Fantastic piece from NCCEH | CCNSE highlights how mapping tools, like HealthyPlan.City, can help communities, cities and health professionals identify and address environmental inequities that negatively impact public health. #dataviz #healthequity

Safe neighbourhood streets can encourage more families to walk to school this winter. 🙋‍♀️ Learn how families can organize a Safer Streets Advocacy initiative for #WinterWalkDay this February. schooltravel.ca/activity/safer…

More evidence that access to green space has significant health benefits.🍃🌳 In particular, residential greenspace is associated with healthy birth outcomes. Cities should increase greenspace, especially in low-income communities where the association is even stronger.

15-minute cities where residents can walk 15 minutes or less to essential services are good for health, the environment and the economy. 🏠🌳🏫 Pathways to Equitable Healthy Cities explains how only 23% of Metro Vancouver has access to these services within 15 minutes. equitablehealthycities.org/blog/equitable…

Results showed the deleterious effects of [urban heat islands] on mortality and highlighted the health benefits of increasing tree coverage to cool urban environments. #climatechange #globalhealth thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Today marks the beginning of #BlackHistoryMonth. By celebrating the perspectives of Black planners, and by raising awareness of issues of equity, we can move towards a positive future. Read the #planning profession’s joint statement: bit.ly/3wMV5Za

One-third of summer heat-related deaths could be prevented by reaching a #tree cover of 30%. ow.ly/kluM50MGYEo The Lancet ISGlobal The Guardian #parks #trees #cities #study #climate

If you want to quickly visualize important climate variables that impact health, check out this tool: healthyplan.city/en Developed by CANUE

CANUE For example, according to this tool, there are more than 300,000 older adults living in areas with unfavourable heat islands across the Greater Toronto Area.

ENV Online Seminar Series: March 1, 4 - 6 pm. Democratizing urban environmental data across Canada through with Professor Jeff Brook. HealthyDesign.City is a new pair web-based applications for mobilizing urban environmental data. buff.ly/3IoKF8K

We're pleased to be attending a presentation by Nature Canada on their recently completed Tree Equity Report. In short, Canadian equity-deserving communities generally have fewer trees—and thus miss out on their many benefits. #TreeEquity #UrbanForest

Want a sneak peek at the #data we're adding to our urban data visualization and analysis tools? Join a webinar tomorrow with one of our co-directors, Dr. Jeff Brook, to find out! #dataviz #heatlhycities us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

How are green spaces utilized during extreme heat? University of Toronto researchers are analyzing park usage & the impact of extreme heat on the health and well-being of TO residents, with support from a SofC Urban Challenge Grant and U of T Data Sciences Institute (DSI) Data Access Grant: datasciences.utoronto.ca/data-heat-and-…

"Is Vancouver's #Urban #TreeCanopy prepared for #ClimateChange?" #UBCForestry’s Dr. Lorien Nesbitt (Lorien Nesbitt) joins CityNews Vancouver to discuss the role that #Trees could play in mitigating the adverse effects of #ClimateChange: bit.ly/42IJWWF

Climate-related risks facing under-served neighbourhoods are exacerbated by the fact that they may be less able to fight decisions that could hurt them. Great to speak to CBC Toronto about our work to address environmental inequities in Canadian cities. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

Join us for the official release of the HealthyPlan.City tool: 🗓️ November 28, 2023 @ 1-2 pm EST // 10-11 am PT Register now ➡️ eventbrite.ca/e/official-rel…

📰HealthyPlan.City featured in the Toronto Star Where in Toronto are you most exposed to extreme summer heat? New tool maps environmental problem areas in 125 Canadian cities thestar.com/news/canada/wh… via @torontostar

📰HealthyPlan.City dans La Presse: Où se jouent les iniquités environnementales dans nos villes ? lapresse.ca/actualites/env… via @lp_lapresse

📄 Read our paper on the approach to developing the HealthyPlan.City tool, published in open access with Springer Nature in the Journal of Urban Health: link.springer.com/article/10.100…