GeoHealth
The overall objective of The West Africa-Michigan CHARTER II for GEOHealth is to build upon long-standing, extensive occupational and environmental health (OEH) research and training collaborations between academic and government partner institutions in Ghana, as well as other countries of West Africa, the University of Michigan and McGill University so as to sustainably enhance capacity for world-class scientific research and research training which address and inform key national and regional occupational and environmental health priorities and policies. Over the years the work has focused on electronic waste (E-waste) recycling and Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining (ASGM)
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GeoHealth is generously funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Centre and Canada's IDRC.
GeoHealth aims to support the development of institutions in the low- or middle-income countries (LMICs) that will serve as regional hubs for collaborative research, data management, training, curriculum and outreach material development, and policy support around high priority local, national, and regional environmental and occupational health threats.
GeoHealth aims to support the development of institutions in the low- or middle-income countries (LMICs) that will serve as regional hubs for collaborative research, data management, training, curriculum and outreach material development, and policy support around high priority local, national, and regional environmental and occupational health threats.
ECHIP: Kanien'kéha:ka community of Kanesatake
In partnership with Ratihontsanonhstats Kanesatake Environment and TerraHumana Solutions, the goal of the project is to increase the community's understanding of contaminant risks, accumulate community-based data and knowledge, and build capacity.
The work has been funded since 2019 by the First Nations Environmental Contaminants Program (FNECP) and elaborated upon here: https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1655904022428/1655904069592 |
Community-based studies with Indigenous Peoples
Our team is based out of McGill's Center for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE). CINE was established in 1993 as a permanent multidisciplinary research and education resource to respond directly to a need expressed by Aboriginal Peoples for participatory research and training to address their own concerns about food and the environment. Over the years we have collaborated with a number of communities, including those from the Aamjiwnaang First Nations, Bigstone Cree, Southern Chiefs Organization, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, and Nunavik.
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