The Healthy Ecologies and Lifestyles Lab

HEAL is a health sciences lab at @SFU_FHS focused on the upstream social-ecological determinants of health, happiness, & wellbeing.

[CISP_ICPS @CISP_ICPS]

Join us on June 13th for "Cultivating Community: Promoting Wellbeing through Social Connection," a virtual fireside chat during #LonelinessAwarenessWeek.

Hear from experts on reducing social isolation and building connected communities.

➡️Register now: https://t.co/qY1gKgKH9h

[The Healthy Ecologies and Lifestyles Lab @SFU_HEAL]

Rising home prices can harm peoples’ health, SFU research finds https://t.co/mv1IDEds8n

[CIHR @CIHR_IRSC]

Today, on #RedDressDay and always, we honour and stand with the Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQI+ individuals facing and fighting against violence.

The red dresses hung and worn today, inspired by Métis artist Jaime Black, symbolize these #MMIWG2S.

https://t.co/1fEioUiTHp

[Canadian Alliance for Social Connection and Health @socialhealth_CA]

Its #TalkToAStrangerWeek!

Join us as part of The @GenWellProject's national movement to change our culture by building a more connected Canada, one stranger at a time.

Learn More: https://t.co/HkqByvRXqC

[Canadian Alliance for Social Connection and Health @socialhealth_CA]

We’re conducting #TheNourishStudy to explore the multifaceted relationships between cultural and personal food practices, social well-being, and how our communities support eating together.

Sign up To Participate: https://t.co/T6BOTlHCW6

[Prof. Kiffer Card @kiffercard]

Interested in #SocialPrescribing? Well, We’re Hiring!

Under the supervision of Dr. Kiffer Card, the Research Coordinator will lead a program of research focused on Social Prescribing.

Learn More: https://t.co/U1FpuhfWui

[Canadian Alliance for Social Connection and Health @socialhealth_CA]

Check out this blog post from our scientific director, @kiffercard:

The Rise of the Introverts: Examining the Emergence of the Introvert Identity in Our Asocial Society

Read Here: https://t.co/hm5dv2aRIx

[Prof. Kiffer Card @kiffercard]

🚨New Paper🚨

"These findings suggest that psilocybin ... may feasibly help in supporting survivors of adverse childhood experiences with particularly strong benefits to those with more severe childhood adversity."

Read more: https://t.co/iYnRVOAgg7

[The Mental Health and Climate Change Alliance @MHCCAlliance]

Congrats to Alexi Hu, @kiffercard, @KalyshaAnne, @AndreaBratu, @gcmartin_, and Nathan Tok on their new paper: "Community Satisfaction and Risk Perception of Local Devastation Due to Climate Change"

[The Healthy Ecologies and Lifestyles Lab @SFU_HEAL]

"Climate change isn’t just about greenhouse gas emissions. At its core, it is both a symptom and a cause for the centuries-long trend in declining social connection and community cohesion."

Read more from @kiffercard's latest piece in The Conversation.

[The Mental Health and Climate Change Alliance @MHCCAlliance]

"As Indigenous peoples have taught for centuries, its time we recognize that all things are interconnected. If we don’t act, climate change will worsen our social bonds, which will only reduce our capacity to respond to environmental."

Read more: https://t.co/SCrN5NMrqN

[The Healthy Ecologies and Lifestyles Lab @SFU_HEAL]

"If there's constantly this expectation that you will be on call or able to come in for a shift, then that's going to impact how much you can devote and invest your time and attention to people in your life." - @kiffercard

Read more: https://t.co/qUGeOqdHzp

[The Mental Health and Climate Change Alliance @MHCCAlliance]

🚨 New Article 🚨

New study by MHCCA Researchers shows that “concerned stewards” do more to protect the environment, but at high levels of distress eco-paralysis sets in.

Read more: https://t.co/Wp7YTIE6sM

[Canadian Alliance for Social Connection and Health @socialhealth_CA]

Abstract submissions for #CHCC2023 close this Monday!

Submit yours now for an opportunity to advance social health and connection practice, policy, and research in Canada.

[Elizabeth Dunn @DunnHappyLab]

In a NEW PAPER out today @NatureHumBehav we show that some of the most popular strategies for increasing happiness are not well-supported by rigorous scientific evidence. A thread. https://t.co/mJ9WEngrZy

[Caitlin Muhl, MPH, PhD @CaitlinMuhl]

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 Establishing internationally accepted conceptual and operational definitions of social prescribing through expert consensus: a Delphi study

Check it out in @BMJ_Open: https://t.co/I8xRMh2drf

@GSP_Alliance @NASPTweets @SocialPrescrib2 @CISP_ICPS

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[Scott Lear, PhD @DrScottLear]

1/3 Six simple foods assoc. with⬇️chances of heart disease & early death:
🍎fruits
🥦veg
🫘legumes
🌰nuts
🐟fish
🥛dairy
Adding unprocessed meat had no effect- neither weakening or strengthening health benefits @ESC_Journals: https://t.co/m2UKzYahkB
@ToYourHealth101 @PHRIresearch

[Prof. Kiffer Card @kiffercard]

🚨New Article🚨

"These results challenge the common narrative that people with higher introversion need or want less social connection or that they benefit less from having a healthy social life."

https://t.co/s2I12nXrp8

[Canadian Alliance for Social Connection and Health @socialhealth_CA]

Whether you’re connected or lonely, an introvert or an extrovert, we want to hear from you!

Complete our 25-minute survey and you’ll have a 1 in 100 chance of winning a $200 cash prize!

Visit https://t.co/RUr4nCXoq0 to learn more!

[Prof. Kiffer Card @kiffercard]

So proud to have our work recognized in parliament!

Also, loved the quote from @petebombaci (a valued friend, the best collaborator ever, and a thought leader in this space):

"The best medicine for people is people."

[SFU Research @SFUResearch]

DECOLONIZING GLOBAL PLANETARY HEALTH 🌎

@SFU_REM’s Clifford Atleo & fellow @SFU researchers are highlighting the need for an anti-colonial, anti-racist & reciprocal approach to address climate change & health inequities in BC & beyond. @SFUENV @SFU_FHS
https://t.co/tFfGtlHKbo