Healthy Cities in the SDG Era
27 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -Healthy Cities in the SDG Era is a podcast about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and how research conducted by faculty and students at the University of Toronto is helping to achieve them. This podcast will explore research and policy topics related to SDG3: Good Health and Well-being, and SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, and the ways in which they intersect with the other SDGs - for example, areas like poverty, hunger, gender equality, decent work and economic growth, reduced inequalities, and climate action. Our goal is to give context to the ongoing research and progress towards achieving the SDGs at U of T, as it relates to Canada’s actions, and to add new perspectives to national discussions about the SDGs. Our conversations will be evidence-based and focus on highlighting actionable ways that people can make an impact in achieving the SDGs. CREDITS: This podcast is co-hosted by Dr. Erica Di Ruggiero, Director of the Centre for Global Health, and Ophelia Michaelides, Manager of the Centre for Global Health, at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, and produced by Elizabeth Loftus. Audio editing is by Anwaar Baobeid and Sylvia Lorico. Music is produced by Julien Fortier. It is made with the support of the School of Cities at the University of Toronto.
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Episodes
The Finale
October 31, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBIn this final episode, we will look at the intersection between SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. The focus of SDG 11 is to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable while the focus of SDG 3 is to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. Leonard Mwesigwa is a 2nd Year Ph.D. Student in Planning at the University of Toronto and a Founder/CEO of Inclusive Green Growth Uganda (IGGU), a...
20. The Finale
October 31, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBIn this final episode, we will look at the intersection between SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. The focus of SDG 11 is to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable while the focus of SDG 3 is to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. Leonard Mwesigwa is a 2nd Year Ph.D. Student in Planning at the University of Toronto and a Founder/CEO of Inclusive Green Growth Uganda (IGGU), a...
Affordable and Clean Energy
October 05, 2022 13:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBSDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy focuses on ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy. Marina Freire-Gormaly, Ph.D., EIT, LEED GA is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University. Her research focuses on the development of stand-alone solar-powered reverse osmosis water treatment systems and energy recovery systems for remote communities that lack access to grid electricity. She also is...
19. Affordable and Clean Energy
October 05, 2022 13:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBSDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy focuses on ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy. Marina Freire-Gormaly, Ph.D., EIT, LEED GA is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University. Her research focuses on the development of stand-alone solar-powered reverse osmosis water treatment systems and energy recovery systems for remote communities that lack access to grid electricity. She also is...
Life Below Water
September 30, 2022 20:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBSDG 14: Life Below Water focuses on conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. Hiliary Monteith is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto and a Registered Dietitian. Hilary's research focus is on diabetes prevention and maternal and infant health using community-based participatory research in partnership with an Indigenous community in Northwestern Ontario. Alongside community mem...
18. Life Below Water
September 30, 2022 20:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBSDG 14: Life Below Water focuses on conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. Hiliary Monteith is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto and a Registered Dietitian. Hilary's research focus is on diabetes prevention and maternal and infant health using community-based participatory research in partnership with an Indigenous community in Northwestern Ontario. Alongside community mem...
17. Partnerships for the Goals
September 05, 2022 16:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBSustainable Development Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals focuses on strengthening the means of implementation and revitalizing the global partnership for sustainable development. Jillian Clare Kohler, PhD is a Professor at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. She is also the Founding Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Governance, Transparency and Accountability in the Pharmaceutical S...
16. Responsible Consumption and Production
August 11, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBSustainable Development Goal: 12 Responsible Consumption and Production focuses on ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns. Quinn Grundy is a registered nurse and an Assistant Professor with the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto and a Faculty Associate with the Center for Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus. She is a fellow with the WHO’s Collaborating Centre for Governance, Accountability, and...
15. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
July 06, 2022 13:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBSustainable Development Goal 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions focuses on promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, providing access to justice for all and building effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels. Dr. Ross Upshur is currently the Dalla Lana Chair in Clinical Public Health and Head of the Division of Clinical Public Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Scientific Director, Bridgepoint Collaboratory for Res...
14. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
June 22, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 49.5 MBSustainable Development Goal : 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure focuses on building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation. Dan Breznitz, is a University Professor and Munk Chair of Innovation Studies, in the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy with a cross-appointment in the Department of Political Science of the University of Toronto, where he is also the Co-Director of the Innovation Policy Lab. In addit...
13. Decent Work and Economic Growth
May 17, 2022 13:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBSustainable Development Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, focuses on promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all. Professor Ito Peng is a Canada Research Chair in Global Social Policy at the Department of Sociology, University of Toronto. Her research and teaching focuses on gender, migration and care policies, and comparative welfare states. She has written extensively on social policies and political econom...
12. Clean Water and Sanitation
March 14, 2022 13:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBSustainable Development Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, focuses on ensuring access to water and sanitation for all. Professor David Meyer completed his PhD and M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering at MIT and is an alumnus of Engineering Science (Energy Option) at U of T. Before his graduate studies, David worked for Engineers Without Borders Canada (EWB) in Ghana and for a engineering consulting firm called HydraTek in Toronto. His research focuses on urban water distribution infrastructure,...
11. Life on Land
February 11, 2022 02:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBSDG 15: Life on Land, focuses on sustainable management of forests, combatting desertification, halting and reversing land degradation, and halting biodiversity loss. In this episode, Ophelia Michaelides speaks to two researchers that are working towards improving our understanding of zoonotic diseases, or, diseases transmitted between animals and humans. Discussions focus on unpacking what zoonotic diseases are; how social and environmental factors impact their spread; and the actions we ...
