The GeoSDH group is beyond excited to announce that Dr. @MadeleineSW and Dr. @sarahmmah have both defended their PhDs with enormous success. Their contributions to the field of health geography are invaluable and we can't wait to see what's next. Our hats are off to you!! 👏👏👏
A huge CONGRATULATIONS to research group member, @sarahmmah and co-authors on publishing this important work in @BMJ_Open! 🎉🎉 Read the article on active living environments & premature cardiometabolic death here:
https://t.co/oAe47vi6RA
Explore our NEW interactive map of income and #COVID_19 in Montreal, made by research group members @zripka and @ClaraKaufmann. See the numbers side by side across the island and in your neighbourhood:
https://t.co/13Ppyc7VA6
Our new paper on micro-scale features of the environment and walking was published! Thank you to co-authors Prof @ahmedelgeneidy and Prof Nancy Ross from @GeoSDH_Group.
A big CONGRATULATIONS 🎉 to lab member @MadeleineSW for her newly published article in Health & Place! Co-authored by Prof @ahmedelgeneidy and our own Prof Nancy Ross, it examines the role of micro-scale neighbourhood features in promoting walking. 🚸🚶🌳
https://t.co/2ZLg2pscZu
Montrealers! The city is surveying residents about its active mobility corridors and pedestrian streets. Consider taking a moment to fill it out and share if you can!
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#Montreal#walkability#active_living_environments
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Lab members Camille Clement (@camicam2208) and @ClaraSKaufmann just made the @McGillU HOME PAGE for their work graphing #COVID19 rates in North American cities. Read the article here! https://t.co/LZsHs9M946
Check it out! Recently published article co-authored by our own Prof. Nancy A. Ross explores data around walkability, greenness, air pollution, and deprivation in 3 Canadian cities. Read it here: https://t.co/y8m76wkdal
Seeking participants! -- Montrealers aged 65 and up -- for new study on suburban neighbourhood environments and physical activity in older adults. Contact @MadeleineSW or see flyer! https://t.co/RazrSRdS4h
Excited to announce the rollout of our Virtual-STEPS tool! Created by @MadeleineSW, @Kabisha2 & colleagues, it enables users to quickly assess micro-scale features of the built environment that can affect active living friendliness/#walkability. Read more: https://t.co/LsUDuiRvmh
Thèse publiée. Vous pouvez la consulter! Thesis on political action of french-speaking canadian community health nurses published! https://t.co/LrZFO7XZD5
New graphs explore link between income and #COVID_19 rates in North American cities. Fantastic and timely work by lab members Camille Clement and Clara Kaufmann!
Read more: https://t.co/fCvVPuhC7g
Today, my co-authors and I wrote a sentence in @NEJM that I will remember for the rest of my career.
I hope you read the piece, but if you only read one thing, know this.
"Black people are loved."
https://t.co/llNVnR9nAv
🧸 Atténuation des impacts de la pandémie COVID-19 sur le développement des enfants âgés de 0 à 5 ans : adaptation des pratiques de santé publique auprès des familles et dans les milieux de vie. https://t.co/pOdgxvN2AO
1 in 1000 Black men and boys will be killed by police in their lifetime.
1 in 1000 is also the mortality rate of measles, a risk deemed so deadly, it has near constant public health surveillance and prevention.
That we don't treat police violence the same is a form of racism.