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Centre for Urban Health Initiatives

Spotlight on Urban Health Seminar Series

"Good Governance for Local Environment and Health Decision-Making: Insights
from Two Case Communities"

David Noble, 2degreesC   
Discussants: Dr. David Mowat, Peel Public Health and Peter MacLeod, MASS LBP

 SUMMARY

This will be an interactive seminar focused on governance for local
environment and health decision-making. David Noble will present insights on
the governance context in two case communities - Owen Sound, ON and
Saskatoon, SK. Discussants will respond with a critique of governance in
urban health practice. 

David Noble and Cory Neudorf (Saskatoon Health Region) were funded by CUHI
for their work on the project entitled "Bridging the gap: Good governance
for local environment and health decision-making". Public Health has an
important role in ensuring that municipalities account for public health
implications in their decision-making. However, there is no systematic way
to ensure public health is considered in municipal decision-making. This is
true in respect to many health issues, but especially in the case of policy
decisions that have environmental impacts. This project examined the
institutional context for environment and health decision-making at the
local level, including the challenges to effective public health
participation in decision-making, and means and practices for improving
public health engagement. The results are widely relevant, since nearly all
public health systems face this challenge. 

BIOGRAPHIES

David Noble is the founder and principal of 2degreesC. He is a consultant,
researcher, writer, speaker and activist.

David Mowat is the Medical Officer of Health in the Region of Peel, and
formerly Deputy Chief Public Health Officer with the Public Health Agency of
Canada.

Peter MacLeod is the principal and co-founder of MASS LBP, and a fellow at
the Centre for the Study of Democracy at Queen's University.

University College - Room 163 (15 King's College Circle, U of T St. George
Campus)

Monday, March 2, 2009 (**note this event was rescheduled from February 24th)
1:15- 2:45 PM

Free, all are welcome 

UPCOMING SEMINARS/ WORKSHOPS

Policy Forum on Pollution and Poverty - panellists TBA
Thursday, March 26, 2-4pm (reception to follow) - Hart House, University of
Toronto

Urban Youth and the Social Determinants of Sexual Health Student Symposium &

Reflecting on the Wet and Dry Moments of Participatory Action Research with
Youth - Dr. Michelle Fine (City University of New York)
Thursday, February 26, 9:30-5pm - OISE, University of Toronto, 252 Bloor
Street West - First Floor Library
See CUHI website for Call for Submissions (February 25th deadline)
www.cuhi.utoronto.ca


Alexis Kane Speer, M.A.
Centre Coordinator/ Research Associate
Centre for Urban Health Initiatives (CUHI)
University College, Room 259
University of Toronto
15 King's College Circle
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H7
416-978-7223
FAX: 416-946-0669


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