guelph
* Lynn McIntyre, Professor, University of Calgary
Moderator:
* Philip Sherman, Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes
Wednesday
14:00 – 15:30 Salon 8 (Meeting Level)
WORKSHOP
Built Environment and Child Health: Pausing to Consider the Canadian Evidence and to Chart Next Steps
It is increasingly clear that stemming the runaway prevalence of obesity at a population level requires multiple
approaches, intervening on the determinants of obesity at the levels of the individual and the family, the community and
the broader society. However, there has been insufficient research to date, especially in Canada, to indicate which
environmental factors are the most important contributors to obesity, and the mechanisms through which they work.
Such research is critically needed to deepen the policy debate, leading to action with greater promise of decreasing
childhood and adult overweight and obesity in Canada. This workshop will bring together researchers currently working
on built environment projects to present their work with a critical eye using three different viewpoints: theory/conceptual,
measurement, and knowledge translation, and to animate a discussion with the audience to chart out the key next steps
in this field of research.
Learning Objectives:
* Name and identify three to four Canadian BE and health projects and identify three key findings;
* Demonstrate understanding related to three challenges in any aspect of theory/conceptual, measurement, or
knowledge exchange, and three possible solutions;
* Identify three research and/or knowledge uptake gaps on BE and health research;
* Contribute to a discussion about the potential development of a pan-Canadian agenda for future research and
knowledge exchange activities in this area.
Speakers:
* Nazeem Muhajarine, Professor and Chair, Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan;
Lead, Healthy Children Research Program, Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit
* Candace Nykiforuk, Assistant Professor, Centre for Health Promotion Studies, School of Public Health, University of
Alberta
* Olimpia Pantelimon, Senior Planner, LGS Planning/Municipal Affairs, Government of Alberta; Co-Chair, Canadian
Institute of Planners’ Healthy Communities Committee
* Daniel Rainham, Chair in Sustainability and Environmental Health, Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre,
Dalhousie University
* Michelle Stone, Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto
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