Healthy Cities in the SDG Era

In this final episode, we will look at the intersection between SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities.  The focus of SDG 11 is to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable while the focus of SDG 3 is to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. Leonard Mwesigwa is a 2nd Year Ph.D. Student in Planning at the University of Toronto [https://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/programs/planning/] and a Founder/CEO of Inclusive Green Growth Uganda [https://mobile.twitter.com/greeniggu] (IGGU), an NGO based in Uganda whose vision is “A prosperous Africa based on inclusive growth and sustainable development”. Leonard was born & raised in Uganda. He is a Professional Civil Engineer with a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil & Building Engineering, Kyambogo University, Uganda; Master of Science in Transport Planning & Engineering, Newcastle University, UK; Master of Business Administration from Heriot-Watt University, UK and a Postgraduate Diploma in Project Planning & Management from Uganda Management Institute.  He has worked in both private and public sector organizations for over 10 years and on several urban policy design and urban infrastructure development projects. Notably as a Senior Urban Transport Planner at Kampala Capital City Authority [https://www.kcca.go.ug/] (KCCA) for over 6 years, he oversaw and participated in several city road designs and construction projects.  As a practicing Urban Transport Planner, he is passionate about developing equitable and sustainable urban transit systems in the Global South. His Ph.D. research aims at examining the potential use of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in delivering socially inclusive and equitable urban transit systems in rapidly urbanizing African cities. Karen Chapple [http://www.karenchapple.com/], Ph.D., is the Director of the School of Cities [https://www.schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/]at the University of Toronto, where she also serves as Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning. She is Professor Emerita of City & Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley, where she served as department chair and held the Carmel P. Friesen Chair in Urban Studies. Chapple studies inequalities in the planning, development, and governance of regions in the U.S. and Latin America, with a focus on economic development and housing. Chapple is currently engaged in many research projects related to inequality and sustainability planning, with a focus on residential [http://communityinnovation.berkeley.edu/gentrification] and commercial/industrial displacement. Since 2006, she has served as faculty director of the UC Berkeley Center for Community Innovation [http://communityinnovation.berkeley.edu/], which has provided over $2 million in technical assistance to community-based organizations and government agencies. This has included research on the potential for gentrification and displacement near transit-oriented development (for the Association of Bay Area Governments); more effective planning for affordable housing and economic development near transit (for the Great Communities Collaborative); the relationship between the arts, commercial and residential revitalization in low-income neighborhoods; and the role of green jobs and industrial land in regional economies.   Chapple holds a B.A. in Urban Studies from Columbia University, an M.S.C.R.P from the Pratt Institute, and a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. Prior to academia, Chapple spent ten years as a practicing planner in economic development, land use, and transportation in New York and San Francisco.

SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy focuses on ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy. Marina Freire-Gormaly, Ph.D., EIT, LEED GA is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University [https://lassonde.yorku.ca/]. Her research focuses on the development of stand-alone solar-powered reverse osmosis water treatment systems and energy recovery systems for remote communities that lack access to grid electricity. She also is interested in machine learning applications for the smart design of innovative energy and water systems. Her research interests are also in advanced manufacturing, smart systems using the Internet of Things & artificial intelligence, and advanced additive manufacturing methods. She completed her Ph.D. and M.A.Sc. from the University of Toronto in Mechanical Engineering [https://www.mie.utoronto.ca/programs/undergraduate/mechanical-engineering/]. She has previously been a course instructor for undergraduate energy-related engineering courses at the University of Toronto. She has also worked at Ontario Power Generation (OPG) on the Darlington New Nuclear Project [https://www.opg.com/powering-ontario/our-generation/nuclear/darlington-nuclear/darlington-new-nuclear/]and the Darlington Refurbishment Project [https://www.opg.com/strengthening-the-economy/our-projects/darlington-refurbishment/]. She contributed to a World Bank project evaluating Canada’s ‘Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy [https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/federal-sustainable-development-strategy.html](RISE). She currently serves as the Chair of Student and Young Professional Affairs for the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers [https://www.csme-scgm.ca/](CSME). Nitish Ranjan Sarker is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Water and Energy Research Lab at the University of Toronto [https://werl.mie.utoronto.ca/#:~:text=The%20Water%20and%20Energy%20Research,development%20in%20unique%20global%20contexts.] (U of T). He is also associated with the Centre for Global Engineering [https://cgen.utoronto.ca/] at U of T and teaches strategies and challenges of replacing high GHG-emitting energy technologies with renewable and low-carbon alternatives to senior year undergrad/ graduate students. Additionally, Nitish volunteers as the program director of the International Water Association Young Waters Professional in Canada [https://iwa-ywp.ca/#:~:text=IWA%20YWP%20Canada%20aims%20to,%2C%20empower%2C%20and%20support%20them.] and manages several Pan-Canadian networking and professional development events to dissipate the understanding of the social, economic, and technological aspects of Canadian water research. As a cross-disciplinary researcher, Nitish focuses on technological and systemic innovation of water and clean-energy technologies, broadly relevant to the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and how to customize them appropriately based on the target community's needs and constraints. Nitish was also vested with the Mortenson Global Engineering Award [https://www.colorado.edu/center/mortenson/global-engineering-awards]earlier this year. CREDITS: This podcast is co-hosted by Dr. Erica Di Ruggiero [https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/faculty-profile/diruggiero-erica/], Director of the Centre for Global Health [https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/institutes/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 [https://www.schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/] at U of T.

