13 research outputs found
Addressing the environmental, community and health impacts of resource development: Challenges across scales, sectors and sites
Work that addresses the cumulative impacts of resource extraction on environment, community, and health is necessarily large in scope. This paper presents experiences from initiating research at this intersection and explores implications for the ambitious, integrative agenda of planetary health. The purpose is to outline origins, design features, and preliminary insights from our intersectoral and international project, based in Canada and titled the âEnvironment, Community, Health Observatoryâ (ECHO) Network. With a clear emphasis on rural, remote, and Indigenous communities, environments, and health, the ECHO Network is designed to answer the question: How can an Environment, Community, Health Observatory Network support the integrative tools and processes required to improve understanding and response to the cumulative health impacts of resource development? The Network is informed by four regional cases across Canada where we employ a framework and an approach grounded in observation, âtaking notice for actionâ, and collective learning. Sharing insights from the foundational phase of this five-year project, we reflect on the hidden and obvious challenges of working across scales, sectors, and sites, and the overlap of generative and uncomfortable entanglements associated with health and resource development. Yet, although intersectoral work addressing the cumulative impacts of resource extraction presents uncertainty and unresolved tensions, ultimately we argue that it is worth staying with the trouble
Addressing the environmental, community and health impacts of resource development: Challenges across scales, sectors and sites
Work that addresses the cumulative impacts of resource extraction on environment, community, and health is necessarily large in scope. This paper presents experiences from initiating research at this intersection and explores implications for the ambitious, integrative agenda of planetary health. The purpose is to outline origins, design features, and preliminary insights from our intersectoral and international project, based in Canada and titled the âEnvironment, Community, Health Observatoryâ (ECHO) Network. With a clear emphasis on rural, remote, and Indigenous communities, environments, and health, the ECHO Network is designed to answer the question: How can an Environment, Community, Health Observatory Network support the integrative tools and processes required to improve understanding and response to the cumulative health impacts of resource development? The Network is informed by four regional cases across Canada where we employ a framework and an approach grounded in observation, âtaking notice for actionâ, and collective learning. Sharing insights from the foundational phase of this five-year project, we reflect on the hidden and obvious challenges of working across scales, sectors, and sites, and the overlap of generative and uncomfortable entanglements associated with health and resource development. Yet, although intersectoral work addressing the cumulative impacts of resource extraction presents uncertainty and unresolved tensions, ultimately we argue that it is worth staying with the trouble
What Meats the Eye : How the Description and Labeling of Vegetarian Dishes Affects Food Choice
The purpose of this study was to understand what factors affect meat consumption
among students at the University of British Columbia (UBC), in order to reduce meat
consumption on campus and reduce overall environmental impact . Does the
description and labeling of vegetarian dishes affect food choice for non-vegetarians?
It
was hypothesized that description and labeling would affect food choice among
non-vegetarians
in the following ways: fewer students would select a vegetarian dish
compared to a meat dish when the word âvegetarianâ was used in the titleÍŸ more
students would select a vegetarian dish compared to a meat dish when the meat/meat
alternative was placed at the end of the ingredient listÍŸ and more students would select
a vegetarian option when nutritional data was provided. Two hundred and thirteen
surveys were collected at UBC. Results do not demonstrate consistent patterns in the
effects of ingredient order, âvegetarianâ label, or the presence of nutritional information
across all food options. The presence of nutritional information for the chili dish
significantly increased the selection of a vegetarian compared to a non-vegetarian
meal. Providing nutritional information may help to decrease meat consumption. We
recommend further research into which nutritional information is most persuasive. Disclaimer: âUBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.âArts, Faculty ofPsychology, Department ofUnreviewedUndergraduat
Genotypic and phenotypic analysis of 396 individuals with mutations in Sonic Hedgehog
Background Holoprosencephaly (HPE), the most common malformation of the human forebrain, may result from mutations in over 12 genes. Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) was the first such gene discovered; mutations in SHH remain the most common cause of nonchromosomal HPE. The severity spectrum is wide, ranging from incompatibility with extrauterine life to isolated midline facial differences