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View article: Healthy Islands at 30: revitalising an ecological framework for planetary health
Healthy Islands at 30: revitalising an ecological framework for planetary health Open
View article: Context, connections, and care: Towards animal healthcare nested within our shared planetary home.
Context, connections, and care: Towards animal healthcare nested within our shared planetary home. Open
View article: Attending to the mesoscale: Watersheds and Health
Attending to the mesoscale: Watersheds and Health Open
View article: Towards an integrative understanding of British Columbia’s Nechako Watershed: Connecting knowledge systems to strengthen understanding of climate change, watershed security, health and well-being
Towards an integrative understanding of British Columbia’s Nechako Watershed: Connecting knowledge systems to strengthen understanding of climate change, watershed security, health and well-being Open
Understanding of upstream and downstream dynamics of continental river basins demands attention to the influence of important tributaries and watersheds. This is exemplified by the 47,200 km 2 Nechako Watershed, the second largest sub-wate…
View article: Coming together as a whole: lessons from connecting across sectors, cultures, and contexts to elevate efforts for planetary health
Coming together as a whole: lessons from connecting across sectors, cultures, and contexts to elevate efforts for planetary health Open
The Canadian Institute of Health Research Environment (IP4150712), Michael Smith Health Research BC (RA-2022-2872), and Vancouver Foundation (FOI19-1781).
View article: Canada needs a funding institute focused on environments, health, and societal well-being research
Canada needs a funding institute focused on environments, health, and societal well-being research Open
View article: On the possibility of decolonising planetary health: exploring new geographies for collaboration
On the possibility of decolonising planetary health: exploring new geographies for collaboration Open
Summary: Decolonial planetary health aspires to centre the diversity and importance of Indigenous thought and stewardship. In this Viewpoint, we explore research in planetary health across holistic worldviews and western scientific approac…
View article: Mapping and Quantifying Anthropogenic Disturbances on the Landscape
Mapping and Quantifying Anthropogenic Disturbances on the Landscape Open
View article: Towards an educational praxis for planetary health: a call for transformative, inclusive, and integrative approaches for learning and relearning in the Anthropocene
Towards an educational praxis for planetary health: a call for transformative, inclusive, and integrative approaches for learning and relearning in the Anthropocene Open
Fuelled by the intersecting challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, and profound social, economic, and environmental injustices, calls for new ways to work together for a healthy, just, and sustainable future are burgeo…
View article: Transformative learning for a sustainable and healthy future through ecosystem approaches to health: insights from 15 years of co-designed ecohealth teaching and learning experiences
Transformative learning for a sustainable and healthy future through ecosystem approaches to health: insights from 15 years of co-designed ecohealth teaching and learning experiences Open
This paper presents insights from the work of the Canadian Community of Practice in Ecosystem Approaches to Health (CoPEH-Canada) and 15 years (2008-2022) of land-based, transdisciplinary, learner-centred, transformative learning and train…
View article: Where are the ecological determinants of health?
Where are the ecological determinants of health? Open
View article: Cumulative Impacts of Diverse Land Uses in British Columbia, Canada: Application of the “EnviroScreen” Method
Cumulative Impacts of Diverse Land Uses in British Columbia, Canada: Application of the “EnviroScreen” Method Open
(1) Objectives: Cumulative impacts refer to the legacies of land use decisions on environmental, community and health values. New integrative impact assessment tools are required to assess cumulative impacts on diverse values to meet susta…
View article: Framing Futurities in Photovoice, Health, and Environment: How Power Is Reproduced and Challenged in Arts-Based Methods
Framing Futurities in Photovoice, Health, and Environment: How Power Is Reproduced and Challenged in Arts-Based Methods Open
Anchored in critical analysis of a photovoice project, this article interrogates intersections between (1) health as it is tethered to ideas about the “future” and (2) worries about “the environment.” The ways the concepts of future, healt…
View article: Patient- and Community-Oriented Primary Care Approaches for Health in Rural, Remote and Resource-Dependent Places: Insights for Eco-Social Praxis
Patient- and Community-Oriented Primary Care Approaches for Health in Rural, Remote and Resource-Dependent Places: Insights for Eco-Social Praxis Open
Accelerating ecological and societal changes require re-imagining the role of primary care and public health to address eco-social concerns in rural and remote places. In this narrative review, we searched literatures on: community-oriente…
View article: Exploring Cross-Sectoral Implications of the Sustainable Development Goals: Towards a Framework for Integrating Health Equity Perspectives With the Land-Water-Energy Nexus
Exploring Cross-Sectoral Implications of the Sustainable Development Goals: Towards a Framework for Integrating Health Equity Perspectives With the Land-Water-Energy Nexus Open
Objectives: To assess existing evidence and identify gaps in the integrative framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for their potential to advance cross-sectoral perspectives and actions that connect health equity with the l…
View article: River conversations: A confluence of lessons and emergence from the Taieri River and the Nechako River
