Dear Joanne.
Turkish Medical Association izmir office has autumn school on environmental health for health workers in october.
Program will take 5 days and we have similar objectives. Is it possible to collaboration with you especially your reach film archive...
Thanks.
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From: Ilene Hyman
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Subject: Fw: Environmental Health Course Outline (fwd)
The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education University of Toronto
(OISE/UT) Transformative Learning Centre,
in collaboration with the Centre for Health Promotion, University of
Toronto and the Women's Network on Health and the Environment (WNH&E) is
offering
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING AND POLICY
CHANGE EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL AND ECOSYSTEM HEALING
> >> A two week summer institute certificate course from July 5 - 16, 1999,
9
> am to 5 pm.
> >>
> >> Course Director: Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg, PhD, MES.
> >>
> Cost: $315.00
>
> >>Environmental Health is a challenging field of research, education,
policy
> >>and advocacy endeavours that link the natural, health and social
sciences
> >>with the worlds of the academy, community, business, economics, labour,
> >>governments and media. They include physical, social, cultural,
spiritual
> >>and societal relationships which are multi directional and interlinked
with
> >>the health and well being of all life on earth.
> >>
> >>This course focuses on exploring these links between health and the
> >>environment in the context of popular education and transformative
learning
> >>in formal and non formal settings. It does so by helping participants
to
> >>develop critical thinking, investigative, analytical and practical
skills
> >>to better understand the constraints of scientific certainty and
> >>uncertainty in today's complex world in order to advocate for lifestyle
as
> >>well as public policy changes. The issues are framed within the broad
> >>socioenvironmental perspectives on health promotion reflected in the
goals
> >>of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion - strengthening community
> >>action, developing personal skills, creating supportive environments,
> >>helping in skills development to educate, enable, mediate and advocate.
> >>
> >>Objectives:
> >>1. To gain an deeper understanding of key concepts related to the
linkages
> >>between health and the environment including causation; sources;
pathways
> >>(air, water, soil and food); risk assessment; health impacts; policy
> >>analysis; primary prevention; the precautionary principle; social power
> >>relationships in society; environmental justice; gender and cultural
> >>issues; safe production; consumer education...
> >>
> >>2. To apply this understanding to the critique of current biomedical
> >>approaches to health and well being and the development and
implementation
> >>of holistic environmentally appropriate health promotion practices and
> >>policies.
> >>
> >>3. To develop environmental health literacy, problem solving skills and
> >>popular education techniques and experiences for creating healthier
> >>environments.
> >>
> >>4. To integrate these knowledges and skills into existing practice: be
it
> >>university, school, community, workplace, faith community, social
setting
> >>and so on (starting from participants' life/work knowledge and
experience).
> >>
> >>The course consists of readings, guest lecturers, audiovisual
> >>presentations, plenary and small group discussions. It is anticipated
that
> >>participants will engage in the discussions and define their particular
> >>interests, goals and expectations so as to "get what they need" during
the
> >>ten day program.
> >>
> >>Who should take this course: teachers, community health workers, health
> >>professionals, adult educators, labour unions, environmentalists,
community
> >>organizers, policy makers, economists parents/grandparents, youth,
> >>everyone...
> >>
> >>There are no prerequisites.
> >>Participants are expected to give group presentations at the end of the
> >>course and hand in a 15 page paper (within the two weeks following
> >>completion) summarizing (consolidating) what was new, important and
most
> >>useful for their work and interest.
> >>
> >>Draft Course Outline:
> >>Week One
> >>Day One: Orientation, introductions, conceptual frameworks in
> >>transformative learning for informal and non formal environmental
health
> >>education, introduction to environmental health debates and issues, to
> >>relevant terminology, definitions and principles of toxicology,
> >>epidemiology, ecosystem health, synergism etc. Trevor Hancock, Canadian
> >>Association of Physicians for the Environment.
> >>
> >>Films: Exposure: Environmental Links to Breast Cancer 53 minutes
> >>Adam's World, NFB, 18 mins.
> >>
> >>Day Two: Where you live and where you work: Home, workplace and
community
> >>health, Lorna Wilson, Trish Balon, (Bell Telephone workers) Breast
Cancer
> >>Prevention Coalition, Cathy Walker, CAW. Lisa Caton, Ontario Healthy
> >>Communities.
> >>
> >>Films: Before Their Time, 20 mins. No Grapes 18, mins.
