Recent presentations

Traveling to conferences and sharing with our peers is an important part of the work we do. Click the links below to find PDF copies of some of the recent posters and presentations the GoHelP team has made:

2021

Curty Pereira, R. & Elliott. S. J. (2021). Stepping into the void: Civil society partnerships for tackling the COVID-19 pandemic among WaSH-deprived populations in Rio de Janeiro.2021 Canadian Conference on Global Health: Rethinking Partnership Paradigms in Global Health, Ottawa, November 25-26, 2021.

Dixon, J., Plamondon, K., Curty Pereira, R. Nunbogu, A. & Khan, S. (2021). Is equity on the funding landscape? An analysis of the ways in which funding policies and practices shape equitable partnerships in global health. 2021 Canadian Conference on Global Health: Rethinking Partnership Paradigms in Global Health, Ottawa, November 25-26, 2021.

2020

Soon, L., Minaker, L.M., (2020). An Analysis of Retail Food Environments Surrounding Schools and Neighourhood Socioeconomic Status. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Toronto, Canada

2019

O'Hearn, S., Nunbogu, A., Manjang, B. & Abu, T. (2019). Water security at the intersection of health and governance. Canadian Conference on Global Health, Ottawa, Ontario.

O'Hearn, S. (2019). Confronting power and privilege: A necessary task to achieve diverse leadership in global health. Canadian Conference on Global Health, Ottawa, Ontario.

Elliott, S.J. (2019). Geographies of bearing witness: The science of knowledge translation in global health research. 18th International Medical Geography Symposium, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Rishworth, A. & Elliott, S.J. (2019). “We’re raped and defiled cause they think we’re into witchcraft”: Examining the health impacts of witchcraft accusations among elderly women in Uganda. 18th International Medical Geography Symposium, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Manjang, B. (2019). We need to talk about food - new evidence on food hygiene risks and interventions. University of North Carolina Water & Health Conference 2019, North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Dean, J. (2019). What's Property got to do with it? Religious-minority migrants and the right to healthy city-building in Ontario. Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG), Winnipeg, MB.

Hall, M., Casas, D., Bisung, E. & Elliott, S.J. (2019). Water, sanitation, and hygiene-based health outcomes in low-income communities in high-income countries: A systematic review. Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) Annual Meeting, Winnipeg, MB.

Kangmennaang, J. & Elliott, S.J. (2019). Water insecurity in Ghana, new issues and new measures. Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) Annual Meeting, Winnipeg, MB.

Onyango, E. & Elliott, S.J. (2019). Are we afraid of being alone? The politics of gender-based violence - health and wellbeing of middle-aged Kenyans. Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) Annual Meeting, Winnipeg, MB.

Dean, J. (2019). Planning for immigrant inclusion and health equity in rural communities. Southwestern Public Health Unit, Tilsonburg, ON.

Dean, J. (2019). Panelist, Why We Cycle: A film Screening and Panel, Waterloo, ON.

Dean, J. (2019). Exploring the 'Missing Middle' in Ontario. Pragma Council Conference, Waterloo, ON.

Dean, J. (2019). Panelist, Imagining Canada's future cities, Vancouver, BC.

Elliott, S.J. (2019). Developing a research agenda for assessing the resilience of a national health care system to the impacts of climate change. American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Rishworth, A. & Elliott, S.J. (2019). Examining how gender and age interact across the life course to influence wellbeing in old age: A case study of Uganda. American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Kangmennaang, J. & Elliott, S.J. (2019). A mixed-methods exploration of the links between inequality and wellbeing in Ghana. American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Elliott, S.J. (2019). Addressing water quality risks for the poor. REACH International Conference on Water Security and Poverty, Keble College, Oxford, UK.

Shantz, E. & Elliott, S.J. (2019). Making Sense of Food Allergies: A resource for the Canadian public. 2019 AllerGen Research Conference, Marriott Downtown Toronto Eaton Centre Hotel, Toronto, ON.

Elliott, S.J. (2019). The science of translating food allergy science. 2019 AllerGen Research Conference, Marriott Downtown Toronto Eaton Centre Hotel, Toronto, ON.

2018

Biglieri, S. (October, 2018). The Right to (Re)shape the City as a Person Living with Dementia: Identifying barriers and adapting the open house. Accepted Individual Paper and Presenter at the 58th Annual Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Buffalo, New York.

Biglieri, S. & M. Hartt. (2018). Understanding ‘Double Risk’ for Older Adults: An examination of the interactions between social determinants of health and (un)supportive built environments. Accepted Paper and Presenter at the 14th Annual International Federation on Aging Conference in Toronto, Ontario.