River conversations: A confluence of lessons and emergence from the Taieri River and the Nechako River Open
Drawing on ongoing patterns of learning and relationship, this paper offers a reflection and acknowledgement on the notable influence of two rivers and their role as respected and highly valued “eco‐social elders”: The Taieri River in Otag…
View article: Waiora: the importance of Indigenous worldviews and spirituality to inspire and inform Planetary Health Promotion in the Anthropocene
Waiora: the importance of Indigenous worldviews and spirituality to inspire and inform Planetary Health Promotion in the Anthropocene Open
We now live in a new geological age, the Anthropocene – the age of humans – the start of which coincides with the founding of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) 70 years ago. In this article, we address the …
View article: Storylines of research on resource extraction and health in Canada: A modified metanarrative synthesis
Storylines of research on resource extraction and health in Canada: A modified metanarrative synthesis Open
Patterns of research on resource extraction's health effects display problematic gaps and underlying assumptions, indicating a need to situate health knowledge production in the context of disciplinary, corporate and neocolonial influences…
View article: AMEE Consensus Statement: Planetary health and education for sustainable healthcare
AMEE Consensus Statement: Planetary health and education for sustainable healthcare Open
The purpose of this Consensus Statement is to provide a global, collaborative, representative and inclusive vision for educating an interprofessional healthcare workforce that can deliver sustainable healthcare and promote planetary health…
View article: Place-based Climate Change Communication and Engagement in Canada’s Provincial North: Lessons Learned from Climate Champions
Place-based Climate Change Communication and Engagement in Canada’s Provincial North: Lessons Learned from Climate Champions Open
This paper explores how climate change communication is understood and enacted in Canada's Provincial North (CPN), with a focus on the role that local climate champions play in regions characterized by rurality, remoteness, and a high degr…
View article: Mining sick: Creatively unsettling normative narratives about industry, environment, extraction, and the health geographies of rural, remote, northern, and Indigenous communities in British Columbia
Mining sick: Creatively unsettling normative narratives about industry, environment, extraction, and the health geographies of rural, remote, northern, and Indigenous communities in British Columbia Open
Rural, remote, northern, and Indigenous communities on Turtle Island are routinely—as Cree Elder Willie Ermine says—pathologized. Social science and health scholarship, including scholarship by geographers, often constructs Indigenous huma…
View article: Education for sustainable healthcare: Leadership to get from here to there
Education for sustainable healthcare: Leadership to get from here to there Open
The current global crises, including climate, COVID-19, and environmental change, requires global collective action at all scales. These broad socio-ecological challenges require the engagement of diverse perspectives and ways of knowing a…
View article: Preparing for the future of public health: ecological determinants of health and the call for an eco-social approach to public health education
Preparing for the future of public health: ecological determinants of health and the call for an eco-social approach to public health education Open
View article: Political economics, collective action and wicked socio-ecological problems: A practice story from the field
Political economics, collective action and wicked socio-ecological problems: A practice story from the field Open
Empowering integrative, sustainable and equitable approaches to wicked socio-ecological problems requires multiple disciplines and ways of knowing. Following calls for greater attention to political economics in this transdisciplinary work…
View article: Addressing the Environmental, Community, and Health Impacts of Resource Development: Challenges across Scales, Sectors, and Sites
Addressing the Environmental, Community, and Health Impacts of Resource Development: Challenges across Scales, Sectors, and Sites Open
Work that addresses the cumulative impacts of resource extraction on environment, community, and health is necessarily large in scope. This paper presents experiences from initiating research at this intersection and explores implications …
View article: Intertwined Strands for Ecology in Planetary Health
Intertwined Strands for Ecology in Planetary Health Open
Ecology is both blessed and burdened by romanticism, with a legacy that is multi-edged for health. The prefix ‘eco-’ can carry a cultural and political (subversive) baggage, associated with motivating environmental activism. Ecology is als…
View article: Watersheds in planetary health research and action
Watersheds in planetary health research and action Open
Watersheds (also known as water catchments and river basins) are recognised in contemporary science as important natural systems in which to investigate the complex socioecological foundations of health. A watershed is the spatially bound …
View article: Supplementary files for: Mapping research on resource extraction and health: A scoping review
Supplementary files for: Mapping research on resource extraction and health: A scoping review Open
The supplementary files consist of a detailed search strategy and a complete bibliography of included sources.
View article: Mapping research on resource extraction and health: A scoping review
Mapping research on resource extraction and health: A scoping review Open
Current research has been described as inadequate to understand and manage complex social and ecological influences of resource extraction on health. We conducted a scoping review of research on mining or oil & gas extraction and health, t…
View article: Evolution of Capacity Strengthening
Evolution of Capacity Strengthening Open