> >>
> >>Day Three: Social issues in environmental health: gender, race, class,
> >>culture, ethnicity, age, poverty. Anne Phillips, Willi Nolan, Nita
Chaudhuri
> >>Films: Uranium, NFB, 40 mins. about the impacts on Aboriginal people,
> >>their health, values and the environment.
> >>Stopping Cancer Where it Starts: The Toxics Links Coalition, 20 mins.
> >>
> >>Day Four: AM: Biomedical technological health models, pharmaceutical
> >>influences and environmental health medical practice. Lynn Marshall or
> >>Frank Foley, Environmental Health Clinic, Women's College Hospital.
> >>
> >>PM: Complementary and alternative holistic approaches: Asking different
> >>questions. Immune system relationships, primary prevention and
prevention
> >>of recurrence: Charlene Day (author). Ancient Chinese Medicine and
> >>Practice, Roxana Ng, OISE/UT.
> >>
> >>Day Five: AM: Transformative Learning and Environmental Health: Theory
and
> >>Praxis. Working in small groups with similar interests to utilize
> >>educational tools and develop knowledge and skills using such books as
> "Educating for a Change" and "Naming the Moment".
> >>Viewing of "Everday Carcinogens: Acting for Prevention in the face of
> Scientific Uncertainty" 35 min. with biologist Sandra Steingraber
>
> >>PM: Formal education systems and environmental health, schools,
> >>universities etc.:
> >>Parents Environmental Network: Eleanor Dudar or Elise Houghton. A case
> >>study (and ongoing challenges) of a department of adult education, the
> >>Greening of OISE/UT; Healthy Universities project, Dr. Jody MacDonald,
> >>School of Nursing.
>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Week Two:
> >>Day Six: Policy and Action Issues: Personal, Municipal, Provincial,
> >>National and Global. The Recommendations of the Task Force Report on
the
> >>Primary Prevention of Cancer (1995), The International Joint Commission
> >>(IJC) Reports. Valerie Hepburn, Public Health, City of Toronto, Ruth
Grier,
> >>Former Minister of Health of Ontario.
> >>
> >>Films: Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our
> >>Environment. 29 mins. (academy award winning documentary about health,
the
> >>environment, the media and successful community based campaign
strategies
> >>Great Lakes, Great Lawns, 20 mins
> >>
> >>Day Seven: AM: Health Promotion as a field of study, research and
> >>application. Irv Rootman.
> >>Environmental law and public health as educational issues. CELA Cathy
Cooper
> Viewing of the video "Turning Down the Heat" with David Suzuki, 40 min.
on
> climate change and health.
> >>
> >>Day Eight: Integrating environmental health issues into your work.
> >>Preparing for group presentations and first group presentations and
> >>discussions. Presentations can also be creative forms of expression -
> >>skits, poetry, art, songs etc...
> >>
> >>Films: Hormone Copy Cats, 18 mins.
> >>Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics, NFB
59
> >>mins.
> >>
> >>Day Nine: Group presentations and discussions.
> >>
> >>Day Ten: Group presentations, discussions, next steps, evaluation and
closing.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Proposed guest lecturers
> >> * Valerie Hepburn, Department of Public Health, City of Toronto
> >> * Ann Phillips, President, Women's Health in Women's Hands
> >> * Ruth Grier, former Minister of Health, Government of Ontario,
Toronto
> >> * Kathy Cooper, researcher, Canadian Environmental Law Association
> >> * Lisa Caton, Executive Director or Anna Jacobs, Community
Coordinator,
> >> Ontario Healthy Communities
> >> * Irving Rootman, Executive Director, Centre for Health Promotion, U
of T
> >> * Charlene Day, Nutritionist, Women's Network on Health and the
> Environment
> >> * Dr. Lynn Marshall or Dr. Frank Foley, Environmental Health Clinic,
WCH
> >> * Dr. Trevor Hancock, FES, York University
> >> * Willi Nolan, International Institute of Concern for Public Health
> >> * Nita Chaudhuri, South Riverdale Community Health Centre
> >> * Dr. Jody MacDonald, School of Nursing, University of Toronto
> >> * Cathy Walker, CAW, Health and Safety
> >> * Roxana Ng, PhD, Sociology and Equity Studies, OISE/UT.
> >> Proposed Readings To be selected by course participants according
their
> >>interests and needs.
> >>
> >>Arditti, R., & Schreiber, T. "Breast Cancer: The Environmental
Connection",
> >>Resist Magazine, May/June, 1992.
> >>-------"Breast Cancer: Organizing for Resistance", Resist Magazine, 3,
9,
> >>November, 1994.
