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Canada needs an Institute for Research on Environments, Health and Wellbeing

5 May 2023

Canada needs an Institute for Research on Environments, Health and Wellbeing Canada needs an Institute for Research on Environments, Health and Wellbeing EHSI Summit 18 April 2023 Dr Trevor Hancock Professor and Senior Scholar (Retired) School of Public Health and Social Policy University of Victoria Our concern We are part of a national Working Group on Planetary Health and Societal Wellbeing. [...] This is suicidal” Academic Health Institutions’ Declaration on Planetary Health Academic health institutions declare the health of the planet a Code Red emergency and call for immediate implementation of planetary health education and research, and the transition to climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems in order to build a healthy, sustainable, and just future for all. [...] Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada 15 April 2023 The built environment matters too While we live 100% of the time within natural ecosystems We spend 90% of our time indoors, and We are more than 80% urbanised This means the natural environment and the built environments it contains are hugely important factors continuously shaping the health of humans and all species. [...] Societal need Canada needs a new Institute focused on environments, health and wellbeing to research the impacts of environmental change on human health and wellbeing, and on health systems, and engender a next generation of innovative, evidence-informed actions that not only reduce harm but seek to improve the natural and built environment by addressing the drivers of environmental change. [...] Environmentally sustainable, low-carbon Political economy and and climate-resilient political ecology of health health care and supply and wellbeing chain Environmental exposure, Implementation science epidemiology and and evaluation of impact toxicology The benefits to Canada As a society, we need to understand the drivers of the environmental challenges we face, the changes that are ne.
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