http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/35551 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:28:41 GMT 2013-05-22T12:28:41Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/51022 Title: Final technical report : a Canadian community of practice in ecosystem approaches to health with a training and awards program for ecohealth research in international and development settings, January 2008 – June 2012 Authors: Webb, Jena; Saint‐Charles, Johanne; Parkes, Margot; Morrison, Karen; Lemire, Melanie; Woollard, Robert Abstract: Canada’s contribution to the emergence of Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health (Ecohealth) ‐ and application in the international and development context ‐ is entering a new phase. Researchers and institutions across the country have identified a need for consolidation and commitment to ensure long‐term development and capacity in the field. In response to this need we propose to establish a Canadian Community of Practice in Ecohealth (CoPEH‐Can2) that will promote and support research, education, policy and practice in ecosystem approaches to health. Initial objectives of the CoPEH‐Can are to jointly plan and deliver a course on the ecohealth approach for students and professionals doing international/development work; and to provide a forum for Canadians to consolidate and extend the ecohealth approach through collaboration, exchange, and scholarly attention to methodology, pedagogy and knowledge translation. The CoPEH‐Can will provide a pan‐Canadian platform to manage and deliver the Canadian Ecohealth Graduate Awards Program, previously hosted and administered by the International Development Research Center. Based on experience of the opportunities and challenges of establishing communities of practice elsewhere, we have designed the CoPEH‐Can to build progressively, through a nodal structure, strongly rooted in existing institutions that have demonstrated their capacity for ecohealth research and training in Canada and internationally. During the proposed 3‐year establishment phase, three regional nodes (Quebec/Maritimes, Ontario and BC/Prairies/Territories) would be administered by a University Consortium, comprising the Université du Québec à Montréal, University of Guelph and University of British Columbia. The CoPEH‐Can will be governed by a Coordinating Committee, comprising members of the three Consortium universities with input from the International Development Research Center (IDRC) Ecohealth Program Initiative, and Nodal Advisory Committees. During the establishment phase, a main activity of the CoPEH‐Can will be to collectively design and deliver a short‐course focused on Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health to provide training to qualified graduate awardees under the proposed Canadian Ecohealth Graduate Training Awards Program (a continuation of the IDRC Ecohealth Graduate Awards Program). The proposed 11 day short course will be run in 2008, 2009 and 2010 and hosting would rotate between the three Consortia universities. Consortium partners will seek to establish this short‐course as an accredited graduate course across the three universities, potentially complemented by a distance‐learning component. Oversight of the program design, delivery and evaluation will be through the CoPEH Coordinating Committee. Each cohort of the training program would include up to five students who have applied to and been selected by the CoPEH‐Can to receive bursaries for international field research. The Consortium will be responsible for the management and administration of the Canadian Ecohealth Graduate Training Awards Program. Sat, 01 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/51022 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/51013 Title: Final technical report for “Ecohealth Toolkit - Pilot for Teaching Manual”, August 2010 – April 2012 Authors: McCullagh, Suzanne; Morrison, Karen Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/51013 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/50652 Title: Integrating Health, Sustainability and Ecosystems in the Post-2015 Development Agenda Authors: Horwitz, Pierre; Morrison, Karen; Parkes, Margot; Patz, Jonathan; Zinsstag, Jakob Abstract: The International Association for Ecology and Health (IAEH) appreciates the invitation for interested individuals and groups to submit think pieces on the positioning and role of health in the post-2015 agenda, with a challenge facing the health community: to agree on very few goals, feasible targets and measurable indicators that put health at the heart of people’s understanding of the purpose of development. Representing Ecohealth researchers, practitioners, and policy makers, the Association promotes sustainable health and well-being by pursuing “transdisciplinary” approaches across sectors to address interdependent causal factors of health and well-being. The post-2015 development agenda must have sustainable health in mind; that is, health for today without compromising the natural, social and cultural capital required for the health of future generations. Description: Submitted for future publication in EcoHealth, published by Springer Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/50652 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/49523 Title: Agriculture-associated diseases : adapting; agriculture to improve human health Authors: McDermott, John; Grace, Delia Description: 2020 Conference Brief 18 - February 2011; This brief was prepared for a global policy consultation, coordinated by IFPRI, on “Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health,” the centerpiece of which is an international conference in New Delhi, India, on February 10–12, 2011.; Also published as a policy brief in February 2011 by ILRI / available at: http://mahider.ilri.org/bitstream/handle/10568/3230/Policy_Brief_Feb_Health_PrintVersion.pdf?sequence=1 For boxes in Bessem’s office (all outputs to capture) Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/49523 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/48494 Title: EcoHealth : a primer Authors: Waltner-Toews, David Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/48494 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z