Elliott, S.J. (2018). Washing your water security worries away: addressing the transdisciplinary challenge. 1st International Conference on Water Security, Toronto, ON

Shantz, E., Elliott, S.J. (2018). Evaluating researchers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to integrated knowledge translation in a biomedical study of food allergy. Poster presented at the Canadian Public Health Association Annual Conference, Montreal, QC

Burnett, L., Elliott, S.J. (2018). Whither climate change and health? A research agenda to assess the resilience of the Canadian health care system to the (health) impacts of climate change. Poster presented at the Canadian Public Health Association Annual Conference, Montreal, QC

Dean, J., Biglieri, S. & N. Goodbrand. (2018). Exploring considerations of equity in the healthy built environments field: a scoping review. Accepted Paper and Presenter at the 2018 Urban Affairs Association Conference in Toronto, Ontario.

2017

Rishworth, A., Elliott, S.J. (2017). It’s a big world out there: re-placing aging in place. Geographies of Ageing, Health & Health Care, Canadian Association of Geographers – Ontario Division, Kingston, ON

Atiim, G.A., Elliott, S.J. (2017). “Is it different for everyone and everyplace?”: people, place and the rise of chronic disease in Ghana. Public Health & Medical Geographies, Canadian Association of Geographers – Ontario Division, Kingston, ON

Kangmennaang, J., Elliott, S.J. (2017). Exploring the determinants of population wellbeing in Ghana. Public Health & Medical Geographies, Canadian Association of Geographers – Ontario Division, Kingston, ON

Biglieri, S. (2017). A Proposed Framework for a Dementia-Specific Approach to Planning Scholarship and Practice, Individual Paper and Presenter at the 57th Annual Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference in Denver, Colorado.

Biglieri, S. & M. Hartt. (2017). Are mid-sized cities prepared for an aging population? An Examination of Municipal Old-Age Dependency and Age-Friendly Policy in Ontario. Canadian Association of Geographers Conference at York University in Toronto, Ontario.

2016

Brown, K. M., Elliott, S. J., Leatherdale, T. S. (2016). How does it work? Exploring researchers’ experiences implementing knowledge exchange in public schools. Poster presented at the Canadian Public Health Association Annual Conference, Toronto, ON

Dixon, J. & Elliott, S. J. (2016). What is this thing called knowledge translation? Integrating scientists and end users in a knowledge translation experiment. Paper presented at the Canadian Public Health Association Annual Conference, Toronto, ON

Lu, S. K & Elliott, S. J. (2016). Building a theory-based approach to evaluation of small development NGOs: A case study from Canada. Paper presented at the Canadian Public Health Association Annual Conference, Toronto, ON

Atiim, G. A and Elliott, S. J (2016). What do we know about food allergy? An exploration of health stakeholders experience in urban Ghana. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of Canadian Geographers, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Rishworth, A., Bisung, E., & Luginaah, I. (2016). “It's Like a Disease”: Women's perceptions of caesarean sections in Ghana's Upper West Region.Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, CA

Biglieri, S. (2016). Implementing Dementia-Friendly Land Use Policy: An evaluation of current literature and economic implications for greenfield development in suburban Canada. Individual Paper and Presenter at the 56th Annual Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference in Portland, Oregon.

Biglieri, S. (2016). Planning Dementia-Friendly Public Spaces: Examining the effect of the built environment on people with dementia and how planners can enable people to continue to access their neighbourhoods. Rapid Fire Presentation and Poster at the Symposium on Aging Research, Waterloo, Ontario.

2015

Bisung, E & Elliott, S (2015, November) Exploring psychosocial impacts of the lack of access to safe water and adequate sanitation in Usoma, Kenya (.pdf). Poster presented at the Canadian Conference on Global Health, Montreal, QC

Elliott, S (2015, November) Toward a Global Index of Wellbeing: A proof of concept. Paper presented at the Canadian Conference on Global Health, Montreal, QC

Cardwell, F. & Elliott, S.J. (2015, July). What do climate change, respiratory health, and the childhood obesity question have in common? (.pdf). Paper presented at the International Medical Geography Symposium, Vancouver, B.C.

Brown, K.M. & Eliott, S.J. (2015, July). Searching for rigour in mixed methods health research: A methodological review (.pdf). Paper presented at the International Medical Geography Symposium, Vancouver, B.C.

Rishworth, A., Kuuire, V., & Luginaah, I. (2015, July). Health Insurance Among the Elderly in Ghana:Is the Pro-Poor Elderly Exemption Policy Working? (.pdf). Paper presented at the International Medical geography Symposium, Vancouver B.C.

Dixon, J., & Elliott, S.J. (2015, April). What is this thing called Knowledge Translation: what do Scientists think of end-users? (.pdf). Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.