Geo-Social Determinants of Health Group

What is #HealthGeography? Check out our recent #StoryMap made with @ArcGISStoryMaps and find out! storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/7ede80…

Congratulations and big shout out to Associate Professor Graham MacDonald who recently received tenure in the Dept of Geography! @gk_macdonald

Big congrats to the GIC team for being awarded Silver Sustainable Workplace Certification!! reporter.mcgill.ca/newly-certifie… @GIC_McGill @EinGeograph

Read more about @sarahmmah's work on active living environments and population health here: tinyurl.com/b55f8hds and here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00….

Read more about @MadeleineSW's latest work on the relationship between the micro-scale built environment and walking in older adults here: tinyurl.com/d25w3x29 and here: link.springer.com/article/10.118….

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!! 👏👏👏

Congratulations, Sarah!! 🎉🎉🎉

If you are an upper undergrad or MSc student and want to know more about stats, check out the #McGill Online Summer School in Health Data Analytics led by #SPGH @McGillEBOH Faculty members Erica Moodie, @robertwplatt & Alexandra Schmidt. Learn more at ism.uqam.ca/health-statist…

Are you a student who wants to learn more about @CANUEConsortium data and have a chance to win $100 cash?! 🗺️🍁🤑💰 Register now for our final seminar collab happening May 21st! geohealthnetwork.com/upcoming-event…

3:30 PM UPDATE: We’ve got no line, lots of doses and a new 🎉DAILY RAFFLE🎉 with great prizes, including $50 grocery gift cards. 📍@JohnPolanyiCI (640 Lawrence Ave W) ✅18+ LIVING or WORKING in “M” hot spots. First doses of Moderna

UPDATE at 4:13 p.m.: Lines are very short at our Neighbourhood COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Regent Park Community Centre. Please stop by if you are 18+ and live or work in a Toronto hot spot. We will be offering first doses until 6:30 p.m.

Canada’s Active Transportation Strategy: Q&A With Brian Pincott nabsa.net/2021/04/28/act… #bikefriendlycanada

🌱To mark the close of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, and the theme #ConnectWithNature, we wanted to share some thoughts and research on #Wellbeing and nature, from the World Happiness Report and @mentalhealth.

Join us on May 21st for our 4th and final seminar with @CANUEConsortium! We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Dan Crouse and Adele Balram Lundy to present their work with this excellent list of co-authors. Registration is open! @HEIresearch @geo_uoft @UofTCities geohealthnetwork.com/upcoming-event…

Have you completed your #Census2021🇨🇦? Fill it out now and join us on May 12 @ 12pm to learn about how the pandemic has changed the census! 🧐What challenges has the #pandemic posed? How has the census adapted? What lies ahead for future census work? @StatCan_eng

Professor and Graduate Chair Ron Buliung and former students Patrick Bilas @StatCan_eng and Tim Ross @HBKidsHospital publish piece on disability and transportation access to education in Toronto doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.…

Would you like to join the KEEP lab? We have an opening for a one year postdoc position. Please share.

Starting today, #HaltonON residents 50+ who cannot work from home are now eligible to book a #COVID-19 vaccination appointment through our online booking system. If you or someone you know is eligible, please book here: ow.ly/oven50EwoNP

New interview in the ISID Speaker Series! Global and humanitarian health expert Dr. Teresa Bonyo speaks with Prof Rachel Kiddell-Monroe about the need for decolonizing approaches to humanitarian action. Watch the interview here: bit.ly/3fLxLUn

Coming up on Tuesday, May 18!

Interesting new research out in @IntJEpidemiol by Yinjie Zhu et al. on relationship between socio-economic disadvantage at both individual and #neighbourhood levels and health-related lifestyle risk factors: doi.org/10.1093/ije/dy…