Tune in to a livestream of a two-day environments and health research summit to hear panel discussions around the future of environments and health research in Canada. Register to get the link to the livestream before the summit. By joining the livestream, you will be able to watch the panel discussions and keynote remarks.
Background
The Environments and Health Research Summit will be a two-day meeting serving as the capstone knowledge translation event of the Environments and Health Signature Initiative (EHSI) spearheaded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Eighteen interdisciplinary national teams were funded to launch applied public health research projects. The aim was to “build upon Canadian research strengths and expertise and strengthen Canada's position as an international leader in interdisciplinary environments and health research” (CIHR, 2019).
The Summit will bring together a diverse audience of environmental health research leaders, knowledge translation experts, and knowledge users. Summit speakers will share insights on environmental health research in Canada, including highlights from EHSI research, and outline an agenda for the future that promotes and advances environmental health research in Canada and ensures that the knowledge this research generates addresses critical gaps on issues from local to planetary scales.
The format of the Summit will facilitate dialogue between researchers, policymakers, public health professionals, Indigenous leaders, and organizations focused on environment and health as well as members of the media, to better target knowledge translation efforts to the needs of intended audiences in interactive, collaborative and productive workshop sessions. Future priorities and funding mechanisms for environment and health research in Canada will also be discussed.
