Healthy Cities in the SDG Era

18. Life Below Water

September 30, 2022 Centre for Global Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Season 1 Episode 18
Healthy Cities in the SDG Era
18. Life Below Water
Show Notes

SDG 14: Life Below Water focuses on conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.

Hiliary Monteith is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto and a Registered Dietitian. Hilary's research focus is on diabetes prevention and maternal and infant health using community-based participatory research in partnership with an Indigenous community in Northwestern Ontario. Alongside community members and leaders, she considers the role of health and social factors in infant and early childhood growth trajectories and intergenerational pathways to support chronic disease prevention. Her research interests also include cultural safety within health professional training, food and water security and sovereignty for Indigenous communities, equitable healthcare access and services, Indigenous student mentorship and the intersections between these areas. She is a co-editor for the Turtle Island Journal of Indigenous Health, which aims to co-create safe spaces within the academic environment and beyond for Indigenous voices and ways of knowing and being.

Dr. Tracey Galloway is a biological anthropologist and community health scholar at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Her research aims to reduce the burden of chronic disease among Indigenous people living in northern communities by removing existing barriers to health and food security. Tracey works alongside Indigenous leaders, Elders and other allies on projects that improve access to health services and affordable food in northern communities. Tracey’s partnerships extend across the circumpolar north and she is recognized globally as an expert on the health of circumpolar Indigenous populations. She is an active member of the International Union for Circumpolar Health and has worked extensively with scholars from the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, the Greenland Institute for Public Health, and the Danish National Institute for Public Health. Her work is valued for its commitment to decolonizing principles and its support for Indigenous governance.

CREDITS: This podcast is co-hosted by Dr. Erica Di Ruggiero, Director of the Centre for Global Health, and Ophelia Michaelides, Manager of the Centre for Global Health, at the DLSPH, U of T, and produced by Elizabeth Loftus. Audio editing is by Sylvia Lorico. Music is produced by Julien Fortier and Patrick May. It is made with the support of the School of Cities at U of T.