Equity, Opportunity and Good Health: How Transportation Affects the Essential Qualities of Life In Metro Vancouver
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The way transportation infrastructure is designed and the modes of transportation that we have access to impact our lifestyle and our health.
The lecture will review some of the evidence from other jurisdictions, but focus primarily on the findings from the My Health My Community project that surveyed 28,000 Metro Vancouver residents in 2013/14.
Dr. Jat Sandhu is the regional director of the public health surveillance unit at the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority. The Unit was established in 2007 to support regional public health practice in the areas of health assessment, disease surveillance, epidemiological investigations and knowledge exchange.
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Thursday, April 30
7:30 – 9 pm
Room 1200, SFU Segal School of Business, 500 Granville Street
Admission is free, but reservations are required. Reserve here.
