Public Health and Collaborative Governance in Extreme Heat Response: Evidence from Canadian Provinces and Urban Centers

On behalf of Collaborative Centre for Climate, Health & Sustainable Care + North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies…

Join the Collaborative Centre for Climate, Health & Sustainable Care and the North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (NAO) for our upcoming Climate & Health seminar, Public Health and Collaborative Governance in Extreme Heat Response: Evidence from Canadian Provinces and Urban Centers featuring Dr. Sara Allin, Director of the NAO and Associate Professor of Health Policy, at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, at the University of Toronto.

Description

This presentation will share results from a CIHR-funded project exploring the governance of heat responses in Canada, with two parts: first, a scoping review of the academic and grey literature to characterize the roles of public health authorities in climate action, with a focus on extreme heat in three provinces (British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec); and, second, a qualitative comparative case study with interviews with key stakeholders to identify and assess governance mechanisms supporting collaborative action on extreme heat in three cities (Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal). Implications for public health authorities and their role in climate action, and broader climate resilience, will be discussed.

Speaker

Sara Allin is an Associate Professor of Health Policy at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, and Director of the North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (NAO). Her research focuses on comparative health systems, health system resilience, and health equity. At the NAO, she leads research to inform evidence-based policy, including rapid reviews for decision-makers and in-depth studies of health system structures and reforms in Canada and other high-income countries.