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Thursday, November 12, 2020

New Articles by Leia Minaker 2020

Buttazzoni, A., Tariq, U., Thompson-Haile, A., Burkhalter, R., Cooke, M., Minaker, L.M. (Accepted). Adolescent gender identity, sexual preference, and cannabis use: potential mediations by internalizing disorder risk. Health Education & Behavior.

A. Buttazzoni, S. Doherty, L.M. Minaker. (2020). How do Urban Environments Affect Youth Mental Health? A Novel Conceptual Framework to Bridge Public Health, Planning, and Neurourbanism. Public Health Reports.

You will be joined by fellow geographers, GIS specialists, environmental scientists, and other leaders for the latest in research and applications in geography, sustainability, and GIScience. The meeting will be held from Wednesday, April 7- Sunday, April 11, 2021, and will feature in-person and virtual aspects with over 6,900 presentations, posters, workshops, and field trips by leading scholars, experts, and researchers. 

CAGONT 2020/2021: The next Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers - Ontario Division was scheduled for October 2020 in London, ON. It has been postponed in the interest of public health and due to the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19. CAGONT 2021 will now be held at the Department of Geography and Environment at Western University in London in October 2021! More details when they become available...

The conference draws upon McMaster’s expertise in the field of international and comparative public policy, to unpack the global dimensions of policy and bridge the gap between international relations, international political economy, and public policy.

Throughout 2020, issues related to health equity have been brought to the foreground. While Global Health as a discipline has long been concerned with the social determinants of health and health inequities, it is also criticized for reproducing inequitable relations through neo-colonial practices. Major events of 2020 (including the global COVID-19 pandemic; global anti-racism movements; record wildfire season) present an opportunity to think differently about Global Health and move toward more equitable health futures.