10. Climate Action
January 10, 2022 13:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBSustainable Development Goal 13: Climate Action, focuses on taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. Dr. Paula Braitstein is an epidemiologist living and working in Kenya since 2007. Most of her research has been oriented around major health and social issues in East Africa including HIV prevention, treatment, and the cascade of HIV care, and high risk children and youth including those who have been orphaned (from HIV and other causes), separated, abandoned, and those...
9. Quality Education
September 29, 2021 12:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBSDG 4: Quality Education, focuses on ensuring inclusive and equitable education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all. Content warning for listeners: This episode contains discussions on residential schools in the following sections: 2:38-3:10 16:01 – 16:25 20:15 – 20:35 30:19 – 31:31 Dr. Angela Mashford-Pringle is an Algonquin (Timiskaming First Nation) Assistant Professor and Associate Director at the Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health, Dalla Lana Sc...
8. No Poverty
September 09, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBSustainable Development Goal 1: No Poverty, focuses on ending poverty, in all of its forms, everywhere. Lincoln Lau, currently based in Manila, Philippines received his PhD in infectious disease epidemiology from the University of Hong Kong. He then started working with International Care Ministries in 2013 and has led the development of their research capacity and projects. His work covers a wide variety of topics including public health, development economics, faith-based programs, socia...
8. No Poverty
September 09, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBSustainable Development Goal 1: No Poverty, focuses on ending poverty, in all of its forms, everywhere. Lincoln Lau, currently based in Manila, Philippines received his PhD in infectious disease epidemiology from the University of Hong Kong. He then started working with International Care Ministries in 2013 and has led the development of their research capacity and projects. His work covers a wide variety of topics including public health, development economics, faith-based programs, socia...
7. Zero Hunger
July 28, 2021 15:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBSustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger aims to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture. In this episode of Healthy Cities in the SDG Era, Dr. Erica Di Ruggiero will speak with two experts about the relationship between poverty and hunger, or insecure access to food, within both Canadian and global contexts. Discussions will also focus on underlying issues of systemic racism and social inequities, that lead to a disproportionate pre...
6. Global Health Diplomacy
May 11, 2021 14:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBThis episode of Healthy Cities in the SDG Era takes a different approach in thinking about the Sustainable Development Goals, by zooming out from a focus on specific SDGs, to talking about global health diplomacy, a process which is linked to many of the Goals. Professor Ilona Kickbusch is the founder and chair of the Global Health Centre of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. Previously, she served as the head of the global health division of Yale Unive...
5. Gender Equality
March 08, 2021 14:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBSustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality, aims to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. Its targets encompass ending all forms of discrimination against women and girls everywhere; eliminating violence against women and girls; recognizing and valuing unpaid care and domestic work; ensuring women’s participation and equal opportunities for political, economic, and public leadership; and ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights. While...
4. Reduced Inequalities
February 25, 2021 19:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBSDG 10: Reduced Inequalities, focuses on reducing inequality within and among countries. There is a stark wealth gap between the richest and poorest in Canada. According to a 2020 report from the Parliamentary Budget Office, the wealthiest 0.01% percent of Canadian families have a net wealth of $654 billion, which is 5.6% of the national total. The poorest 40% of Canadian families, on the other hand, have a net wealth of $132 billion, or, 1.1% of the national total. This gap has grown d...
3. Sustainable Cities and Communities
February 11, 2021 15:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBSustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, focuses on making cities and settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. This is significant, as currently half of the global population, or 3.5 billion people, live in cities today, and a projected 5 billion people, or 60% of the world’s population will live in cities by 2030. SDG 11 is one of the two foundational SDGs of Healthy Cities in the SDG Era, alongside SDG3: Good Health and Wellbeing. Throughout the...
2. Good Health and Wellbeing
January 22, 2021 18:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBSustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, holds as its objective, ensuring healthy lives and promoting wellbeing for all at all ages. Its targets encompass a broad range of areas, from improving maternal and child health outcomes, reducing premature death from non-communicable diseases and promoting mental health and well-being, to ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services. SDG 3 is one of the two foundational SDGs of our series, alongside S...
2. Good Health and Wellbeing
January 22, 2021 18:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBSustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, holds as its objective, ensuring healthy lives and promoting wellbeing for all at all ages. Its targets encompass a broad range of areas, from improving maternal and child health outcomes, reducing premature death from non-communicable diseases and promoting mental health and well-being, to ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services. SDG 3 is one of the two foundational SDGs of our series, alongside S...
1. What are the SDGs, and why is a Canadian university talking about them?
December 16, 2020 17:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBIn September 2015, Canada and 192 other countries adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a global framework that is described as a “shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet.” In the first episode of Healthy Cities in the SDG Era, Dr. Erica Di Ruggiero will speak to two experts who are working towards achieving these goals about what the SDGs are, why they matter to Canada, and how work at the University of Toronto is helping to achieve them. Marg...
1. What are the SDGs, and why is a Canadian university talking about them?
December 16, 2020 17:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBIn September 2015, Canada and 192 other countries adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a global framework that is described as a “shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet.” In the first episode of Healthy Cities in the SDG Era, Dr. Erica Di Ruggiero will speak to two experts who are working towards achieving these goals about what the SDGs are, why they matter to Canada, and how work at the University of Toronto is helping to achieve them. Marg...
Introducing Healthy Cities in the SDG Era
November 16, 2020 17:00 - 6 minutes - 4.54 MBA projected 5 billion people, or 60% of the world’s population will live in cities by 2030, which makes urban health a matter of global health. In September 2015, Canada and 192 fellow countries adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a global framework for action for people, planet, prosperity, peace, and partnership. It outlines 17 Sustainable Development Goals, also known as the SDGs, all with a guiding principle of leaving no one behind. We have ten years to meet these goals...