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 [https://nutrisci.med.utoronto.ca/]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 [https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/tijih], 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 [https://www.anthropology.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/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 [https://www.iuch.net/#:~:text=The%20International%20Union%20for%20Circumpolar,affiliates%20throughout%20the%20circumpolar%20regions.] and has worked extensively with scholars from the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium [https://www.anthc.org/], the Greenland Institute for Public Health, [https://uk.uni.gl/research/greenland-center-for-health-research.aspx] 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 [https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/faculty-profile/diruggiero-erica/], Director of the Centre for Global Health [https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/institutes/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 [https://www.schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/] at U of T.

Sustainable Development Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals focuses on strengthening the means of implementation and revitalizing the global partnership for sustainable development. Jillian Clare Kohler [https://www.pharmacy.utoronto.ca/faculty/jillian-clare-kohler], PhD is a Professor at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy [https://www.pharmacy.utoronto.ca/], the Dalla Lana School of Public Health [https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/] and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy [https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/]. She is also the Founding Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Governance, Transparency and Accountability in the Pharmaceutical Sector [https://www.pharmacy.utoronto.ca/research/centres-initiatives/who-collaborating-centre-governance-accountability-and-transparency-pharmaceutical-sector]. She is also a Connaught Scholar (2020). Prior to joining the University of Toronto, Dr. Kohler worked on pharmaceutical policy issues at UNICEF, the World Bank, and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Headquarters. She continues to advise United Nations agencies, such as the UNDP, the UNODC and the WHO on issues related to pharmaceutical policy, particularly anti-corruption and related governance issues. Andrea Bowra is a doctoral candidate in Public Health Sciences at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health [https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/], University of Toronto funded by a Canada Graduate Scholarship. She holds a Master of Public Health degree from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and a Bachelor of Health Science degree from Western University. Her doctoral research explores how accountability is taken up in global health systems in response to harms caused by the pharmaceutical industry. Andrea is the Managing Editor of the Turtle Island Journal of Indigenous Health [https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/tijih]and an organizing member of the Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy. [https://cssdp.org/] CREDITS: This podcast is co-hosted by Dr. Erica Di Ruggiero [https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/faculty-profile/diruggiero-erica/], Director of the Centre for Global Health [https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/institutes/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.

Sustainable Development Goal: 12 Responsible Consumption and Production focuses on ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns. Quinn Grundy is a registered nurse and an Assistant Professor with the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing [https://bloomberg.nursing.utoronto.ca/] at the University of Toronto [https://www.utoronto.ca/] and a Faculty Associate with the Center for Bioethics and Humanities [https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cuanschutz.edu%2Fcenters%2Fbioethicshumanities&data=05%7C01%7Celizabeth.loftus%40utoronto.ca%7C96ff3d7153284770e73908da38f22c64%7C78aac2262f034b4d9037b46d56c55210%7C0%7C0%7C637884910016373832%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Xg%2BYi29AtKrHjzgq4f9bvnmE5RGp5ro52zMutbl6K9E%3D&reserved=0] at the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus. She is a fellow with the WHO’s Collaborating Centre for Governance, Accountability, and Transparency in the Pharmaceutical Sector [https://pharmacy.utoronto.ca/research/whocc/] and the Centre for Sustainable Health Systems [https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sustainablehealthsystems.ca%2F&data=05%7C01%7Celizabeth.loftus%40utoronto.ca%7C96ff3d7153284770e73908da38f22c64%7C78aac2262f034b4d9037b46d56c55210%7C0%7C0%7C637884910016373832%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=tiKzRkoyfHg5tb%2FoZUoEvaBeIAo%2FqcqacCS138hoGZI%3D&reserved=0]at the University of Toronto. Dr. Grundy's research explores the interactions between medically-related industry and the health system, health professionals, and the production of health-related research and the implications for equitable, sustainable public health care. She is the author of Infiltrating healthcare: How marketing works underground to influence nurses (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018). Daniel Eisenkraft Klein is a PhD Candidate at the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health. His SSHRC-funded doctoral research centres on how the pharmaceutical industry frames its involvement in the policymaking sphere. Daniel is presently also a Research Consultant for the Opioid Industry Documents Archive at John's Hopkins University, and has previously taught on the Commercial Determinants of Health at Simon Fraser University's Faculty of Health Sciences. CREDITS: This podcast is co-hosted by Dr. Erica Di Ruggiero [https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/faculty-profile/diruggiero-erica/], Director of the Centre for Global Health [https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/institutes/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 [https://www.schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/] at U of T.