> >>
> >>Arnold, R., Burke, B., James, C., Martin, D. and Thomas, B. Educating
for a
> >>Change, Toronto: Between the Lines and the Doris Marshall Institute,
1991.
> >>
> >>Batt, S. Patient No More: The Politics of Breast Cancer. Charlottetown:
> >>Gynergy Books, 1994.
> >>
> >>Barndt, D. Naming The Moment: Political Analysis for Action. Toronto:
> >>Jesuit Centre for Social Faith and Justice, 1988.
> >>
> >>Berry, T. The Dream of the Earth. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books,
1988.
> >>
> >>Bertell, R. No Immediate Danger? Prognosis for a Radioactive Earth.
> >>Toronto: The Women's Press, 1985.
> >>
> >>Bullard, R.D. Confronting Environmental Racism: Voices from the
Grassroots.
> >>Boston: South End Press, 1993.
> >>
> >>Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring, New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1962, 1994.
> >>
> >>Chaudhuri, Nita, "Child Health, Poverty and the Environment: The
Canadian
> >>Context" in The Canadian Journal of Public Health. Vol 89, Supplement
1,
> >>May-June 1998.
> >>
> >>Chivian E., et al. Critical Condition: Human Health and the
Environment. A
> >>Report by Physicians for Social Responsibility. Cambridge, Ma.: MIT
Press,
> >>1993.
> >>
> >>Choldin, Earl, Director, Alberta Global Education Project; "Methods and
> >>Goals of Global Education" in Orbit - Educating for a Global
Perspective.
> >>March, 1992.
> >>
> >>Chomsky, N. Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic
Societies.
> >>Toronto: CBC, 1989.
> >>
> >>Chu. C. & Simpson R. (eds.). Ecological Public Health: From Vision to
> >>Practice. ParticipACTION, Toronto, 1994.
> >>
> >>Clorfene-Casten, L. Breast Cancer: Poisons, Profits and Prevention.
Monroe,
> >>Maine: Common Courage Press, 1996.
> >>
> >>Colborn, T. et al. Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility,
> >>Intelligence and Survival? A Scientific Detective Story. Toronto:
Dutton
> >>Press, 1996.
> >>
> >>Colorado, P. Bridging Native and Western Science, Convergence, XX1,
2&3,
> >>1988.
> >>
> >>Davis, Devra Lee, Deborah Axelrod, Lisa Bailey, Mitchell Gaynor and
Annie
> >>Sasco. Rethinking "Breast cancer Risk and the Environment: The Case for
the
> >>Precautionary Principle." Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol 106,
No.
> >>9, September 1998.
> >>
> >>Epstein, S.E. The Politics of Cancer. New York: Doubleday, 1979, 1998.
> >>
> >>Franklin, U. The Real World of Technology: CBC Massey Lecture Series.
> >>Toronto: CBC Enterprises, 1990.
> >>
> >>Gofman, J. Preventing Breast Cancer: The Story of a Major, Proven,
> >>Preventable Cause of this Disease. San Francisco: Committee for Nuclear
> >>Responsibility, Inc., 1995.
> >>
> >>Goldin Rosenberg, D. Taking Action for a Healthy Future, resource guide
to
> >>accompany the film Exposure: Environmental Links to Breast Cancer,
Toronto:
> >>WNH&E, 1997.
> >>
> >>Gould, J.M. and the Radiation and Public Health Project, Radiation and
> >>Breast Cancer: The High Cost of Living Near Reactors, New York: Four
Walls
> >>Eight Windows Publishers, 1995.
> >>
> >>IARC/ World Health Organization, IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of
> >>Carcinogenic Risk to Humans, "Preamble" and "Lists of IARC
Evaluations,"
> >>IARC, Lyon, France, May, 1993.
> >>
> >>International Joint Commission/Commission mixte internationale. Seventh
and
> >>Eighth Biennial Reports on Great Lakes Water Quality, 1994 and 1996.
> >>
> >>"Environmental Damage and Aboriginal Health", in Touch The National
Indian
> >>and inuit Community Health Representatives Organization Publication,
Vol.8
> >>No.2
> >>
> >>Labonte, R., "See Me, Hear Me, Touch Me, Feel Me: Lessons on
Environmental
> >>Health Information for Bureaucratic Activists," in Chu. C. & Simpson R.
> >>(eds.). Ecological Public Health: From Vision to Practice.
ParticipACTION,
> >>Toronto, 1994.
