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When will municipalities acknowledge that mental wellness & healing are central to urban recovery? Investing in initiatives that prioritize collective compassion & stewardship in public spaces is just as important as investing in infrastructure. It’s all interconnected.

Introducing Leia Minaker, Director of Future Cities Initiative & Associate Professor at University of Waterloo. Leia's research focuses on: 🍎 food systems 🧠 youth mental and physical health ⚖️ health equity #ImpactCanada ow.ly/LomF30svge0

Thrilled to be part of this team! It's inspiring to review brilliant submissions by Canadian groups on #innovation for #diabetes prevention

Meet our new team! Selected to work on the upcoming report on urban and peri-urban food systems🏙️ -Jane Battersby -Assem Abu Hatab/عاصم أبو حطب -@iamramyaambi -Jose Luis Chicoma -Shulang Fei -Delia Grace -Elizabeth Kimani-Murage -Leia Minaker -Ana Moragues -Danielle Resnick 🔗fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe/i…

40,000 Afghan refugees coming to Canada without healthcare resources to ensure successful transitions to their new home. How do we not have a more efficient process for licensing international docs in Ontario? Important piece CTV News Reception House Waterloo Region kitchener.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2…

The CFS HLPE-FSN drafting team gathers in Rome this week! 🏙️🌾Working for more sustainable urban and peri-urban food systems, they delve into innovative approaches aimed at fostering resilience and inclusivity. Stay tuned for updates! Meet the team: fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe/i…

Productive day of interesting conversations and narrowing down our ideas for the HLPE-FSN 19 Report!

❓🏙️How can cities, subnational and national governments join forces to deliver interconnected solutions for healthy diets, food losses and waste and resilience against shocks and stresses? 🔴Mohamed SEFIANI Pilar Cancela/❤️ Food and Agriculture Organization UN Environment Programme Politecnico di Milano Milan Urban Food Policy Pact European Food Banks Federation - FEBA UN-Nutrition👇

⚠️🏙️Cities consume 70% of total food production and they are significantly contributing to food waste & environmental degradation. These megatrends threaten the sustainability of the entire food systems but cities can also be centers of innovation, creativity, and learning💡 🧵

The August 2023 issue (Vol. 60 Issue 10) of #UrbanStudies is out now, featuring papers and reviews by Scott W. Hegerty, James White, Mikołaj Biesaga, Szymon Talaga, Talja Blokland, Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social, Adrian Buttazzoni, Leia Minaker, Daniel Pejic and many more. journals.sagepub.com/toc/usja/60/10

Associations between adolescent mental health and pedestrian- and transit-oriented urban design qualities: Evidence from a national-level online Canadian survey by Adrian Buttazzoni and Leia Minaker ow.ly/gkEx50PmJXw #OpenAccess #MentalHealth #UrbanDesign

📢Have your say! 👉e-Consultation on the V0 draft of the CFS HLPE-FSN report on Strengthening urban and peri-urban food systems🏙️ 📘Read the V0 draft of the report🔗assets.fsnforum.fao.org/public/files/H… 📝To provide inputs🔗fao.org/fsnforum/index… via FSN Forum

Designing cities to maximize youth mental health: check out our new paper tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #MentalHealthMatters #cities #UrbanDevelopment

Want to future-proof your career? Join us for a Master of Future Cities University of Waterloo! Flexible full- or part-time options designed to fit in your schedule: uwaterloo.ca/environment/gr… Waterloo Environment

What a pleasure to meet Roma Sabrina Alfonsi's team today! 🏙️📚The CFS HLPE-FSN had a productive meeting on the upcoming report addressing urban and peri-urban #FoodSystems. Exciting developments ahead! 🌍🍽️

How can technology and AI contribute to housing more Canadians in future cities? Interesting article in The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/ar…

New IJBNPA publication on #FoodEnvironment #Assessment! 🇨🇦 Lana Vanderlee, PhD Dana Olstad Leia Minaker Mavra Ahmed, PhD Amos Laar Catherine L. Mah Check this out 👉 ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Are you a teenager or have one at home? A first-of-its-kind study from #UWaterloo researchers suggests that ‘forest bathing’, the simple method of being calm & quiet amongst the trees, can help youth de-stress & boost mental health & well-being. 🔗 bit.ly/49sWN3 🌳

suwa-eisenmann 🧵Why is it important to address urban and peri-urban food systems and FSN? 🔴Jane Battersby, HLPE-FSN drafting team leader shows that over 3/4 of the world’s food insecure population are in urban and peri-urban regions

Hilal Elver SR Food ConsumingUrbanPoverT Leia Minaker Jose Luis Chicoma Shulang Fei Dr Elizabeth Kimani-Murage - #JusticeFirst! Ana Moragues suwa-eisenmann CFS Danielle Resnick 🧵"This report is dedicated to the current and future residents of cities and peri‑urban areas, some yet unbuilt, predominantly in Africa and Asia", Jane Battersby, HLPE-FSN drafting team leader, during the launch. 📘Download your copy of the report⤵️ fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe/p…