Tier 2 Canada Research Chair, Social-Ecological Determinants of Health and Wellbeing Public Presentation
Dr. Lindsay P. Galway, Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Lakehead University
Public Presentation
"Health, sustainability, and social justice in a rapidly changing and inequitable world"
Date: Tuesday, September 24th, 2019
Time: 1:30 pm
Location: AT3004
We live in an era characterized by unprecedented ecosystem degradation, unbridled resource extraction, and expanding injustices. These interrelated challenges have wide-reaching and cumulative impacts on health and health inequities and demand advances at the interface of social and ecological determinants of health. To achieve health for all, now and in the future, innovative and interdisciplinary research investigating the social-ecological dimensions of health and well-being is imperative. Dr. Galway’s program of research responds to this imperative by investigating and addressing the social and health dimensions of climatic and environmental change, with a focus on promoting health, sustainability, and social justice. Informed by four years of research and relationship-building across Thunder Bay, the Lake Superior watershed, and Canada’s Provincial Norths, Dr. Galway’s future research will focus on three core themes: (1) investigating the impacts of climatic and environmental change on health and well-being; (2) using place-based approaches to respond to, and address, climatic and environmental change in ways that promote sustainability, health, and justice; and (3) identifying methodological and practical innovations to support integration, interdisciplinary research, and intersectoral action. In this one-hour presentation, Dr. Galway will describe the rationale and inspiration behind her work and outline ongoing projects and future priorities within each of these core research themes. She will conclude by describing the impacts of her research and the synergies between her work and Lakehead University’s already demonstrated areas of excellence and future research priorities.