> >>
> >>Last, J., Pengally, D., Trouton, K., Taking Our Breath Away: The Health
> >>Effects of Air Pollution and Climate Change. Vancouver: David Suzuki
> >>Foundation, 1998.
> >>
> >>Merchant, C. The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology and the Scientific
> >>Revolution. Toronto: Harper and Row, 1990 edition.
> >>
> >>Merrifield, J. "Putting Scientists in their Place: Participatory
Research
> >>in Environmental and Occupational Health", in P. Park, M.
Brydon-Miller, B.
> >>Hall, & T. Jackson, (eds.). Voices of Change: Participatory Research in
the
> >>U.S. and Canada. Toronto: OISE Press, 1993.
> >>
> >>Mies, M. & Shiva, V. Ecofeminism. Halifax: Fernwood Publications, 1993.
> >>
> >>Misch, A. "Assessing Environmental Health Risks" in State of the World
> >>1994: A Worldwatch Institute report on Progress Toward a Sustainable
> >>Society, New York: W.W. Norton, 1994.
> >>
> >>Moss, R.W. The Cancer Industry: Unravelling the Politics of Cancer. New
> >>York: Paragon House, 1989.
> >>
> >>Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion/ Charte d'Ottawa pour la Promotion
de
> >>la sante, Health Canada.
> >>
> >>Pike, G. and Selby, D. Reconnecting from National to Global Curriculum.
> >>Surrey (UK): World Wildlife Fund for Nature, 1995.
> >>
> >>Plant, J. (ed.). Healing the Wounds: The Promise of Ecofeminism.
Toronto:
> >>Between the Lines, 1989.
> >>
> >>Proctor, R. Cancer Wars: How Politics Shapes What We Know and Don't
Know
> >>About Cancer, Toronto: Harper Collins, 1995.
> >>
> >>Raeburn, J. & I. Rootman, People-centred Health Promotion. Toronto:
Wiley
> >>
> >>Recommendations for the Primary Prevention of Cancer:Recommendations of
> the
> >>Ontario Task Force on the Primary Prevention of Cancer. Toronto:
Ministry
> >>of Health, 1995.
> >>
> >>Renner, M. "Assessing the Military's War on the Environment", in the
1991
> >>State of the World; a Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a
> >>Sustainable Society. New York: Norton, 1991.
> >>
> >>Rice B. & J. Weinberg, Dressed to Kill: The Dangers of Dry Cleaning and
the
> >>Case for Chlorine-free Alternatives. A Greenpeace/Pollution Probe
Report,
> >>1994.
> >>
> >>Robbins, A. Radioactive Heaven and Earth: The health and environmental
> >>effects of nuclear weapons testing in, on, and above the earth. A
report of
> >>the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and the
> >>Institute for Energy and Environmental Research. New York: Apex Press,
1991.
> >>
> >>Roberts, W. & Brandom, S. Get a Life: How to Make a Good Buck, Dance
Around
> >>the Dinosaurs and Save the World While You're At It. Toronto: Get a
Life
> >>Publishing House, 1995.
> >>
> >>Seager, J. Earth Follies: Coming to Feminist Terms with the Global
> >>Environmental Crisis, New York: Routledge, 1993.
> >>
> >>Seed, J., Macy, J.R., Fleming, P., Naess, A. Thinking Like a Mountain:
> >>Towards a Council of All Beings. Philadelphia: New Society Publishers,
1998.
> >>
> >>Sherwin, S. No Longer Patient: Feminist Ethics and Health Care.
> >>Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992.
> >>
> >>-------"Feminism, Ethics and Cancer", Humane Medicine, 10, 4. October,
1994.
> >>
> >>State of Knowledge Report on Environmental Contaminants and Human
Health
> >>the Great Lakes Basin. 1997, Health Canada. Ottawa: Minister of Public
> >>Works and Government Services Canada. (Catalogue No. H46 297-214E. ISBN
> >>0-662-26-1690).
> >>
> >>Steingraber, S. Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the
> >>Environment. New York: Addison-Wesley, 1997.
> >>
> >>Waring, M. If Women Counted: A New Feminist Economics, Toronto: Harper
> >>Collins, 1988.
> >>
> >>WEDO, Breast Cancer: The Global Agenda, Action for Prevention Campaign,
The
> >>Women's Environment and Development Campaign (WEDO), New York.
> Chapters
> >>include: The Global Epidemic, The Chemical Connection, The Radiation
> >>Connection, The Role of Electromagnetic Fields, Environmental Activism,
The
> >>Policy Agenda, 1996.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> Fredrica Mintz
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> A project of The WEED Foundation
>
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