Innovative Interdisciplinary Methods

How do we use innovative methods to investigate community environments?

We design, validate, and use innovative and rigorous interdisciplinary methods and tools to help assess the impact of community environments on health, wellbeing, and equity outcomes. Improving how we study place – and how we include community perspectives in research – is just as important what we learn about place when thinking about people and their health.

Financial Wellbeing

Improving people’s financial circumstances has never been more critical. Disadvantaged population groups have experienced even higher levels of financial strain (including financial insecurity [...]

Fit to be Canadian? The Recreation Industrial Complex in Canada

IN RECENT YEARS, recreation professionals have been suggested their profession needs to return to its historical roots of providing recreation facilities and opportunities for the so-called [...]

Scoping Population Health in Impact Assessment (ScopHIA)

Canada is an international leader in natural resource and large-scale infrastructure projects, which substantially contribute to the domestic economy.

Evaluation of Innovative Preschool Play Spaces

Why is play in early childhood important? Early childhood free play experiences can influence a child’s developmental, mental and physical health, impacting them for the rest of their [...]

Family Access to Municipal Infrastructure for Leisure: Young children (FAMILY)

What factors affect use and access to community recreation facilities and outdoor spaces among families? Our Strathcona County: Recreation, Parks and Culture department partners wondered just [...]

Community Health and the Built Environment

To better understand how a community environment helps or hinders people’s healthy choices, we worked in collaboration with four communities in Alberta: Bonnyville North Central [...]

Understanding Older Adults Use of Greenspaces in Taipei, Taiwan

To better understand the health impacts of greenspaces, we engaged older adults in Taipei, Taiwan to understand their use of those spaces. Through interviews and observations, we found that [...]