The McMaster Institute of Environment and Health will host a workshop on May 24 and 25 to ignite a nationwide agenda for more unified research and policy action against the harmful effects of environmental degradation on women, children, the poor and other vulnerable Canadians.

Speakers from coast to coast will address concerns that Canada lags behind other countries in imposing strong measures to address health and social problems caused by environmental degradation in vulnerable communities throughout the country. Cutting-edge research taking place at academic and policy institutions across Canada will show how certain disadvantaged groups are disproportionately burdened by climate change, air and water pollution, and food contamination.

The Environment, Health, and Social Equity workshop, sponsored by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Institute of Population and Public Health, and the Institute of Gender and Health) will ensure that researchers, policy-makers, and community groups are better positioned to solve these problems through collaborative research, knowledge translation and capacity building.

When: May 24 and 25

Where: Staybridge Suites, 118 Market St., Hamilton

Speakers:

May 24 from 8 to 9:30 a.m: