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CURRICULUM VITAE !Blake David Poland, Ph.D.

Associate Professor Dalla Lana School of Public Health

155 College Street, 6th Floor University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario M5T 3M7 !

tel: 416-978-7542 fax: 416-978-2087 cell: 905-484-7053

email: [email protected] web: http://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/faculty-profile/blake-poland !!

ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS 2015 - present Associate Professor (cross-appointment), Leadership, Higher and Adult Education

(LHAE), OISE/UT !2014-present Interim Director, Transformative Learning Centre, OISE/UT !2012-present Director, Collaborative Program in Community Development, University of Toronto & 2007-2008 2012-2015 Member, Human & Ecosystem Health Working Group, Canadian Public Health Assoc 2009-2012 Member, Expert Working Group on Settings, Public Health Agency of Canada 2009-2010 Member, Expert Panel on Health Promotion, Health Council of Canada 2008-2012 Member of Editorial Board, Aporia (an international, interdisciplinary, bilingual scholarly

journal in critical social science and health) 2011-present Fellow, WHO Collaborating Centre in Health Promotion, Global Health Promotion

Collective, University of Toronto 2008-2011 Co-Director, Environmental Health Justice in the City research network, Centre for

Urban Health Initiatives, University of Toronto 2007-present Graduate Faculty Member, Centre for Environment, University of Toronto 1999-2007 Director, MHSc Program in Health Promotion, University of Toronto 2006-2009 Associate Scientist, Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael’s Hospital,

Toronto 2006-2010 Member, Editorial Board, Revista Brasileira em Promoçao da Saude (Brazilian Journal

of Health Promotion). 2006-2009 Member, Research Advisory Board, Instituto de Promoçao da Saude (Health Promotion

Institute), CNPq (National Research Office), Brazil. 2005 Visiting Professor, Département de medecin sociale et préventive, Université de Montréal 2005-2006 Visiting Scholar, Wellesley Institute (urban health program), Toronto 2003-2009 Adjunct Professor, Centre for Health Promotion Studies, University of Alberta

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2000-2006 Adjunct Scientist, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto ON 1999-present Associate Professor (Cross Appointment), Department of Geography, University of

Toronto 1995-present Tenure-stream appointment in the Department of Public Health Sciences, University of

Toronto (promoted to rank of Associate Professor with tenure in July 2000) 1994-2010 Co-Investigator, Ontario Tobacco Research Unit 1993-2009 Associate, Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto 1993-present Associate Member, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto 1995-2000 Affiliate Scientist, Social & Evaluation Research Department, Addiction Research

Foundation 1995-2000 Investigator, Socio-Behavioural Cancer Research Network (U.Waterloo) 1994-1997 Associate, Community Health Research Unit (Ottawa-Carleton Department of Public

Health & Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa) 1994-1995 Research Scientist, Social Evaluation Research, Addiction Research Foundation 1993-1995 Assistant Professor (status appointment), Department of Behavioural Science, University

of Toronto 1993-1994 SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Health Promotion & Department of Behavioural

Science, University of Toronto

!EDUCATION !

!HONOURS & AWARDS !2012 Oakville Community Spirit Award (environment category) 2010 Sarah Mazelis Paper of the Year Award for Health Promotion Practice, awarded by the

Society for Public Health Education in Washington D.C. for the paper entitled “Settings for Health Promotion: An Analytic Framework to Guide Intervention Design and Implementation” (Health Promotion Practice, 2009, Vol.10, No.4)

2007. Kiran van Rijn Annual Award for outstanding contributions made to the Health Care, Technology & Place CIHR Strategic Research Training Program, University of Toronto

2001. Robin Badgley Award for Excellence in Teaching Graduate Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, U of Toronto

1993-1995 Post-Doctoral Fellowship Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Degree Year Discipline UniversityB.A. Hons 1986 (Human/Health) Geography Carleton University, Ottawa

M.A. 1988 (Health) Geography McMaster University, Hamilton

Ph.D. 1993 (Health) Geography McMaster University, Hamilton

Post-Doc 1993-94 Health Promotion University of Toronto (Centre for Health Promotion)


1989-1993 Doctoral Fellowship National Health Research and Development Program 1987-1988 Ontario Graduate Scholarship 1987-1988 McMaster University Scholarship !!RESEARCH GRANTS !Submitted/Under Review !“Supporting Pathways to Healthy Environments through community-based participatory Research that advances Equity (SPHERE)”

J Masuda (PI) (Queens University), H Castleton (co-PI), et al. CIHR !Current Grants IPR !“Comparing Healthy Public Policies: Active Transportation Policies in Montreal and Toronto”

C Clavier (PI), F Gagnon (co-PI), S Gower, R Macfarlane, S Paquin, N Vaillancourt (knowledge users), A Bilodeau, G Divay, B Poland, B Savan (co-investigators) CIHR Population Health Intervention Research/ Heart & Stroke Foundation Operating Grant, $196,257 over 2 years (2014-2016) !

“The Green Gap: Toward Inclusivity in Toronto’s Green Employment”. C Teelucksingh (PI), B Poland, GE Galabuzzi, W Ng. SSHRC Insight Grant, $73,478 over 2 years (2013-2015) !“Resilience, Equity and the Development of Ecological Social Practices: Examining the Transition Town Movement in Canada”. www.TransitionEmergingStudy.ca B Poland (PI), R Haluza-Delay, C Teelucksingh, P Antze, C Ling, L Newman. SSHRC Insight Grant, $184,609 over 3 years (2012-2015, w/extension to 2017) !“Promoting Health Through Collaborative Engagement with Youth in Canada: Overcoming, Resisting, and Preventing Structural Violence”

H Berman (PI), D Damant, H Johnson, W Thurston, M Gonick, C Richardson (co-PIs); L Ashbourne, L Donelle, C Forchuk, A Grzyb, P Jaffe, Y Jiwani, S Lapierre, G Lesssard, M Molgat, K Nixon, A Oudshoorn, JA Samuels-Dennis, L Tutty

Collaborators: R Mason, B Poland, C Rousseau, L Dale CIHR, 2011-2016, $1,371,511 !!!

http://www.TransitionEmergingStudy.ca


!Past/Completed Funded Research Grants (in reverse chronological order) !“A Strategic Training Program in Public Health Policy: Determinants, Analysis, and Impacts”

J Cohen (co-PI), R Schwartz (co-PI), R Deber, R Ferrence, J Garcia, V Goel, M Goodstadt, B Harvey, S Jackson, P Jha, I Johnson, P Kaufman, J Keelan, D Korn, T Lemmens, J McLaughlin, F Miller, C Mustard, T Myers, B Poland, J Rehm, F Scott, M Stabile, T Sullivan, V Tarasuk, G Taylor, R Upshur CIHR STIHR, April 2009 - March 2015, $1,784,790 !

“The Provision of Charitable Food Assistance in Canada: Forging a More Adequate Response” V Tarasuk (PI), S Gaetz, A Hamelin, A Ostry, B Poland, K Raine, P Williams CIHR Operating Grant, $121,039/yr over 3 years, 2010-2013 “ Who Has the Power?: The Energy Crisis and Environmental Justice in Toronto” C Teelucksingh (PI), B Poland, S Wakefield SSHRC Special Call in Environmental Issues, $59,819; 2009-2012 !“A Japan-Canada Symposium on Knowledge Sharing, Local Governance, and Resilience in Food Systems”

C Mah (PI), H Kudo, Y Niiyama, B Poland, B Cook CIHR MPD, 2011-2012, $17,492 !“Different Smokes: Creating a Reflexive Space for Tobacco Control with Youth” K Frohlich (PI), R Haines-Saah, B Poland, M Wright CIHR MPD Knowledge Translation Grant, $40,000, 2010-2011 !“Socially Engaged Citizenship Pathways to Health Equity for Displaced Populations” B Poland (co-PI), D Gastaldo (co-PI), F Ahmad, N Haque, M Hynie, I Hyman, S Jackson, J Larkin,

J Masuda, I Sakamoto, C Teelucksingh, M Vahabi, J Wong CIHR Programmatic Research - Proposal Development Grant, $15,000, Dec.2010-Mar.2011 !“Inner City Environmental Justice” Frankish, Crabtree, Masuda, Poland, Eagan, Teelucksingh ! ! SSHRC Research Development Initiative Grant $ 79,031.00; 2009-2010 !“SUCCEED: Strengthening Urban Communities' Capacity to Promote Environmental health Equity through Dialogue-centered Research” J Frankish (co-PI), J Masuda (co-PI), A Crabtree, B Poland, C Teelucksingh CIHR Catalyst Grant, $74,686; 2009-2010 !“Environmental Health Justice in the City” (Research Interest Group & 2 Seed Project Grants) B Poland (co-PI), C Teelucksingh (co-PI), J Masuda, G Edwards, ML Bourbeau, M Pajot Centre for Urban Health Initiatives, $37,000, 2008-2009 (core RIG funding renewed for 2009-2010) !!!


“Building Community Resilience for the Transition to a Post-Carbon Society: Mapping the Terrain, Refining the Practice” B Poland (PI), F Cavalcante, C Teelucksingh, D Schugurensky, R Motschnig-Pitrick Centre for Urban Health Initiatives (UofT) ($10,000 seed funds for 12 months, 2009-2010) !“Health Promoting Inner City Environments: Towards a participatory research partnership to reduce environmental and health inequities and promote health in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side” J Frankish (co-PI), J Masuda (co-PI), JL Terpstra, A Best, T Hancock, H Castleden, A Crabtree, B Poland Michael Smith Foundation, $9,820, 2008-2009 ! “Health Care, Technology and Place Transdisciplinary Research Training Program”

P McKeever (co-PI), P Coyte (co-PI), M Carter, A Chambon, A Colantonio, P Dick, J Dunn, G Fernie, C Flood, M Gignac, R Gray, E Harvey, D Hulchanski, A Jadad, R Kearns, W Levinson, L Mackeigan, L O’Brien-Pallas, B Poland, M Reid, M Rosenberg, E Shorter, D Smith, D Streiner, N Young CIHRT, $295,833 per year over 6 years, 2002-2008 (extended to 2009) !

“New approaches to addressing social inequalities in tobacco use among youth” K Frohlich (PI), B Poland, E Mykhalovskiy, J Johnson, R Haines CIHR, $148,554, 2007-2009 “An Integrated Training Program in Health and Social Science Research to Improve the Health of Marginalized Populations” Co-Leaders: Wendy Levinson, Andreas Laupacis, Joan Eakin CIHRT, 2003-2009, $1,350,000 !“Messages and MetaMessages of Silence in Physician-Patient Communication” Farah Ahmad (co-PI), Blake Poland (co-PI), P. Hudak, W Levinson HCTP ICE Seed Grant, $5976, 2007-2008 !"Revisioning our (Embodied) Place in a Warming Planet: A Resonant Installation Approach” B Poland (co-PI), G Edwards (co-PI), ML Bourbeau, P Kontos, K Maule, R Morris HCTP ICE Seed Grant, $8,000, 2007-2008 !“Embodied Selfhood and Person-Centred Dementia Care: Exploring an Arts-Informed Educational Intervention” P. Kontos (PI), C Cott, S Jaglal, G Mitchell, K McGilton, B Poland, B Ballon CIHR, $189,360, 2007-2009 !“Community gentrification and building inclusive communities from within: A case study of Toronto’s west-central neighbourhoods” D Hulchanski (PI), S Wakefield, U George, B Poland, J Quarter, M Schneider, D Schugurensky

SSHRC Community University Research Alliance (CURA) Program: $1 million over 5 years !!!


“A Gender Analysis of Tobacco Use in Families During Pregnancy, Postpartum and Early Childhood” J Bottorff (PI), L Greaves, J Johnson, J Oliffe, B Poland CIHR, $291,664, 2005-2008 “Hospital-Community Collaboration: Knowledge Translation Grant” B Poland (PI), H. Graham, J. Gilbert The Change Foundation/HCTP Strategic Alliance Grants Program, $50,000, 2004-2008 !“Embodied Selfhood and Person-Centred Dementia Care: Developing an Arts-Informed Educational Intervention” P. Kontos (PI), C Cott, S Jaglal, G Mitchell, K McGilton, B Poland, B Ballon Toronto Rehab Institute (Optimize Grant), $9,985, 2006-2007 !“Tracing Spatial Inequities in Environmental Risk: Towards An Environmental Health Promotion Framework” J. Masuda (PI), B Poland, D Cole CIHR/HealthCare, Technology & Place (ICE Seed Grant), $7,953, 2006-2007 ! “Social Context of Smoking Knowledge Translation Development Grant” B Poland (co-PI), C. Maule (co-PI), S Alexander, K Frohlich, R Haines, R Herbert, P Kaufman, E

Mykhalovskiy, C Richardson, R Sparks, B Temple CTCRI (ICE Seed Grant), $5,000, 2006-2007 !“Strategic Training Programme In Tobacco Research”

Principal Investigators: R Cameron, M Ashley, J Johnson, C Lovato, R Sparks, K Brown, R Ferrence, S Manske, P Selby, G Fong, R Tyndale Key mentors: A Best, HS Campbell, J Cohen, RJ Cook, PW McDonald, B Poland, P Ratner, EW Single, H Skinner, ME Thompson, MP Zanna CIHRT, $1,499,870, 2002-2007 !

“The Social Context of Smoking : Laying the Conceptual and Empirical Foundation for a Theoretical Toolkit in Tobacco Research”

B. Poland (co-PI), K Frohlich (co-PI), E Mykhalovskiy, M Rock, R Sparks CTCRI, $49,970, 2004-2006 “A Pilot Study of Local Responses to the Food and Nutritional Needs of Homeless Youth” Val Tarasuk (PI), S Gaetz, B Poland CIHR, $98,294, 2003-2006 ! “Developing New Approaches to Smoking In Pregnancy” Joan Bottorf (PI), L Greaves, J Johnson, B Poland CTCRI, $15,000, 2004-2005 !!!!


“How Place Matters (to Health and Social Care in the Community)” B Poland (co-PI), P Lehoux (co-PI), G Andrews, D Holmes

Health Care, Technology & Place ICE Grant (seed funds), $3,500, 2004 (6 months, to support manuscript development) !

“Youth Voices: Linking New Technologies with Participatory Action Research” H Skinner (PI), B Poland Wellesley Central Health Corporation Foundation, $43,750, 2002-2004 (2.5 years) “Hospital Involvement in Community Action” B. Poland (PI), L. Fell, H. Graham, J. Lum, E. Walsh, P. Williams, G. Yardy SSHRC, $374,000, 1999-2003 (3 years) (extension granted to 2004) ! “Food: Nutritional Vulnerability and Social Exclusion among Homeless Youth”

Valerie Tarasuk (PI), B Poland, S Gaetz CIHR, $295,000, 2002-2004 !

“Reducing Infant Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke in Private Places: A Qualitative Study of Postpartum Women, Partners, and Tobacco Control Advocates” Principal Investigator: K Berkovitz Co-Investigators: J Cohen, R Ferrence, B Poland, D Stewart, P Selby

Canadian Tobacco Research Initiative (SSHRC) Strategic Research Grant Program, $145,869, 2001-2004 !

“OTRU Investigator Award for Research in Tobacco Control” (B. Poland) Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, 2003, $6,490 “Hitting Home: The Home as a Site for Long Term Care and Health Promotion” Principal Investigator: P. McKeever

Co-Investigators: J. Eakin, M. Chipman, D. Gastaldo, B. Poland, J. Angus, I. Dyck, K. England SSHRC, $483,907, 1999-2003 !“’Left-Out’”: Perspectives on Social Exclusion and Social Isolation in Low-income Populations” Co-Principal Investigators: M. Stewart, L. Reutter Co-Investigators: R. Love, B. Poland, D. Raphael, G. Veenstra SSHRC, $311,126, 1999-2003 “Smoking in Outdoor Public Places: A Study of Socio-Spatial Relationship” Co-Principal Investigators: R Ferrence & B Poland Co-Investigators: P Kaufman, J Cohen, N Perkins NCIC/CTRI, $28,398 (Planning Grant), 2001-2002 (1 year) !“A National Study on Environmental Tobacco Smoke in the Home”

Principal Investigators: R. Ferrence, MJ Ashley Co-Investigators: SB Bull, JE Cohen, CY Lovato, D Northrup, B Poland, L Potvin. NCIC #011173: $362,133. 2000-2002.


“Understanding the Use of Health Information by Youth: The Role of Information Technology in Equity and Access” Principal Investigator: B Poland Co-Investigator: H Skinner NHRDP, $69,189, 1999-2000 !“Qualitative Study of the Interpersonal Management of ETS in the Home” Principal Investigator: B Poland Co-Investigators: D Gastaldo, R Ferrence Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, $37,900, 1999-2000 !“Smoking Cessation, Reduction and Relapse Among Postpartum Women” Principal Investigator: K Berkovitz Co-Investigators: D Stewart, G Berall, KS Brown, D Dell, R Ferrence, A Gilmore, G Koren, R Livingstone, P Selby, K Watts, B Poland (Collaborator) Canadian Tobacco Research Initiative (SSHRC), $29,713, 1999-2000 ! “Evaluation of Existing Questions Used to Assess Youth Tobacco Use” Principal Investigator: KS Brown Co-Investigators: P McDonald, B Poland, L Potvin Cancer Bureau, LCDC (Health Canada), Research Contract, $72,000, 1998-1999 !“Street-Involved Youth Harm Reduction Project – Dissemination and Impact Evaluation” Principal Investigator: P West Co-Investigators: B Poland, E Tupker Addiction Research Foundation, $6,355, 1997-1998 !“Indicators of Community Capacity” Principal Investigator: S Jackson Co-Investigators: D Burman, R Edwards, B Poland, A Robertson NHRDP, $116,669, 1996-1999 “Community Action in Public Health” Principal Investigator: R Badgley Co-Investigators: M Boutilier, B Poland, L Turik NHRDP, $139,607, 1996-1998 !“Smoking, Smoking Cessation, Tobacco Control and Programming: A Qualitative and Quantitative Study” Co-Principal Investigators: MJ Ashley, LL Pederson, B Poland Co-Investigators: S Bull NHRDP, $199,840, 1996-1997 !“Qualitative Research on Smoking and Tobacco Control” Principal Investigator: B Poland Co-Investigators: none Connaught Fund, University of Toronto, $6,200, 1996-1997 !


!“Street-Involved Youth Harm Reduction Project Evaluation” Principal Investigator: B Poland Co-Investigators: E Tupker, P West Addiction Research Foundation, $13,430, 1996-1997 ! “Women and Cessation” Principal Investigator: R Ferrence Co-Investigators: M Pope, L Pederson, MJ Ashley, B Poland, F Hobbs Health Promotion Directorate, Health Canada (research contract), $86,481, 1995-1996 !“Qualitative Studies of Gender and Tobacco Use” Principal Investigator: R Ferrence Co-Investigators: F Andrews, L Greaves, L Jackson, B Poland, D Weber Health Promotion Directorate, Health Canada (research contract), $75,331, 1995-1996 !“Street-Involved Youth Harm Reduction Project” Principal Investigator: E Tupker Co-Investigators: Y Zdanowitz, B Poland Addiction Research Foundation, $36,800, 1995-1996 !“Qualitative Evaluation of Brantford COMMIT” Principal Investigator: B Poland Canadian COMMIT Research Group (US-NCI funding), $10,000, 1990-1993 !!!PUBLICATIONS !Papers in peer-reviewed scholarly journals !74. Benatar, S. & B. Poland (accepted pending revisions) Lessons for health from the environmental

crisis. International Journal of Health Services. 73. Buse, C. & B Poland (in press) Using practice theory to inform an emerging ‘field’ of public health

practice: reconciling structure and agency in public health adaptation to climate change. Social Theory and Health. Accepted February 2015.

72. Patrick, R, M Dooris, B Poland (in press), Healthy Cities and the Transition movement: converging towards ecological well-being? Global Health Promotion.

71. Tarasuk, V, N Dachner, A-M Hamelin, A Ostry, P Williams, E Bosckei, B Poland, K Raine (2014) A survey of food bank operations in five Canadian cities. BMC Public Health. 14: 1234. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-1234 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/14/1234

70. Jackson, S., AE Birn, SB Fawcett, BD Poland, JA Schultz (2013). Synergy for health equity: integrating health promotion and social determinants of health approaches in and beyond the Americas. Rev Panam Salud Pub. 34(6): 473-480.

69. Sharek, M., Frohlich, K., & Poland, B. (2013). Reducing social inequities in health through settings-related interventions: a conceptual framework. Global Health Promotion. 20(2): 39-52.

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/14/1234


68. Abuelaish, I., N Fazal, N Doubleday, N Arya, B Poland, R Valani (2013) “Mutual determinants of individual, community, and societal health and peace”. International Journal of Peace and Development Studies. 4(1): 1-7.

67. Oudshoorn, A., Ward-Griffin, C., Poland, B., Berman, H., & Forchuk, C. (2013). Community health promotion with people who are experiencing homelessness. Journal of Community Health Nursing, 30(1): 28-41.

66. Oudshoorn, A., Ward-Griffin, C., Forchuk, C., Berman, H., & Poland, B. (2012). Client-provider relationships in a community health clinic for people who are experiencing homelessness. Nursing Inquiry. 20(4): 317-328

65. Masuda, J.R., Teelucksingh, C., Haber, R., Skinner, E., Zupancic, T., Crabtree, A., Poland, B., Frankish, J., and Fridell, M. (2012) Out of our inner city backyards: Re-scaling urban health inequity assessment. Social Science and Medicine. 75(7):1244–1253 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.04.034)

64. Frohlich, K., E Mykhalovskiy, B Poland, R Haines-Saah, J Johnson (2012) “Creating the socially marginalized youth smoker: The role of tobacco control”. Sociology of Health & Illness. 34(7): 978-993.

63. Poland, B, M Dooris, R Haluza-Delay (2011) “Securing supportive environments for health in the face of ecosystem collapse: Meeting the triple threat with a sociology of creative transformation” Health Promotion International 26(Suppl.2):202-215.

62. G Mecredy, J Cohen, R Ferrence, B Poland, P McDonald, J Garcia, (2011) “Typologies of smokers and non-smokers: Encouraging changes over time”(letter). Tobacco Control. 20(5): 385

61. Teelucksingh, C. & B Poland (2011) “Energy solutions, neo-liberalism, and social diversity in Toronto, Canada”. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 8(1): 185-202.

60. J Masuda, B Poland, J Baxter (2010) “ Reaching for environmental health justice through health promotion: a Canadian perspective” Health Promotion International. 25(4): 453-463.

59. Poland, B. & M Dooris (2010) “A green and healthy future: the settings approach to building health, equity and sustainability”. Critical Public Health 20(3): 281-298.

58. Poland, B. (2010) The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience (book review), Critical Public Health, 20(3): 385-387.

57. Alexander, S. A., Frohlich, K. L., Poland, B., Haines, R., & Maule, C. (2010). "I'm a young student, I'm a girl. and for some reason they are hard on me for smoking": the role of gender and social context for smoking behaviour. Critical Public Health. 20(3): 323-338.

56. Haines, RJ, J Oliffe, J Bottorff, B Poland (2010) “The missing picture - Tobacco use through the eyes of smokers”. Tobacco Control. 19: 206-212.

55. KL Frohlich, B Poland, E Mykhalovskiy,S Alexander, C Maule (2010) “Tobacco control and the inequitable socio-economic distribution of smoking: Smokers’ discourses and implications for tobacco control. Critical Public Health. 20(1): 35-46.

54. B Poland, G Krupa, D McCall (2009) “Settings for health promotion: an analytic framework to guide intervention design and implementation”. Health Promotion Practice. 10(4): 505-516.

53. Poland, B., & Holmes, D. (2009). Celebrating risk: the politics of self-branding, transgression and resistance in public health. Aporia, 1(4), 27-36.

52. Dachner, N, S Gaetz, B Poland, V Tarasuk (2009) An ethnographic study of meal programs for homeless and under-housed individuals in Toronto. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 20: 846-853.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.04.034


51 V Tarasuk, N Dachner, B Poland, S Gaetz (2009) “Food deprivation is integral to the 'hand to mouth' existence of homeless youth in Toronto”. Public Health Nutrition. 12(9):1437-1442.

50. B Poland, D Gastaldo, A Pancham, R Ferrence, (2009) “The interpersonal management of environmental tobacco smoke in the home: a qualitative study” Critical Public Health 19(2): 203-221.

49. P Kontos & B Poland (2009) “Mapping new theoretical and methodological terrain for knowledge translation: Contributions from critical realism & the arts”. Implementation Science. 4(1): 1-10.

48. Haines, RJ, B Poland, J Johnson (2009) “ Becoming a 'real' smoker - Cultural capital in young women's accounts of substance use” Sociology of Health and Illness. 30(1): 66-80.

47. Masuda, J.R., Zupancic, T., Poland, B., and Cole, D. (2008) “Environmental health and vulnerable populations in Canada: mapping an integrated equity-focused research agenda” The Canadian Geographer 52(4): 427-450.

46. P Lehoux, B Poland, G Daudelin, D Holmes, G Andrews (2008) “Displacement and emplacement of health technology: making satellite and mobile dialysis units closer to patients?” Science, Technology & Human Values 33(3): 364-392.

45. P. Lehoux, G Daudelin, B Poland, G Andrews, D Holmes (2007) “Designing better place for patients: Professional struggles surrounding satellite and mobile dialysis units”. Social Science and Medicine. 65: 1536-1548.

44. S Chen, B Poland, H Skinner (2007) “Youth voices: evaluation of participatory action research”. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation . 22(1): 125-150.

43. Poland, B. (2007) “Health promotion in Canada: Perspectives and future prospects” Revista Brasileira em Promoçao da Saude (Brazilian Journal of Health Promotion). 20(1): 3-11.

42. Lehoux, P. B Poland, G Daudelin (2006) “Focus group research and ‘the patient's view’”. Social Science and Medicine. 63 (8): 2091-2104.

41. Murray, M. & B Poland (2006) “Health psychology and social action” Journal of Health Psychology. 11(3): 379-384. !

40. Poland, B, K Frohlich, R Haines, E Mykhalovskiy, M Rock, R Sparks (2006) “The social context of smoking: The next frontier in tobacco control?” Tobacco Control. 15: 59-63.

39. Andrews, G., Holmes, D., Poland, B., Lehoux, P., Miller, K.-L., Pringle, D. (2005). Airplanes are flying nursing homes: Geographies in the concepts and locales of gerontological nursing practice. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 14(8), 109-120.

38. Wakefield, S & B Poland (2005) "Family, friend or foe? Critical reflections on the relevance and role of social capital in health promotion and community development". Social Science and Medicine. 60(12): 2819-2832.

37. Poland, B, H Graham, E Walsh, P Williams, JM Lum, J Polzer, S Syed, S Tobin, G Kim (2005) “’Working at the margins’ or ‘leading from behind’? A Canadian study of hospital-community collaboration”. Health and Social Care in the Community. 13(2): 125-135.

36. Poland, B, P Lehoux, D Holmes, G Andrews (2005) “How place matters: unpacking technology and power in health and social care” Health and Social Care in the Community. 13(2): 170-180.

35. G Nelson, B Poland, E Maticka-Tyndale, M Murray. (2004) “Building capacity in community health action research: Towards a framework of training guidelines” Action Research. 2(4): 389-408..

34. B Fischer, S Turnbull, B Poland, E Haydon (2004) “Drug use, risk and urban order: Examining Safe Injection Sites (SIS) as ‘governmentality’” International Journal of Drug Policy. 15: 357-365.


33. M Murray, G Nelson, B Poland, E Maticka-Tyndale, L Ferris (2004) “Assumptions and values of community health psychology”. Journal of Health Psychology . 9(2): 323-333.

32. Angus J, P Kontos, I Dyck, P McKeever, B Poland (2005) “The personal significance of home: Habitus and the experience of receiving long term home care” Sociology of Health and Illness. 27(2): 161-187.

31. Skinner H, S Biscope, B Poland, E Goldberg. (2003)“How adolescents use technology for health information: Implications for health professionals from focus group studies” Journal of Medical Internet Resources, 5(4): e32. !

30. Jackson S, S Cleverly, B Poland, D Burman, R Edwards, A Robertson (2003) “Working with Toronto neighbourhoods toward developing indicators of community capacity” Health Promotion International. 18(4): 339-350 !

29. Skinner H, S Biscope, B Poland (2003) “Quality of internet access: key challenge for youth health promotion” Social Science and Medicine. 57(5): 875-880. !

28. de Guia NA, JE Cohen, MJ Ashley, LL Pederson, R Ferrence, S Bull, D Northrup, B Poland, (2003) "Support for tobacco control policies: How congruent are the attitudes of legislators and the public?" Canadian Journal of Public Health 94(1): 36-40. !

27. Poland B, E Tupker, K Breland (2002) “Involving street youth in peer harm reduction education – The challenges of evaluation”. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 93(5): 344-348. !

26. Cohen JE, LL Pederson, MJ Ashley, SB Bull, R Ferrence, B Poland (2002) Is ‘stage of change’ related to knowledge of health effects and support for tobacco control? Addictive Behaviors 27(1) 49-61. !

25. Poland B. with members of the HICA Research Team (2001) “’We’re hired by the hospital, but we work for the community’: Examining hospital involvement in community action” (Commentary). Hospital Quarterly. Spring: 52-59. !

24. Boutilier M, R Badgley, B Poland, S Tobin (2001) "Playing on shifting sand": The impact of political shifts on community action and public health" (Commentary) Canadian Journal of Public Health. 92(2): 87-88. !

23. Rajkumar E, M.Boutilier, B.Poland, R.F.Badgley, S.Tobin (2001) "Community action success in public health: Are we using a ruler to measure a sphere?" Canadian Journal of Public Health. 92(2): 90-94. !

22. Poland B, J Cohen, M.J. Ashley, E. Adlaf, R. Ferrence, L. Pederson, S. Bull, D. Raphael (2000) “Heterogeneity among smokers and non-smokers in attitudes and behaviour regarding smoking and smoking restrictions” Tobacco Control. 9:364-371

21. Ashley MJ, J Cohen, S Bull, R Ferrence, B Poland, LL Pederson, J Gao (2000). “Knowledge about tobacco and attitudes toward tobacco control: How different are smokers and nonsmokers?” Canadian Journal of Public Health. 91(5):376-80.

20. Poland B, M Boutilier, S Tobin, R Badgley (2000) "A policy context for community development practice in public health: a Canadian case study", Journal of Public Health Policy 21(1): 5-19.

19. Poland B. (2000) “The considerate smoker in public space: the micro-politics and political economy of ‘doing the right thing’”. Health and Place. 6(1): 1-14.


18. Poland B., L. Stockton, M.J. Ashley, L. Pederson, J. Cohen, R. Ferrence, S. Bull (1999) “Interactions between smokers and non-smokers in public places: a qualitative study”. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 90(5): 330-333. !

17. Fischer B & B Poland (1998) “Exclusion, ‘risk’, and social control - reflections on community policing and public health”. Geoforum. 29(2): 187-197. !

16. Poland B & A Pederson (1998) "Reading between the lines: interpreting silences in qualitative research". Qualitative Inquiry. 4(2): 293-312. !

15. Ashley M.J, J Cohen, R Ferrence, S Bull, S Bondy, B Poland, L Pederson (1998). “Smoking in the home: changing attitudes and current practices”. American Journal of Public Health. 88(5): 797-800. !

14. Poland B, D Coburn, A Robertson, J Eakin with members of the Critical Social Science in Health Group (1998). “Wealth, equity and health care: a critique of a ‘population health’ perspective on the determinants of health”. Social Science and Medicine. 46(7): 785-798. !

13. Coburn D, B Poland & members of the Critical Social Science in Health Group (1996) "The CIAR vision of the determinants of health: a critique". Canadian Journal of Public Health. 87(5): 308-310. !

12. Poland B (1996). Knowledge development and evaluation in, of, and for healthy community initiatives. Part I: Guiding principles. Health Promotion International, 11(3), 237-247. !

11. Poland B (1996). Knowledge development and evaluation in, of, and for healthy community initiatives. Part II: Potential content foci. Health Promotion International, 11(4), 341-349.

10. Eakin J, A Robertson, B Poland, D Coburn, R Edwards (1996) "A critical social science perspective

on health promotion research". Health Promotion International. 11(2): 157-165. !09. Coburn D, B Poland, with members of the Critical Social Science in Health Group (1995)

"Comment on ‘Why Are Some People Healthy and Others Not?’". Health and Canadian Society. 3(1/2): 169-176. !

08. Poland B (1995) "Transcription quality as an aspect of rigor in qualitative research" Qualitative Inquiry. 1(3): 290-310. !

07. Poland B, SM Taylor, J Eyles, NF White (1994) "Qualitative evaluation of the Brantford COMMIT intervention trial: the smokers' perspective". Health and Canadian Society. 2(2): 269-316. !

06. Zanna M, R Cameron, CH Goldsmith, B Poland, E Lindsay, R Walker (1994) "Critique of the COMMIT study based on the Brantford experience". Health and Canadian Society. 2(2): 319-336. !

05. Poland B (1993) "Some promises and pitfalls of lay perception research in the social and health sciences". The Operational Geographer. 11(1): 23-27. !

04. Poland B & J Eyles (1992) "Making policy, implementing programmes: a case study of the new mandatory programs and services guidelines for public health in Ontario" Geographia Medica 22: 17-44. !

03. Poland B (1992) "Learning to 'walk our talk': the implications of sociological theory for research methodologies in health promotion" Canadian Journal of Public Health. 83(Supplement): S31-S46.


!02. Hayes M, SM Taylor, LR Bayne, B Poland (1990) "Reported versus recorded health service

utilization in Grenada, West Indies" Social Science and Medicine. 31(4): 455-460. !01. Poland B, SM Taylor, M Hayes (1989) "The ecology of health service utilization in Grenada,

West Indies" Social Science and Medicine. 30(1): 13-24. ! !Manuscripts Submitted & Under Review (Scholarly Journals): !Poland, B. “Resilient cities” and “Social movements as agents of change” entries in Hidden Cities II: 2nd Global Report on Urbanization and Health, World Health Organization (WHO) Kobe Centre and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN HABITAT) !Bisset, S, K Frohlich, M Wright, B Poland, MC Tremblay ”Can reflexivity be learned? An experience with tobacco control practitioners in Canada”. Revised & resubmitted, by invitation, to International Journal of Health Promotion. !Teelucksingh, C., C Buse, B Poland, “ Environmental Justice in the ENGO Landscape of Toronto (Canada)”, Submitted to Environment & Planning C. !C Buse & B Poland, "Using theory to inform an emerging ‘field’ of practice: Reconciling structure and agency in public health adaptation to climate change" Submitted to Social Theory and Health. !!!Books: !01. Poland, B., L. Green, and Rootman, I. (eds) (2000) Settings for Health Promotion: Linking

Theory and Practice. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. !!Chapters in books: !22. Pennock, M, B Poland, T Hancock (2015) “Resource depletion, peak oil, and public health:

planning for a slow growth future”. Chapter 11 in I. Luginaah & R Bezner-Kerr (Eds), 2015, Geographies of Health and Development, Ashgate Press. !

21. Poland, B. (2012). La recherche interventionnelle dans la communauté: bilan et perspectives. In Aubry, F. & Potvin, L. (Eds.). L’espace socio-sanitaire. Expériences et pratiques de recherche dans la production locale de la santé (pp.291-298). Montréal: Presses Universitaires de Montréal. !

20. Frohlich, K., B Poland, M Sharek (2012) “Contrasting Entry Points for Intervention in Health Promotion Practice: Situating and Working with Context” in Rootman, I., Dupéré, S. Pederson, A. & O’Neill, M. (Eds.), Health Promotion in Canada (3rd ed.). Toronto, ON: Canadian Scholars' Press, Inc. !

19. Poland, B. (2010) “Evaluating Intersectoral Action for Health”. in CPHA, A Decade of Canadian & Brazilian Collaboration in Public Health. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Public Health Association. !

18. Poland, B. (2008). Introdução à Coleção Humanismo e Salutogênese (Introduction to Humanism and Salutogenesis). In. F. S. Cavalcante Jr., & A. F. Sousa (Orgs.), Humanismo de Funcionamento Pleno: Tendência Formativa na Abordagem Centrada na Pessoa - ACP (p. 5-9). Campinas, SP: Editora Alínea. 436 p.


!17. Poland B, K Frohlich, M Cargo (2008) “Context as a fundamental dimension of health promotion

program evaluation”, in L Potvin & DV McQueen (Eds), Health Promotion Evaluation Practice in the Americas: Values and Research, New York, NY: Springer. !

16. Poland, B. & A. Pederson (2008) “Reading between the lines: interpreting silences in qualitative research”, in S. Sarantakos (Ed), Data Analysis, Sage Publications (London). !

15. Dooris, M, B. Poland, L. Kolbe, E deLeeuw, D McCall, J Wharf-Higgins (2007) “Healthy settings: Building evidence for the effectiveness of whole system health promotion - challenges & future directions” in D. McQueen & C. Jones (Eds), Global Perspectives on Health Promotion Effectiveness, Vol.1. New York, NY: Springer. !

14. Frohlich, K. and B. Poland (2007) “Points of intervention in health promotion practice: The role of social context” in M. O’Neill, A. Pederson, I. Rootman, & S. Dupéré (eds), Health Promotion in Canada (2nd Edition), University of Toronto Press. !

13. Frohlich, K. and B. Poland (2006) “Les point d’intervention dans la pratique de la promotion de la santé: l’intéret d’une approche de contexte social en termes de <<modes de vie collectifs>>”, pp62-80 in M. O’Neill, S. Dupéré, A. Pederson, I. Rootman (Eds),Promotion de la santé au Canada et au Québec, perspectives critiques, Quebec: Les Presses de L’université Laval. !

12. Poland, B. (2004) “Transcription, transcript” in M Lewis-Beck, A Bryman & T Futing Liao (editors), Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. !

11. Poland, B. (2001) “Transcription quality”, Chapter 30 in J. Gubrium & J. Holstein, Handbook of Interview Research, Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. !

10. Green, L., I. Rootman, B. Poland (2000) “The settings approach to health promotion”, pp.1-43 in B. Poland, L. Green, and I. Rootman (eds), Settings for Health Promotion: Linking Theory and Practice. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. !

09. Poland, B. (2000) “Social capital, social cohesion, community capacity, and community empowerment: variations on a theme?” pp.299-306 in B. Poland, L. Green, and Rootman, I. (eds), Settings for Health Promotion: Linking Theory and Practice. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. !

08. Poland, B., L. Green, I. Rootman (2000) “Reflections on settings for health promotion” pp.341-351 in B. Poland, L. Green, and I. Rootman (eds), Settings for Health Promotion: Linking Theory and Practice. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. !

07. Poland, B. (1999) "Transcription quality as an aspect of rigor in qualitative research", Chapter 2 in Volume 3 “Analysis and Interpretation of Qualitative Data” of a 4-volume set by A. Bryman & R. Burgess (eds), Qualitative Research. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. !

06. Poland, B., I. Rootman, M. O’Neill, L.W. Green, J. Feather, D. Poel (1998) “Issues in evaluation: healthy community initiatives”, pp.83-102 in W. E. Thurston, J. D. Sieppert and V. J. Wiebe, Doing Health Promotion Research: The Science of Action, Calgary, Alberta: Health Promotion Research Group. !

05. Eakin, J., A. Robertson, B. Poland, D.Coburn, R. Edwards (1998). “Toward a critical social science perspective on health promotion research”, pp.103-118 in W. E. Thurston, J. D. Sieppert and V. J.


Wiebe, Doing Health Promotion Research: The Science of Action, Calgary, Alberta: Health Promotion Research Group.

04. Poland, B. (1998). “Smoking, stigma, and the purification of public space”, in J.A. Schaler & M.E.

Schaler, Smoking: Who Has the Right? Amherst, NY: Prometheus. !03. Poland, B. (1998) "Smoking, stigma, and the purification of public space", pp.208-225 in R. Kearns

and W. Gesler, Putting Health into Place: Landscape, Identity, and Well-being, Syracuse University Press. !

02. Poland, B., SM Taylor, JD Eyles, NF White (1995) “Qualitative evaluation of community mobilization for smoking cessation: the Brantford COMMIT Intervention Trial", pp.843-847 in K. Slama (Ed), Tobacco and Health (Proceedings of the Ninth World Congress on Tobacco and Health), New York, NY: Plenum Press !

01. Lindsay, E.A., N. Hymowitz, R.E. Mecklenburg, L.C. Churchill, B. Poland (1995) "Activities to promote health care providers as participants in community-based tobacco control", pp.133-152 in (U.S.) National Cancer Institute, Community-Based Interventions for Smokers: The COMMIT Field Experience. Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph 6, NIH/USDHHS. !!

Creative Works (Knowledge Translation) !FilmAziz, D (Director), with Frohlich, KL, Poland, BD, Mykhalovskiy, E, Haines-Saah, RJ, Johnson, JL (2011). “Different Smokes / On ne botch pas tout pareil.” Canada (Private release).

!Peer-reviewed monographs & reports !15. Health Council of Canada (2010) Stepping It Up: Moving the Focus from Health Care in Canada

to a Healthier Canada. (member of expert panel) (available online at www.healthcouncilcanada.ca) !14. M Sharek, K Frohlich, B Poland (2010) Reducing Health Inequalities Through Settings Related

Interventions. Final Report presented to PHAC. Nov.2010. !13. Ferrence, B, T Timmerman, MJ Ashley, D Northrup, J Brewster, J Cohen, A Leis, C Lovato, B

Poland, M Pope, F Turcotte, J O’Loughlin, P Smith, R Dioso (2005) Second Hand Smoke in Ontario Homes: Findings from a National Study. OTRU Special Report Series, October 2005. Toronto, ON: Ontario Tobacco Research Unit. !

12. Ridgley A, C Lombardo, M Morrison, B Poland, H Skinner (2005) Youth Voices: A Guide for Youth Expression and Action. Toronto, ON: TeenNet Program, University of Toronto. !

11. Poland B, D Gastaldo, A Pancham, R Ferrence (2005) The interpersonal management of environmental tobacco smoke in the home: a qualitative study. OTRU Working Paper Series #82. Toronto, ON: Ontario Tobacco Research Unit. !

10. Poland B, L Fell, H Graham, J Lum, E Walsh, P Williams, G Yardy, S Tobin (2001) ’We’re hired by the hospital, but we work for the community’: Towards more effective hospital involvement in community action. Centre for Urban and Community Studies Research Bulletin. !

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09. de Guia, NA, JE Cohen, MJ Ashley, LL Pederson, R Ferrence, SB Bull, D Northrup, B Poland (2001). Support for Tobacco Control Policies: How Congruent are the Attitudes of Legislators and the Public? OTRU Working Paper Series #67. Toronto, ON: Ontario Tobacco Research Unit. !

08. Cohen, JE, LL Pederson, MJ Ashley, SB Bull, R Ferrence, B Poland (1999) Is ‘Stage of Change’ Related to Knowledge of Health Effects and Support for Tobacco Control? Toronto, ON: Working Paper Series #48, Ontario Tobacco Research Unit. !

07. Poland, B., L. Stockton, M.J. Ashley, L. Pederson, J. Cohen, R. Ferrence, S. Bull (1999) Interactions Between Smokers and Non-Smokers in Public Places: A Qualitative Study. Toronto, ON: Working Papers Series #46, Ontario Tobacco Research Unit. !

06. Ashley, M.J., J. Cohen, S. Bull, R. Ferrence, B. Poland, L. Pederson, J. Gao (1999). Knowledge About Tobacco and Attitudes Toward Tobacco Control: How Different are Smokers and Non-Smokers?. Toronto, ON: Working Papers Series #43, Ontario Tobacco Research Unit. !

05. Ashley, M.J., J. Cohen, R. Ferrence, S. Bull, S. Bondy, B. Poland, L. Pederson (1997). Smoking in the Home: Changing Attitudes and Current Practices. Toronto, ON: Working Papers Series #27, Ontario Tobacco Research Unit. !

04. Jackson, S.F., S. Cleverly, B. Poland, A. Robertson, D. Burman, M. Goodstadt, L. Salsberg (1997) Half Full or Half Empty?: Concepts and Research Design for a Study of Indicators of Community Capacity. North York, ON: North York Community Health Promotion Unit , Monograph 97-01. !

03. Poland, B. (1996) Smoking, Stigma And The Purification Of Public Space. Toronto, ON: Working Paper Series #9, Ontario Tobacco Research Unit. !

02. Poland, B. (1996) Substance Abuse and Smoking Prevention With Adolescents: An Exploration of Freire's Critical Pedagogy. Toronto, ON: Working Paper Series #7, Ontario Tobacco Research Unit. !

01. Eakin, J., A. Robertson, B. Poland, D. Coburn, R. Edwards (1995) Smoking Among Young Girls: A Critical Social Science Perspective. Toronto, ON: Working Paper Series #4, Ontario Tobacco Research Unit. !

Papers in refereed conference proceedings: !04. Poland, Blake. 2013. Participatory governance approaches to developing community resilience in

the face of emerging threats to health. In Akiko Inui and Catherine L. Mah (eds.) Japan-Canada Food Systems Resilience Symposium: Conference Proceedings. Toronto: Food Policy Research Initiative, pp. 84-90. !

03. Poland, B. (1990) "Capitated prospective payment under National Health Insurance: beauty or beast?" Proceedings, Fourth International Symposium in Medical Geography, Norwich U.K. !

02. Pickering, R.J., L.W. Chambers, W.W. Rosser, B. Poland and V. Neufeld (1988) "Health Priorities Analysis Unit: an information unit for educational planning for health professionals" Proceedings, Conference on Information Technology and Community Health, Vancouver B.C. !

01. Poland, B., S.M. Taylor and M. Hayes (1988) "The ecology of health service utilization in Grenada, West Indies" Proceedings, Third International Symposium on Medical Geography, Kingston Ontario.


!Published Abstracts !04. Cohen JE, Ashley MJ, Pederson LL, Poland BD, Bull SB, Ferrence RG. Public Attitudes toward

Tobacco Control Policies: Current Attitudes and Changes in Support over Time. (Abstract). Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic. Proceedings of the Tenth World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 24-28 August 1997. !

03. Ashley MJ, Cohen J, Bull SB, Pederson LL, Poland B, Ferrence R. Public Attitudes toward Tobacco Control Policies: How Different are Smokers and Non-smokers? (Abstract). Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic. Proceedings of the Tenth World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 24-28 August 1997.

02. Ashley MJ, Cohen J, Ferrence R, Bull SB, Bondy S, Poland B, Pederson LL. Smoking in the

Home: Changing Attitudes and Current Practices (Abstract). Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic. Proceedings of the Tenth World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 24-28 August 1997. !

01. Ashley MJ, Cohen JE, Pederson LL, Poland B, Bull SB, Ferrence RG. Support for tobacco control policies: current attitudes and changes over time (Abstract). Clinical and Investigative Medicine. 19(4) Suppl: S9, 1996. !!

Research Reports: !17. Hancock, Trevor, Spady, Donald W. and Soskolne, Colin L. (Editors) (2015) Global change and

Public Health: Addressing the Ecological Determinants of Health. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Public Health Association. A Report in Brief available at http://www.cpha.ca/uploads/policy/edh-brief.pdf (co-author on Chapters 3 & 6) (Peer Reviewed) !

16. Sharek, M., Frohlich, K., & Poland, B. (2011). Reducing Health Inequalities Through Settings Related Interventions. Final report presented to the Public Health Agency of Canada. Ottawa, ON: PHAC. !

15. Poland, B, A Koch, H Graham (2008) Addressing the Determinants of Health Together: A Resource Guide for Hospital-Community Collaboration. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto. !

14. Poland B, et al (2004) A Study of Hospital Involvement in Community Action: Summary of Research Findings. Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto !

13. Chin, S, Poland, B, & Skinner, S (2003). Youth Voices: Facilitator’s Workbook: Participatory action research for the project outcome evaluation and action project impact evaluation . Toronto, ON: TeenNet Project, PHS, University of Toronto.

12. Jackson, SF, S Cleverly, D Burman, R Edwards, B Poland, A Robertson (1999) Towards Indicators of Community Capacity: A Study Conducted with Community Members of Parkdale, Regent Park and Two Sites in Jane-Finch. NHRDP Project No. 6606-6084-002 Final Report. University of Toronto.

11. Jackson, SF, S Cleverly, D Burman, R Edwards, B Poland, A Robertson (1999) Toward Indicators of Community Capacity: A Study in Four Toronto Communities. Community Report. Toronto, ON: Centre for Health Promotion & Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto.

10. Brown, K.S., K. Berkovitz, A. Leis, J. Loiselle, P. McDonald, B. Poland, L. Potvin, P. Smith. Evaluation of Existing Questions Used to Assess Youth Tobacco Use. (Project #H1021-7-9081/001/SS). January, 1999.

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09. Badgley, RF, M Boutilier, B Poland, S Tobin, L Turik (1998) Community Action and Public Health. NHRDP Project No. 6606-5611-201, Final Report. University of Toronto.

08. Ashley, M.J., L. Pederson, B. Poland, S. Bull, R. Ferrence, J. Cohen (1997) Smoking, Smoking Cessation, Tobacco Control and Programming: A Qualitative and Quantitative Study. Report for the Tobacco Demand Reduction Strategy, Health Canada. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto

07. Ashley MJ, Cohen J, Bull S, Poland B, Gao J, Stockton L, Pederson L, Ferrence R. Smoking in Ontario: Analysis of Data from the ‘Q&Q’ Study. Report prepared for Health Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Health. March 31, 1997.

06. Hobbs, F., Ferrence, R., Pope, M., Poland, B., Ashley, M. J., & Pederson, L. (1997). Tobacco and Women’s Health: Influences on Smoking Cessation in Women. Toronto, ON: Ontario Tobacco Research Unit.

05. Hobbs, F., Ferrence, R., Pope, M., Poland, B., Ashley, M. J., & Pederson, L. (1996). Women and Cessation. Toronto, ON: Ontario Tobacco Research Unit.

04. Cohen, J., Ferrence, R., Jackson, L., Poland, B., Pope, M., Andrews, F., & Greaves, L. (1996). Gender Differences in the Predictors of the Acquisition of Smoking by Adolescents. Toronto, ON: Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, Literature Review Series No.5

03. Rootman, I., B. Poland, D. Burman (1994) Knowledge Development in Health Promotion: Report on a Workshop at the Third National Conference on Health Promotion Research. University of Toronto: Centre for Health Promotion.

02. Birch, S., J. Eyles and B. Poland (1990) Needs-Based Planning of Health Care: A Critical Appraisal of the Literature. Hamilton: McMaster University. (Report prepared for the Ontario Ministry of Health on behalf of the Sudbury-Manatoulin District Health Council).

01. Pickering, R.J., B. Poland and M. DeVillaer (1989) Alcohol-Related Burden of Illness in Hamilton-Wentworth. Prepared for Health Sciences Education Curriculum, McMaster University. !!

Technical & Special Committee Reports: !04. Elgar, A., L Benneian, J Dockstator, B Poland, et al. Final Report: Mayor’s Advisory Group on

Sustainability. Oakville, ON. July 2010. 03. Glazier, R. et al, Report of the Metro Toronto DHC Health System Reform Implementation

Indicators Task Force. April, 1998. 02. Adalf, E., S. Bondy, R. Ferrance, L. Driscoll, D.F. Graham, M. Kaiserman, C. Mills, K. Wilkins, L.

Greaves, L. Hunter, W. Millar, G. Letourneau, S. Li, L. Pederson, L. Peters, B. Poland, T. Stephens (1994) Report of the Technical Workshop on Data for Monitoring Tobacco Use. Ottawa: Bureau of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Disease Control Division, Health Canada.

01. Bian, C; M. Emo, S. French, L. Garrison, P. Hoyle, H. Jardine, W. Paterson, B. Poland and D. Steib (1992) A Report of the Implementation Team on Community Well-Being, Health and Quality of Life. Prepared for the Regional Chairman's Task Force on Sustainable Development, Hamilton-Wentworth. !!


Committee Reports (University of Toronto): !04. Poland, B., E. Power, C Chalin, M Chipman, M Disman, W Kwong, R Love, R Meier, A Ong, I

Rootman, CP Shah, A Shaikh, T Svoboda (1999) Report of the Task Force on Ethno-Racial Diversity. Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto.

03. Poland, B., V Goel, K Domnick, G Pron, H Batty, B Harvey, P Bader, K Bentvelsen, K Leonard, J Polzer, M Koo (1999) Report of the Working Group on New Information Technologies. Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto.

02. Purdam, J, L Calzavara, K Domnick, J Hsieh, S Lang, D Lopez, B Poland, J Polzer, G Zaniewski, G Anderson, R Baker, H Bot, S Urowitz, J Binks, E Sisam, D Keeling (1999) Report of the User’s Committee for the McMurrich Building (Space Committee Report). Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto.

01. Browne, J, M Chipman, L Ferris, V Goel, L Holness, I Kalnins, J Katz, B Poland, E Power, I Rootman, R Tibshirani, L Yuan, S Wadhwani (1996) Report of the Merger Planning Committee. Department of Behavioural Science and Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, University of Toronto. !

Monographs, not peer-reviewed !06. Poland, B with K Hagerman, A Heaslip, R Wortzman, & J Cole (2008) Green Paper on Health

Promotion. Ottawa: Green Party of Canada. !05. A Ridgley, C Lombardo, M Morrison, H Skinner, B Poland (2005) Youth Voices: A Guide for

Youth Expression and Action. TeenNet Research Program, University of Toronto. !04. Poland B, L Fell, H Graham, J Lum, E Walsh, P Williams, G Yardy, S Tobin (2001) ’We’re hired

by the hospital, but we work for the community’: Towards more effective hospital involvement in community action. Centre for Urban and Community Studies Research Bulletin.

03. Poland, B, L Fell, H Graham, J Lum, E Walsh, G Yardy, P Williams, S Tobin. (2001). “We’re hired by the hospital, but we work for the community” Towards More Effective Hospital Involvement in Community Action. Can hospitals work in partnership with community groups to address the determinants of health? Centre for Urban and Community Studies Research Bulletin #3, October 2001.

02. Breland, K, E Tupker, P West, B Poland, et al (1998) Let ‘em go: The ‘Street-Involved Youth Harm Reduction Project’ Experience. How to Support Youth in Creating Their Own Solutions. Toronto, ON: Addiction Research Foundation.

01. Poland, B., L.W. Chambers and A.F. Kennedy (1988) Fact Book on the Health Status of Hamilton-Wentworth Residents Hamilton: McMaster University. !!!!


Papers, not peer reviewed !06. Poland, B. (2012) Health, austerity, and affluence. The College Quarterly. 15(4) http://

www.collegequarterly.ca !05. Haluza-Delay, R., B Poland & B Miller (2011) “Broad changes, not just helmets, key to bike safety:

Improving roads better approach than laws that create barrier to cycling” Edmonton Journal, May 12. !

04. Poland, B. (2004) “Addressing determinants of health beyond the hospital walls: A study of hospital involvement in community action”. The Health Promotion Exchange. Spring/Summer. Pp.1-3. !

03. Poland, B., D. Reynolds and L.W. Chambers (1990) "Health and living below the poverty line". Infowatch. 2(3): 1-2. !

02. Poland, B., D. Reynolds, L.W. Chambers, J.W. Feightner, and J.J. Rice (1989) "The health of seniors in north Hamilton" Infowatch. 1(3):1-2.

01. Poland, B., L.W. Chambers and R.J. Pickering (1989) "The Hamilton-Wentworth Services for

Seniors Study" Infowatch. 1(1):1-2. !!!INVITED ADDRESSES (not including guest seminars in graduate/undergraduate courses) !87. Invited panel organizer & presenter. Panel title: “Urbanism, Health and the Growth of Megacities:

When is More, More? Panel on Resilient Cities & Communities.” In Creating a Pandemic of Health: DLSPH Global Health Symposium, November 4th, 2014, MaRS Discovery District. Panelists: Sandro Galea, Jeb Brugman, Stephen Verderber, Chris Buse, Blake Poland, Katia de Pinho Campos. !

86. Invited panelist, From Global Mess to Local Stress: Bringing the Health Impacts of Environmental Harm to the Forefront of Public Health, DLSPH Student-Led Conference, October 17, 2014. !

85. What Are Transition Towns? and Transition Towns: The Canadian Experience (invited lectures), Connecting Transition Initiatives & Healthy Cities/Communities Forum, University of Central Lancashire, UK, December 5th, 2013. !

84. Building Sustainability & Community Resilience in the Face of Emerging Challenges to Health Equity: Social Movements Respond with Creativity, Ingenuity, & Bold Vision (invited lecture), Distinguished Visitor Programme Public Lecture Series, University of Central Lancashire, UK, December 4th, 2013. !

83. Complexity, Emergence, and Social Change (invited panel presentation), December 2nd, 2013. University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK. !

82. Does Your Health Depend on Your Access to Justice? (Invited Panel Presenter) CIHR Café Scientifique, Jan.31, 2013, Toronto (Gladstone Hotel), www.justiceandhealth.ca !

81. Sustainable Development and Health (Panel). Global Health in the Shifting World Economy - 19th Global Conference on Global Health, October 22, 2012, Ottawa. !

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80. Building Resilience: Communities Respond to Emerging Threats to Health Equity, UofT Sustainability Symposium, Hart House, University of Toronto, June 14, 2012 (w/Rebecca Hasdell) !

79. Transition Towns: A Global Social Movement Builds Community Resilience in the Face of Climate Change and Peak Oil, Stress-Free Degree Lecture Series, University of Toronto Spring Reunion, June 1st, 2012. !

78. Organizational Capacity for Community Development. Toronto Public Health (invited Lunch & Learn lecture), May 29, 2012. !

77. Participatory Governance Approaches to Developing Community Resilience in the Face of Emerging Threats to Health, Japan-Canada Food Systems Resilience Symposium, Toronto, May 16, 2012. !

76. What Keeps Communities Healthy? A Look Into the Future, The Impact of Community on Individual Health - Café Scientifique, (Panelist), Duke of York Pub, Toronto, May 9, 2012. !

75. Emerging Threats to Health Equity: Implications for Policy & Deliberative Process. Public Health Policy Rounds. Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. March 23, 2012. !

74. Crisis Into Opportunity: Meeting Emerging Challenges with Creativity, Ingenuity & A Bold Vision. Whither Idealism? Speaker Series (also featuring David Crombie & Cheri DiNovo), St Jude’s Anglican Church, Oakville ON, March 7, 2012. !

73. Building Community Resilience: A Viable Response to Climate Change and Other Emerging Challenges to Health Equity? University of Toronto Transdisciplinary Lecture Series on Climate Change. January 23, 2012. !

72. The Precautionary Principle in Practice: How Context Matters (Discussant). Public Health Policy Rounds. Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. January 20, 2012. !

71. Prendre contexte en main dans l’évaluation des programmes: Quelque lesons de l’approche axée sur les milieux en matiere de promotion de la santé (Taking Context Into Account in Program Evaluation: Lessons from the Settings Approach to Health Promotion). ‘4P’ Promotion, Prevention & Public Policy STIHR 1-Day Seminar in Program Evaluation, December 23, 2011, Quebec City. !

70. Building Community Resilience in Challenging Times: The How, What and Why of It + Relevance to Public Health. Toronto Public Health CPD All-Staff Meeting, North York Civic Centre, Dec.15, 2011 !

69. The Settings Approach to Health Promotion. Journees Annuelles en Santé Publique, Nov.28-30, 2011, Montreal, PQ. !

68. Community Resilience: What is it? Why now? How is this a public health issue? Toronto Public Health (invited Lunch & Learn lecture), November 15, 2011. !

67. Transilience: Adapting Urban Living for a Changing Future. Design with Dialogue/2011 McLuhan Centenary Workshop. (Invited Keynote Panelist), Toronto, March 22, 2011. !

66. “Newcomers and the Green Economy: Meeting Emerging Challenges with Resilience, Diversity & Socially Engaged Citizenship”. Keynote Address. FutureWatch/Green Opportunities Regional Forum, Toronto, February 10, 2011 !

65. “Newcomers and the Green Economy: Meeting Emerging Challenges with Resilience, Diversity &


Socially Engaged Citizenship”. Keynote Address. FutureWatch/Green Opportunities Regional Forum, Guelph ON, February 1, 2011 !

64. “Unmasking Power Relations: From Interview Research to Dialogue for Social Change”, Centre for Critical Qualitative Health Research (CCQHR) Seminar Series, University of Toronto, March 26, 2010 !

63. “Resilience in the Face of Climate Change and Peak Oil: Community-Building Responses for an Equitable Transition to a Low-Carbon Society”. University of Toronto’s Health and Environment Seminar Series (co-sponsored with the Environmental Health Justice in the City Research Network, Centre for Urban Health Initiatives), February 11, 2010. !

62. “O Papel da Universidade no Movimento de Transicao: Mudancas Climaticas, Aquecimento Global, Pico do Petróleo...” (The role of the university in the transition movement: Climate change, global warming, peak oil...), Projeto CASA Symposium (& launch of transition studies research network), Universidade Federal do Ceara, Fortaleza Brazil, November 7, 2009. (keynote) !

61. “Social Innovation, Collapse, and the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy: Is ‘Green Management’ Up To the Task?”, XI Encontro Nacionale e I Encontro International sobre Gestao Empresarial e Meio Ambiente (ENGIMA), University of Fortaleza, Brazil, November 3-5, 2009. !

60. “Settings-Based Practice, Programs, Policies: New frontiers in understanding and working with context to address pressing social and ecological challenges”, UVic HLK Settings for All Conference, Gatineau, QC, May 21-11, 2009. (conference keynote) !

59. “The Settings Approach in Health Promotion: New Frontiers in Conceptualizing and Working with Context to Address Social & Environmental (In)Justice”, University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR), Fortaleza, Brazil, April 8, 2009. !

58. “Construindo Resiliencia Communitaria no Transiçao para a Nossa Sociedade Pós-Carbono” (Building Community Resilience for the Transition to a Post-Carbon Society), Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brasil, 6 abril, 2009. !

57. “Dialogical Approaches to Building Community Resilience in the Face of Climate Change and Peak Oil: Mapping the Terrain, Refining the Practice”, 1st International Encounter of Health Promotion of Cariré, Faculdade Leao Sampaio, Juaziero do Norte (Ceará), Brazil, April 4, 2009 !

56. “Healthy Public Policy in Canada: Progress, Setbacks & Lessons Learned” (Keynote Address), Intersectoral Action for Health (4th Workshop for Local Partners), Canada-Brazil CPHA-Açoes Intersetorials em Promoçao da Saude (AIPS) International Conference, Universidade de Campinas (UNICAMP), 25 March, 2009. !

55. “Greening the Neighbourhood and How Much It Won’t Cost Us” (UofT Hart House/Cities Centre Feature Presentation by Majora Carter) (Invited panel discussant), University of Toronto, March 13, 2009 !

54. “Dialogical Approaches to Building Community Resilience in the Face of Climate Change and Peak Oil: Mapping the Terrain, Refining the Practice”, Social Innovation Generation, University of Waterloo, February 4, 2009. !

53. “Cultivating Dialogue and Multiple Literacies Through ‘Resonant Texts’: Democratizing Graduate Education Classrooms in Brazil and Canada”, CUPE Quality of Education Conference, Victoria College/UofT, November 13-14, 2008. (on behalf of co-authors F Cavalcante, R Wortzman, J Wong, U Ndlovu, K Kennedy, S Bennett)


!52. “Environmental Health Justice in the City - An Emerging Research Network”, official launch of the

University of Toronto Cities Centre, October 16, 2008. !51. “Deepening the Social Analysis of Inequities in Health Through Critical Dialogic Methods” Annual

Public Health Research & Practice Symposium, Middlesex-London Health Unit, London, Ontario, Wednesday, June 18, 2008 !

50. “Hospital-Community Collaboration as Foundational to the Health Promoting Hospital: Lessons from a Research Study”, Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) Health Promoting Hospitals Conference, June 13, 2008 (Toronto, Ontario) !

49. “Arts Informed Dialogical Methods for Reflexive Practice Development”, Convergence of Art & Science: Global Health Perspectives, University of Toronto, June 2-3, 2008 !

48. “The School as a Setting for Health Promotion: New frontiers in understanding and working with the context of practice”, 7th Annual Ontario Healthy Schools Coalition Forum, May 29, 2008, Toronto ON !

47. “Rethinking the Role of Public Health in Uncertain Times: Environment, Health and Social Equity” Public Health Works Speaker Series, Population Health Unit, Capital Health, Edmonton, May 20, 2008 !

46. “The Hospital Without Walls: A Community Asset?”, Invited opening plenary address, 4th Annual All Ireland Health Promoting Hospitals Conference, October 23-24, 2007, Armagh, Northern Ireland. !

45. “Settings for Health Promotion: New Frontiers in Addressing Familiar Issues”, Pre-Conference ‘Master Class’ (for policy makers & program managers), 4th Annual All Ireland Health Promoting Hospitals Conference, October 22, 2007, Armagh, Northern Ireland. (3hr invited workshop) !

44. “Addressing Determinants of Health Together: A Resource Guide for Hospital-Community Collaboration”, Invited address at the Central Ontario regional meeting of PEHP/CAMH, Kingston Ontario, September 27, 2007. !

43. “The Role of Dialogue in ‘Culture Work’ to Address Health Inequities”, Invited address, Faculty of Occupational Health, University of Western Ontario, London Ontario, September 10, 2007. !

42. “Thinking Outside the Box: New Frontiers in Conceptualizing and Working in Settings”, Invited keynote address at the 2nd Annual Conference of the Atlantic Network for Prevention Research (ANPR), Assessment and Action for Healthy Settings, July 4-6 2007, St. John’s Newfoundland. !

41. “Settings for Health Promotion: Promising Directions in Unpacking and Addressing How Place Matters”, Invited keynote address at the Canadian/International Symposium on Settings for Health and Learning, June 2-4, 2007, Victoria BC. !

40. “Hospital-Community Collaboration to Address Determinants of Health In the Community: Lessons from Canada”, Invited plenary address, 15th International Conference on Health Promoting Hospitals - HPH (April 11-13, 2007, Vienna, Austria) !

39. “The importance of social determinants of health and effective hospital-community relationships”, CAMH/PEHP All Staff Retreat, March 28, 2007. !!


38. “Addressing determinants of health together: hospital-community collaboration in Ontario – research results and development of a resource guide”, Ontario Hospital Health Promotion Network Monthly Meeting, Toronto, November 10, 2006. !

37. “Hospital-community collaboration: A primer”, West End Urban Health Alliance (Toronto) Steering Committee, Toronto, October 20, 2006. (w./A Koch) !

36. “L’approche par milieu proposée par l’OMS depuis 20 ans a-t-elle permis de créer des environnements plus favorables a la santé?”, Journee Annuelle en Sante Publique (JASP), Montréal, 25 octobre, 2006. !

35. “Hospital-community collaboration in Ontario”, Community Collaboration in Action: Care Across the Social Determinants of Health, St. Joseph’s Health Centre First Annual Community & Urban Health Conference, Toronto, May 12, 2006. !

34. “Healthcare settings and the social context of practice: unpacking how place matters”, CIHR Strategic Training Programme in Health Care, Technology & Place Annual Symposium, Toronto, 4-5 May, 2006. !

33. “Settings for health promotion”, School of Public Health, University of Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo, Brazil, April 27, 2006. !

32. “The Health Promoting Hospital: what can we learn from each other?” Hospital Network, Fortaleza, Brazil, April 26, 2006. !

31. “Social science and health research and qualitative methods in Canada: issues & prospects”, Tri-University/Municipal Qualitative Health Research Forum, Fortaleza, Brazil, April 25, 2006. !

30. “Prospects for health promotion in primary care – a Canadian perspective”, Family Medicine & Community Residency Program, Escola da Saude Publica (ESP), Fortaleza Brazil, April 24, 2006. !

29. “Promoçao da saude no Canada: avanços e perspectivas”, Seminario Internacional de Promoçao da Saude (international panel on health promotion), Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR), Fortaleza, Brazil, April 19, 2006. !

28. “Settings for health promotion”, Brazilian Health Promotion Research Network, PAHO National Meeting on ‘Metodologias de Avaliaçao de Efetiviidade de Politicas Publicas’, Brasilia, April 17, 2006. !

27. “Hospital-community collaboration: understanding and improving practice”, Wellesley Central Seminar Series, Toronto ON, February 28, 2006. !

26. “Community engagement: understanding and improving practice”, Local Health Integration Networks: Enabling Change, Ontario Hospital Association Symposium, Toronto ON, February 10, 2006. !

25. “Hospital-community collaboration to improve community health: lessons from a mixed method study in Ontario, Canada”, Congresso Latino Americano e do Caribe Medico-Hospitalar, Fortaleza, Brazil, August 17, 2005. !

24. “La participation des hopitaux a l’action communautaire en Ontario”, Groupe de recherché interdisciplinaire en santé (GRIS) research seminar, Université de Montréal, March 14, 2005 !!


23. “La participation des hopitaux a l’action communautaire en Ontario”, Le Centre Léa Roback de recherche sur les inégalites socials de santé de Montréal en collaboration avec le Groupe de recherché sur l’equité d’acces et l’organisation des services de santé de 1ie ligne (GREAS), Montreal, March 10, 2005 !

22. “How place matters for health and social intervention in the community: analyzing intervention settings and unpacking contextual impacts on program implementation and outcomes”. Analyse et Evaluation des Interventions en Sante (AnEIS) - Programme de formation interdisciplinaire. 16 February 2005. !

21. “Le dévelopment communautaire en santé publique” Rencontres avec des chercheurs en santé publique. (Public health visiting scholar seminar series). Département de médicine sociale et préventive, Université de Montréal, 1 December 2004. !

20. “De-Bunking the Myths Around Hospital-Community Collaboration”, St. Joseph’s Health Centre Women’s Health Conference, 24 September 2004, Toronto. !

19. “’Working At The Margins or ‘Leading From Behind’? A Study of Hospital-Community Collaboration”, St.Joseph’s Health Centre Community ‘Meet & Greet’, 14 September 2004. !

18. “Hospital Involvement in Community Action”, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, May 28, 2004 !17. “The Social Context of Smoking”, Keynote Address, First Annual Meeting of the NEXUS Research

Group, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, April 27, 2004. !16. "Healthy settings and youth". Youth for Health Phase II Project Ukraine Workshop (Canadian

Society for International Health), Centre for Health Promotion, Dec. 1-5, 2003 !15. Panel Discussant, Health Care, Techology and Place Seminar Series (March 2003, University of

Toronto). !14. “Social Inequalities, Social Exclusion and Health: A Critical Social Science Perspective on Health

Promotion Research and Practice”. Invited address at the University of Bergen (Norway) Research Centre for Health Promotion Symposium on Health Promotion Research: Status and Progress, November 5-6, 1998. !

13. “Qualitative Research and the Use of Computers in Data Analysis: Strengths and Limitations”. Invited address at the Bloorview- Macmillan Research Centre, June 23, 1998. !

12. “Safer with CYPHR”: The Making of A Harm Reduction Video By and For Street-Involved Youth” (with Mario Gonsalves) Women’s College Hospital Participatory Action Research group, June 20, 1997 !

11. “A Video on Harm Reduction For Street Youth By Street Youth: The Politics and Practice of Participatory R&D” (with Mario Gonsalves). Department of Behavioural Science Brown Bag Seminar, March 11, 1997. !

10. “Community Development in Health”. Health Promotion Summer School, Ryerson Polytechnic University, June 1996. !

09. "Smoking, Stigma and the Purification of Public Space". Departmental Seminar Series, Department of Geography, University of Toronto, January 31, 1995. !


08. “Critical Social Science and Qualitative Research: Reflexive Inquiry or Ideological Reflex?”. Invited address at the Foundational Issues in Qualitative Research Workshop, Addiction Research Foundation, Social Evaluation Research Department, London Ontario, January 26, 1995. !

07. "Smoking, Stigma and the Purification of Public Space". Health Promotion Work-In-Progress group, Department of Behavioural Science, University of Toronto, November 30, 1994. !

06. "Community as a Focus of Health Promotion and Social Development: A Critical Perspective". Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario, London ON, June 1 1994. !

05. "Qualitative Evaluation of the Brantford COMMIT Trial: The Smokers' Perspective". Program Training and Consultation Centre (Ontario Tobacco Strategy) workshops: Learnings From the COMMIT Research Project, (a) in Sudbury ON, March 7, 1994; and (b) in Peterborough ON, February 15, 1994. !

04. "Learning from Community Interventions Through Qualitative Evaluation: The Brantford COMMIT Case Study". Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, November 3, 1993. !

03. "A Lay Smoker's Perspective on Brantford COMMIT". Inaugural meeting of the Brant COMMIT Board of Directors, Brantford Ontario, April 20, 1993 (an Ontario Ministry of Health Tobacco Strategy Demonstration Project). !

02. "Using Lay Perceptions to Evaluate Health Promotion Interventions: Promises and Pitfalls". McMaster Health and Society Lecture Series, March 25, 1993. !

01. "The Implications of a Healthy Communities Approach to Regional and Municipal Planning". Keynote address, Niagara Social Planning Council 27th Annual Meeting, Niagara Falls, March 4, 1993. !!!

PRESENTATIONS AT SCHOLARLY MEETINGS !!139. Poland, B, C Buse, R Hasdell, R Kushner, R Haluza-Delay, L Newman, P Antze. “Building Resilience

One Community at a Time: The Emergence of the Transition Movement in Canada - Report from a National Study. EcoHealth 2014: 5th Biennial Conference of the International Association for Ecology & Health, UQAM, Montreal, August 11-15, 2014. !

138. Panel organizer & presenter. Poland, B. with R Haluza-Delay, R Kushner, R Hasdell, L Newman, S Ludwig. “The Transition Emerging Study: Exploring Resilience, Equity and the Development of Ecological Social Practices” Environmental Studies Association of Canada (ESAC) Annual Conference, Brock University, St Catherines, ON, May 28, 2014 !

137. Buse, C., B Poland. “The Emergence of the Transition Movement in Canada: Implications for Public Health”. Public Health 2014: Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, May 26-28, 2014 !

136. Poland, B, A. Poggi, R. Kushner “Living the Transition from the Inside Out: Aligning Inner and Outer Transformation in the Transition Town Movement and Beyond”. Interactive workshop (75min) at 9th International Conference Holistic Learning: Breaking New Ground. Engaging the Creative Spirit: Enacting Change, Orillia ON, Oct.4-6, 2013. !!


135. Shareck, M., Frohlich, K. L., and Poland, B. “Reducing social inequities in health through settings-related interventions – a conceptual framework”. Oral presentation as part of Symposium on Innovative Avenue for Health Promotion Research at the International Union for Health Promotion and Education Conference, August 26th 2013, Pattaya, Thailand !

134. Poland, B. “Community resilience in the face of an uncertain future: understanding an emerging landscape of Transition Towns in Canada”. Health & Environment Seminar Series / Collaborative Program in Community Development Seminar Series, University of Toronto. March 21, 2013. !

133. Teelucksingh, C, Poland, B, Buse, C, and Hasdell, (2012) “Discourses of Power: Environmental Justice in Toronto’s Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations. ” Environmental Studies Association of Canada Annual Conference at the Congress of Learned Societies, Waterloo, Ontario, June 1, 2012 !

132. Buse, C. & Poland, B. “Building community resilience through intersectoral action in the face of environmental and economic decline”, International Conference on Degrowth in the Americas, Montreal, May 15, 2012. !

131. Poland, B., M. Colussi, M. Durand, C. Teelucksingh, “Taking it local: Transition Towns - a global social movement for degrowth through grassroots relocalization and community resilience” (90min workshop), International Conference on Degrowth in the Americas, Montreal, May 15, 2012. !

130. Frohlich, K.L., Haines-Saah, R., Wright, M., & Poland, B. “Different Smokes” – Using film-making to generate reflexivity amongst tobacco control practitioners. 7th National Conference on Tobacco or Health, Toronto, November 3, 2011. !

129. Frohlich, K.L., Haines-Saah, R.J., Poland, B.D., Wright, M. “Different Smokes” – Using film-making to generate reflexivity amongst tobacco control practitioners. Qualitative Health Research. Vancouver, BC, October 25, 2011. !

128. B Poland. Bringing the arts, mindfulness and a life-centred approach into the classroom and into the world as a catalyst for transformative change. Holistic Learning Conference, Orillia, October 21-23, 2011. !

129. Knyahnytska, J. & B Poland, “Double Disaster: Building Community Resilience among People with Severe Mental Illnesses in the aftermath of a Natural Disaster Event: Application of Critical Social Science”. Royal Geographic Society Annual Meeting, London, UK, Aug.31-Sept.2, 2011. !

128. C Buse, B Poland, R Hasdell, F Cabarcas, B Elliot “The Theory and Practice of Building Community Resilience: Considering Equity in Understanding Social Ecological Systems”. Poster presentation at EcoCity World Summit, Montreal, Canada, Aug.22-26, 2011 !

127. B Poland, A Stark, H Jansson “Transition Oakville/GoLocalOakville: A Vibrant Work in Progress in Suburban Ontario”. Poster presentation at EcoCity World Summit, Montreal, Canada, Aug.22-26, 2011. !

126. B Poland, R Haluza-Delay, C Buse, C Teelucksingh, P Antze, R Hasdell, B Elliot “Transition Towns: An Emerging Social Movement Response to Climate Change, Energy/Food Insecurity, and Economic Crisis” EcoCity World Summit, Montreal, Canada, Aug.22-26, 2011. !

125. Knyahnytska, J. & B Poland, “Re-building Community among People with Severe Mental Illnesses in the aftermath of Disaster” (Poster). EcoCity World Summit, Montreal, Canada, Aug.22-26, 2011. !

124. Shareck, M, KL Frohlich, B Poland, B. Réduire les inégalités sociales de santé en agissant sur les milieux de vie: un cadre conceptuel, 4è Colloque annuel des programmes locaux et régionaux de santé, Gatineau, Canada, June 28th, 2011. !


123. Buse, C, C Teelucksingh, R Hasdell, B Poland, “Who has the power? The energy crisis and environmental justice in Toronto”. People, Places and Sustainability: Environmental Studies Association of Canada (ESAC) 2011 Annual Meeting. Fredericton, NB, May 30-31, 2011. !

122. Buse, C., B Poland, C Teelucksingh, P Antze, R Hasdell, B Elliot, “Equity, social change and community resilience: Exploring Transition Towns in Canada” People, Places and Sustainability: Environmental Studies Association of Canada (ESAC) 2011 Annual Meeting, Fredericton, NB, May 30-31, 2011. !

121. M Sharek, K Frohlich, B Poland, “Reducing Social Inequalities in Health Through Action on Settings: A Conceptual Framework”, 138th APHA Annual Meeting, Denver CO, Nov.6-10, 2010. !

120. B Poland, “Transition Towns: Building Community Resilience for an Equitable Transition to a Low-Carbon Future - What Role for Local Government & Health Professionals in an Emerging Social Movement?” (Special Session on “Managing Decline”) International Conference on Urban Health, New York City, October 28, 2010 !

119. M Dooris & B Poland, “Greening Settings for Health, Equity and Sustainable Development: Envisioning the Transition”. 20th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion, Geneva, Switzerland, July 11-15, 2010. !

118. Frohlich, K.L., Poland, B., Mykhalovskiy, E., Johnson, J., Haines, R.J. (2010, July). “The ‘construction’ of marginalised youth smokers by health promotion. 20th World Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education (IUHPE). Geneva, Switzerland !

117. B Poland & M Dooris. “Complexity Science and Critical Realism: Implications for ‘Best Practices’ in Programming and Evaluation in a Settings Approach”. Part of a special symposium on “Probing Realist Evaluation Techniques & Results” with S Jackson, L Potvin, J Shultz, S Fawcett. 20th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion, Geneva, Switzerland, July 11-15, 2010. !

116. B. Poland, Y Sales, F Cavalcante Jr, A Feitosa, “Learning to Trust Life: A Post-Fear/Post-Control Paradigm for the Transition to a Post-Carbon Society” Holistic Learning: Breaking New Ground (7th International Conference), OISE/UT & University of Waterloo, Orillia, ON, October 23-25, 2009. !

115. B Poland, C Maule, F Cavalcante Jr, C Teelucksingh, G Edwards, ML Bourbeau, M Pajot, “Critical Perspectives and arts-enabled dialogical approaches to assessing and addressing climate justice and community resilience: A preliminary framework & 2 pilot studies.” Global Health: Changing Environments, Changing Health. XIIIth International Symposium in Medical Geography, McMaster University, Hamilton ON, July 12-17, 2009. !

114. Alexander, S.A, Haines, R.J., Frohlich, K.L., Johnson, J.L., Mykhalovskiy, E., Poland, B.D. (2009, May). “New approaches to addressing social inequalities in tobacco use among youth - Preliminary findings.” Engaging Reflection in Health Professional Education and Practice. London, ON !

113. B Poland, F Cavalcante Jr, R Wortzman, J Wong, U Ndlovu, K Kennedy, S Bennett, “Cultivating dialogue and multiple literacies through ‘resonant texts’: Democratizing graduate education classrooms in Brazil and Canada”. Learning Democracy By Doing: Alternative Practices in Citizenship Learning and Participatory Democracy, TLC/OISE, University of Toronto, October 16-18, 2008. !!!


112. J Bottorff, J Carey, L Greaves, JL Johnson, J Oliffe, M Stewart, B Poland, N Poole, C Urguhart, M Dussault, “Smoking among intimate partners: implications for tobacco reduction intervention for pregnant women”, 19th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion & Health Education, Vancouver BC, June 10-15, 2007. !

111. B Poland, “Evaluating the effectiveness of a healthy settings approach: addressing the challenges - critical realism and complexity theory”, 19th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion & Health Education, Vancouver BC, June 10-15, 2007. !

110. KL Frohlich, S Alexander, B Poland, “Health promotion, the social context and smokers: tobacco control and social inequities in smoking”, 19th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion & Health Education, Vancouver BC, June 10-15, 2007. !

109. B Poland & FS Cavalcante, “The role of dialogue in ‘culture work’ to address health inequities: a neo-Freirian model for personal and collective health promotion”, 19th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion & Health Education, Vancouver BC, June 10-15, 2007. !

108. J Masuda, B Poland, D Cole, B Newbold, J Baxter , “Introducing equity focused environmental health promotion into environmental management in Canada”, 19th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion & Health Education, Vancouver BC, June 10-15, 2007. !

107. B Poland, A Koch, H Graham, J Gilbert, H Campbell, “Addressing Determinants of Health Together: A Resource Guide on Hospital-Community Collaboration” Campus-Community Partnerships for Health (CCPH), Toronto ON, April 11-14, 2007. !

106. C Maule & B Poland, “Seeding a Community of Practice to Address the Social Context of Tobacco Use”, Ontario Tobacco Control Conference, Niagara Falls ON, December 5, 2006 !

105. B Poland, C Maule, K Frohlich, S Alexander “The Social Context of Smoking in Tobacco Control Practice”, 90-minute workshop at the Ontario Tobacco Control Conference, Niagara Falls ON, December 4, 2006. !

104. S Alexander, C Maule, B Poland, “The social context of smoking: building a web presence”, The 3rd Annual Invitational Symposium for Research to Inform Tobacco Control, Toronto ON, November 13-15, 2006. !

103. Bercovitz, K., R.J. Haines, & B. Poland (2005, February). ‘Discourses and Discordance : A Qualitative Study of the Views of Tobacco Control Advocates & Policy Stakeholders on Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) in the Home. (Poster Presentation). Advances in Qualitative Methods. Edmonton, Alberta. !

102. B Poland et al, “Emerging Perspectives on Social Context of Smoking”, 4th National Conference on Tobacco or Health, Ottawa, Canada, June 2005. !

101. A Ridgley, H Skinner, B Poland, C Lombardo, “Global Youth Voices: Engaging Youth in Health Promotion using Media Technology”, Overcoming Health Disparities: Global Experiences From Partnerships Between Communities, Health Services and Health Professional Schools, (Community-Campus Partnerships for Health and The Network: Towards Unity for Health), October 6-10, 2004, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (Awarded Third Prize in the Viewer’s Choice Best Poster Award) !


100. Bercovitz, K., Haines, R.J., Poland, B., Selby, P., Stewart, D. (2004, May). “Reducing Children’s Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke – A Qualitative Study of Tobacco Control Advocates & Policy Stakeholders.” Ontario Tobacco Control Conference. Toronto, ON !

99. J Cohen, B Poland, MJ Ashley, R Ferrence, "Adamant smokers who want to quite smoking" Annual Conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, Scottsdale AZ, February 2004. !

98. R Ferrence, R Dioso, MJ Ashley, J Cohen, M Pope, J Brewster, B Poland, D Northrup "Second hand smoke in home environments: Attitudes and behaviours” Annual Conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, Scottsdale AZ, February 2004 !

97. H Skinner, C Lombardo, B Poland. "Youth Voices: Urban Health Promotion Using Interactive Technologies" Second International Conference on Urban Health, New York NY, October 2003. !

96. R Ferrence, R Dioso, MJ Ashley, J Cohen, M Pope, J Brewster, B Poland, D Northrup. "Second hand smoke in home environments: attitudes and behaviours". 12th World Conference on Tobacco or Health. Helsinki, Finland, 3-8 August 2003. !

95. R Ferrence, R Dioso, MJ Ashley, J Cohen, M Pope, J Brewster, B Poland, D Northrup. "Second hand smoke in home environments: attitudes and behaviours". 12th World Conference on Tobacco or Health. Helsinki, Finland, 3-8 August 2003. !

94. S Wakefield and B Poland. "Social capital and social exclusion: cure or cause?" International Symposium in Medical Geography, Manchester UK, July 14-18, 2003. !

93. B Poland, D Gastaldo, A Pancham, R Ferrence, “The interpersonal management of environmental tobacco smoke in the home – a qualitative study”. Ontario Tobacco Control Conference, Toronto ON, March 2002. !

92. P Kaufman, R Ferrence, B Poland, J Cohen, S Stewart, “Smoking in outdoor public places: identification of social and physical cues”. Ontario Tobacco Control Conference, Toronto ON, March 2002. !

91. Biscope S, B Poland, H Skinner "Understanding the use of health information by youth: The role of information technology in equity and access." accepted for presentation at Information Technology in Community Health (ITCH 2000), August 23 - 25, 2000, Victoria BC. !

90. Poland BD, M Boutilier, R Badgley, S Tobin, L Turik, J Polzer, G Currie. “Organizational supports for local community work undertaken by frontline public health staff”. 3rd Conference of Local Health Authorities of the Americas, Quebec City, Canada, March 13-16, 2000. !

89. Poland BD, H Graham, L Fell, G Yardy, V Regisford, E Walsh, J Lum, P Williams. “Hospital-Community Collaboration on the Determinants of Health at the Local Level”. 3rd Conference of Local Health Authorities of the Americas, Quebec City, Canada, March 13-16, 2000. !

88. Cohen, JE, B Poland, MJ Ashley, E Adlaf, R Ferrence, SB Bull, LL Pederson. “Typologies of smokers and nonsmokers: implications for policy and practice”. 6th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, February 18-20, 2000, Arlington, Virginia. !

87. Cohen, JE, MJ Ashley, R Ferrence, SB Bull, B Poland, C Lacchetti, LL Pederson, M deGroh. “Nicotine dependence: relationships with smoking behaviours and perceptions”. 6th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, February 18-20, 2000, Arlington, Virginia.


!86. Cohen, JE, MJ Ashley, R Ferrence, SB Bull, B Poland, C Lacchetti, LL Pederson, M deGroh.

“Nicotine dependence: relationships with smoking behaviours and perceptions”. 127th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Chicago IL, November, 1999. !

85. Graham, H, L Fell, B Poland, V Regisford, G Yardy. “The role of hospitals in community action”. Caring Connections: Annual Convention of the Ontario Hospital Association, November 22-24, 1999. !

84. Graham, H, L Fell, V Regisford, G Yardy, B Poland. “The role of hospitals in community action: profiles of practical experiences”. Caring Connections: Annual Convention of the Ontario Hospital Association, November 22-24, 1999. !

83. Graham, H, L Fell, B Poland, V Regisford, G Yardy, C Fancott. “The Hospital Network in Support of Community Action: the role of hospitals in community action” (poster presentation). Caring Connections:Annual Convention of the Ontario Hospital Association, November 22-24, 1999. !

82. Ferrence R, K MacCon, D Cape, MJ Ashley, L Pederson, J Cohen, B Poland, S Bull. “Contextual factors in relapse to smoking.” Annual Meeting of the Ontario Public Health Association, Toronto, November 15 -17, 1999. !

81. Cohen, J, MJ Ashley, C Lacchetti, R Ferrence, S Bull, LL Pederson, B Poland, M deGroh “Nicotine dependence: relationships with smoking behaviours and perceptions”. American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Chicago, November 1999. !

80. Ashley MJ, J Cohen, C Lacchetti, R Ferrence, S Bull, LL Pederson, B Poland, M deGroh “Nicotine dependence: relationships with smokers’ knowledge and attitudes toward tobacco and tobacco control”. American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Chicago, November 1999. !

79. Jackson S, S Cleverly, D Burman, R Edwards, B Poland, A Robertson “A study of indicators of community capacity 1996-1999”. Canadian Public Health Association 90th Annual Conference, Winnipeg, June 1999. !

78. Ashley, MJ, J. Cohen, S. Bull, R. Ferrence, L. Pederson, B. Poland “Less-than-daily smokers: do they differ from daily smokers in their knowledge and attitudes concerning tobacco?” Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, San Diego, March 1999. !

77. Cohen, J., M.J. Ashley, S. Bull, R. Ferrence, L. Pederson, B. Poland “Less-than-daily smokers: do they differ from daily smokers with respect to smoking behaviours and perceptions?” Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, San Diego, March 1999. !

76. Poland, B., M. Gonsalves “Street-involved youth create a video for their peers on drug-related harm reduction - A participatory research and development project” Worshop at the Canadian Public Health Association 89th Annual Conference, Montreal, June 1998. !

75. Poland, B., M. Boutilier, R. Badgley, S. Tobin, L. Turik, E. Rajkumar “Strategies in community action: Challenges and opportunities in Ontario” Paper presented at the Canadian Public Health Association 89th Annual Conference, Montreal, June 1998. !

74. Jackson, S., S. Cleverly, D. Burman, R. Edwards, M. Goodstadt, B. Poland, A. Robertson “Three case studies of community involvement in research: methodological issues”. Paper presented at the Canadian Public Health Association 89th Annual Conference, Montreal, June 1998. !


73. Poland, B. “Smoking and public space: ‘consideration’ as social control”, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Boston, MA, March 1998. !

72. Ferrence R, Cohen J, Kozlowski LT, Ashley MJ, Pederson L, Poland B, Bull S. “Targeting smokers of lights: who misunderstands filter ventilation?” Poster presented at the 4th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. New Orleans, Louisiana. March, 1998. !

71. Cohen JE, Pederson LL, Ashley MJ, Ferrence RG, Poland BD, Bull SB. “Stages of change predict knowledge of health effects and attitudes toward tobacco control”. Poster presented at the 4th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. New Orleans, Louisiana. March, 1998. !

70. Poland, B., L.W. Green, I. Rootman “Settings for health promotion: linking theory and practice”. Annual Meeting of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education, Hertzlya, Israel, November, 1997. !

69. Poland, B., M. Gonsalves et al. "Safer with CYPHR": a harm reduction video developed by and for street-involved youth. Participatory Action Research (PAR) Exchange, "Participatory Research, Communities and the Academy". Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), Toronto, Ontario, October 23-25, 1997. !

68. Poland, B. & A. Pederson "Reading between the lines: interpreting silences in qualitative research", Paper presented at the 14th Annual Qualitative Research Conference, Toronto, Ontario, August 5-9, 1997. !

67. Cohen JE, Ashley MJ, Pederson LL, Poland B, Bull SB, Ferrence RG. “Public attitudes toward tobacco control policies: current attitudes and changes in support over time”. Poster presented at the 10th World Conference on Tobacco or Health. Beijing, China. August, 1997.

66. Ashley MJ, Cohen J, Ferrence R, Bull SB, Bondy S, Poland B, Pederson LL. “Smoking in the

home: changing attitudes and current practices”. Presented at the 10th World Conference on Tobacco or Health. Beijing, China. August, 1997. !

65. Ashley MJ, Cohen J, Bull SB, Pederson LL, Poland B, Ferrence R. “Public attitudes toward tobacco control policies: how different are smokers and nonsmokers?” Poster presented at the 10th World Conference on Tobacco or Health. Beijing, China. August, 1997. !

64. Ferrence RG, Kozlowski LT, Ashley MJ, Pederson LL, Bull SB, Poland BD, Cohen JE. “The meaning of ‘light’ and ‘mild’: beliefs and behaviours of smokers and nonsmokers”. Presentation at the 10th World Conference on Tobacco or Health. Beijing, China. August, 1997. !

63. Poland, B., G. Yardy, J. Drivakos, H. Graham, D.-M. Buck, M. Neill, J. O’Neill, E. Walsh, J. Wilson,, H. Zulys, “A qualitative empirical investigation of hospital-based community development practice Ontario, Canada”, Annual Conference of the Community Development Society, Athens, GA, July 1997. !

62. Boutilier, M., S. Tobin, R.Badgley, B. Poland, L. Turik “Community action and public health”, Annual Conference of the Canadian Public Health Association, Halifax NS, July 1997. !

61. Fischer, B. and Poland, B. "Exclusion as governance - reflections on policing, safety and public health", Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, St. Louis MI, May 29 - June 1, 1997. !


60. Ashley MJ, Cohen J, Ferrence R, Bull S, Bondy S, Poland B, Pederson L. “Smoking in the home: changing attitudes and current practices”. Presented at the Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics Conference. London, Ontario. May, 1997. !

59. Cohen JE, Ashley MJ, Bull SB, Gao J, Poland BD, Pederson LL, Ferrence RG. “Smoking in Ontario, 1996". Poster presented at the Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation Preventive Oncology Seminar. Toronto, Ontario. May 6, 1997. !

58. Tupker, E., B. Poland, P. West, J. Greenbaum, Y. Zdanowicz, K. Breland, C. Kelly “Concerned Youth Promoting Harm Reduction (CYPHR): A participatory research and development project with street involved youth” 8th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm. March 23-27, Paris, France. !

57. Polzer, J.C.., Skinner, H. A., & Poland, B.D. "Self-help by electronic mail: Perceptions and meanings of computer-mediated support communities". Conference on Information Technology in Community Health (ITCH) '96, Victoria Conference Centre, Victoria, BC, Canada, November, 1996. !

56. Badgley, R., M. Boutilier, B. Poland, L. Turik et al. "Community action and public health in Ontario: Reflections on an empirical (qualitative, multiple case) study". Ontario Public Health Association annual conference, Toronto, November 1996. !

55. Poland, B., E. Tupker, S. Cunningham, P. West, W. Medved, Y. Zdanowicz et al. " A Participatory Approach to the Development of Peer Health Education Materials By and For Street-Involved Youth". Ontario Public Health Association annual conference, Toronto, November 1996. !

54. Poland, B., P. Lange, M.J. Ashley, L. Pederson, S. Bull, R. Ferrence, J. Cohen "Qualitative research on public perceptions of tobacco control". Second National Conference on Tobacco or Health, Ottawa, October 31-November 2, 1996. !

53. Poland, B.D. and W. Medved "Reasons not to quit smoking: the forgotten dimension of ambivalence". Second National Conference on Tobacco or Health, Ottawa, October 31-November 2, 1996. !

52. Pederson, L.L., M.J. Ashley, S.B. Bull, J.E. Cohen, R.C. Ferrence, B.D. Poland "Quitting smoking: how, why and what might help." Second National Conference on Tobacco or Health, Ottawa, October 31-November 2, 1996. !

51. Ashley, M.J., J.E. Cohen, S.B. Bull, L.L. Pederson, B.D. Poland, R.G. Ferrence "Public attitudes toward tobacco control policies: how different are smokers and nonsmokers?" Second National Conference on Tobacco or Health, Ottawa, October 31-November 2, 1996. !

50. Cohen, J.E., M.J. Ashley, L.L. Pederson, B.D. Poland, S.B. Bull, R.G. Ferrence "Public attitudes toward tobacco control policies: current attitudes and changes in support over time". Second National Conference on Tobacco or Health, Ottawa, October 31-November 2, 1996. !

49. Ferrence, R., M.J. Ashley, S. Bull, B. Coi, J. Cohen, L. Kozlowski, L. Pederson, B. Poland "The meaning of "light" and "mild": what smokers and non-smokers believe and how they respond". Second National Conference on Tobacco or Health, Ottawa, October 31-November 2, 1996. !

48. Jackson, S., S. Cleverly, B. Poland, A. Robertson, D. Burman, M. Goodstadt, L. Salsberg "Half full or half empty? An empirical and conceptual basis for redefining community based on capacities rather than deficits". Defining Community, Reexamining Society, Flint MI, September 19-21, 1996. !


47. Poland, B. for the Critical Social Science in Health Group "The social determinants of health: a critical perspective". Fourth National Conference on Health Promotion Research, Montreal, June 1996. !

46. Jackson, S., A. Robertson, D. Burman, M. Goodstadt, B. Poland, L. Salzberg, S. Cleverly "Towards an empirical account of capacity: Preliminary results of a pilot study". Fourth National Conference on Health Promotion Research, Montreal, June 1996. !

45. Erickson, P. G., J. Butters, B. Fischer, E. Fehrman, D. Haans, B. Poland (1996) "Drugs, Violence and Local Politics: Influences on Community Health". 7th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm. March 3-7, Hobart, Australia. !

44. Poland, B. (1995). "Tobacco control, stigma, and the purification of public space". Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology. November 15-19, Boston, MA. !

43. S. Jackson, S. Cleverly, Poland, B., et al for the NYCHPRU Healthy Communities Indicators Subgroup (1995) "Contributions on the concept of community capacity". Annual Conference of the Canadian Public Health Association, June 18-21, Charlottetown PEI. !

42. Poland, B. (1995) "Lay perceptions of tobacco control". Ontario Tobacco Research Unit Annual Conference: The Emerging Tobacco Research Agenda: What's Happening and Where Are We Going? May 15-16, Toronto, ON. !

41. Poland, B. (1995) "Research for whom? Research for what? The need for a critical social science perspective in qualitative research". Twelfth Qualitative Analysis Conference: Studying Social Life: Ethnography in Cross-Cultural Perspective. May 30 - June 2, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON. !

40. Poland, B. (1995) "Transcription quality as an aspect of rigor in qualitative research". Twelfth Qualitative Analysis Conference: Studying Social Life: Ethnography in Cross-Cultural Perspective. May 30 - June 2, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON. !

39. Poland, B. (1995) "Social class and professional practice in community health promotion interventions: critical reflections from a qualitative evaluation of the Brantford COMMIT intervention trial". Fifth Biennial Conference on Community Research and Action: Strengthening Communities for the 21st Century, June 15-18, Chicago IL. !

38. Poland, B. (1995) "Smoking, stigma and the purification of public space". Annual Conference of the American Association of Geographers, March 15-18, Chicago IL. !

37. Cleverly, S., B. Poland, L. Salsberg, A. Robertson, S. Jackson, P. Main, D. Burman (1994) "The capacity of indicators to conceal or reveal inequity and asymmetrical power relations". Annual Conference of the Ontario Public Health Association, November 20-23, Toronto Ontario. !

36. Edwards, R., J. Eakin, A. Roberts, B. Poland, D. Coburn (1994) "Critical thinking for health promotion: theory and practice". Annual Conference of the Ontario Public Health Association, November 20-23, Toronto Ontario. !

35. Poland, B. (1994) "Power, stigma, and social control: Smoking and the purification of public space". Annual Conference of the Ontario Public Health Association, November 20-23, Toronto Ontario. !!!


34. Poland, B., S.M. Taylor, J.D. Eyles and N.F. White for the McMaster-Waterloo COMMIT Research Group (1994) "Qualitative evaluation of community mobilization for smoking cessation: the Brantford COMMIT intervention trial". 9th World Congress on Tobacco and Health, Paris, October 10-14. !

33. Poland, B., I. Rootman, L. Green, M. O'Neil, J. Feather, D. Poel, J. Eyles (1994) "Evaluating healthy community initiatives in Canada: a participatory research approach". 6th International Symposium on Medical Geography, Vancouver, July 12-16. !

32. Poland, B., I. Rootman, L. Green, M. O'Neil, J. Feather, D. Poel, J. Eyles (1994) "Participatory Research Approach to Developing a Framework for Evaluating Healthy Community Initiatives in Canada". Third National Conference on Health Promotion Research, Calgary, June 1994. !

31. Eakin, J.M., D. Coburn, B. Poland, A. Robertson. (1994) "Framework for a Critical Social Science Perspective: Implications for Health Promotion Research". Third National Conference on Health Promotion Research, Calgary, June 1994. !

30. Poland, B. (1994) "Critical-interpretive methods: towards an emancipatory code of ethics for qualitative research in health promotion". Second International Qualitative Health Research Conference, Hershey, Pennsylvania, June 10-13. !

29. Poland, B., S.M. Taylor, J.D. Eyles and N.F. White (1994) "Qualitative evaluation of community health promotion using multiple methods and stakeholders: reflections on a study of the Brantford COMMIT Smoking Cessation Intervention Trial". Second International Qualitative Health Research Conference, Hershey, Pennsylvania, June 10-13. !

28. Poland, B. (1994) "The troubled role of professionals as catalysts and managers of urban social change: observations from sustainable development and community health initiatives in Ontario." Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Waterloo, May 1994. !

27. Poland, B. (1994) "Community mobilization for smoking cessation: lessons learned from a qualitative evaluation of the Brantford COMMIT intervention trial". Conference on Health and Behaviour, Queen's University, Kingston, March 18-19,1994. !

26. Poland, B. (1993) "Developing a Framework for Evaluating Healthy Community Initiatives: A Participatory Research Approach". International Healthy Cities and Communities Conference, San Francisco, December 8-11. !

25. Poland, B. (1993) "The Lay Smoker Perspective on Tobacco Control Legislation: A Qualitative Analysis". Tobacco-Free Canada: First National Conference on Tobacco or Health, Ottawa, October 20-22. !

24. Poland, B., S.M. Taylor, J. Eyles and N.F. White for the McMaster-Waterloo COMMIT Research Group. "Qualitative evaluation of the Brantford COMMIT smoking cessation intervention". Tobacco-Free Canada: First National Conference on Tobacco or Health, Ottawa, October 20-22. !

23. R. Walker, L. Van Dover, R. Cameron, D. Ferster, B. Poland and J.A. Best for the McMaster-Waterloo COMMIT Research Group. "Evolution from Research Leadership to Community Leadership in Brantford COMMIT: A Case Study". Tobacco-Free Canada: First National Conference on Tobacco or Health, Ottawa, October 20-22. !

22. Poland, B.I. and B. Poland (1993) "Evaluation of a Public Involvement Strategy for Multi-Sectoral Sustainable Development Planning in Hamilton-Wentworth Using Qualitative and Survey Methods". 84th Annual Canadian Public Health Association Conference, St.John's Nfld, July 4-7.


!21. Steib, D., M. Emo, L. Garrison, B. Poland, S. French, B. Patterson (1993) "Shaping the future of

Hamilton-Wentworth: Vision 2020; #2: Developing an Implementation Strategy for Community Well-Being, Health and Quality of Life". 84th Annual Canadian Public Health Association Conference, St.John's Nfld, July 4-7. !

20. Poland, B. (1993) "Lay smoker perspectives on creating tobacco-free places in smalltown Ontario: a qualitative analysis." 42nd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, May 30-June 3. !

19. Walker, R.; D. Ferster, R. Cameron, B. Poland, & A. Best for the Waterloo/McMaster COMMIT Research Group (1993) "From research leadership to community leadership in Brantford COMMIT: a case study". Second National Conference on Health Promotion Research, Vancouver, March 26-28. !

18. Poland, B. (1992) "The promises and pitfalls of using lay perceptions in health research". Second Ontario Graduate Student Conference in Health, Environment and Disease (YUGHEAD), November 13-14. !

17. Poland, B., S.M. Taylor and J. Eyles (1992) "How do we create and measure community-based social change for health?: methodology and initial results of a qualitative evaluation of COMMIT smoking cessation intervention in Brantford, Ontario, Canada" Fifth International Medical Geography Symposium, Carlotte NC, August 4-7. !

16. Poland, B., S.M. Taylor and J. Eyles (1992) "Creating healthy social environments: a qualitative evaluation of Brantford's community intervention trial for smoking cessation" 83rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Public Health Association, Yellowknife, July 6-9. !

15. Poland, B., S.M. Taylor and J. Eyles (1992) "Qualitative evaluation of a community-based smoking cessation intervention: the case of Brantford COMMIT" International Heart Health Conference, Victoria BC, May 24-28. !

14. Poland, B., S.M. Taylor and J. Eyles (1992) "Methodology and initial results from a qualitative evaluation of a community-based social change intervention: smoking cessation in Brantford, Ontario" 41st Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Vancouver (UBC), May 20-24. !

13. Poland, B. (1991) "Theoretical issues in the articulation of a critical interpretive methodology for needs assessment in health promotion" 40th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Kingston (Queens University), June 3-8. !

12. Poland, B., J. Eyles and S. Birch (1991) "Needs-based approaches to health care resource allocation: a Canadian perspective" 87th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Miami, April 13-17. !

11. Poland, B. (1991) "Getting beyond the crossroads: a decision map for selecting a new research methodology for health promotion" Qualitative Health Research Conference, Edmonton, February 22-23. !

10. Poland, B. (1991) "How do they know what we want? research methodologies for needs assessment in health promotion" Second Annual Geography Student Conference, Pennsylvania State University, February 15-17. !


09. Poland, B. (1990) "You can't get there from here: rethinking methodologies for health promotion research" First National Conference on Health Promotion Research, Toronto, November 30 - December 2. !

08. Poland, B. (1990) "Capitated prospective payment under national health insurance: beauty or beast?" Fourth International Symposium in Medical Geography, Norwich (U.K.), July 16-19. !

07. Poland, B. (1990) "Making policy, implementing programmes: a case study of the new 'Mandatory guidelines' for public health in Ontario" Annual conference of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Edmonton, May 29 - June 4. !

06. Poland, B., L.W. Chambers, R.J. Pickering (1989) "A fact book on the health status for monitoring progress towards local health goals" Canadian Epidemiology Research Conference, Ottawa, August 28-31. !

05. Poland, B., R.J. Pickering, L.W. Chambers and V. Neufeld (1989) "Health Priorities Analysis Unit: A regional information unit for education, planning and research" Sixth Annual McMaster Workshop on Gerontological Research, Hamilton, May 17. !

04. Poland, B., S.M. Taylor and M. Hayes (1988) "The ecology of health service utilization in Grenada, West Indies" Third International Symposium on Medical Geography, Kingston (Queens University), August 7-12. !

03. Pickering, R.J., L.W. Chambers, W.W. Rosser, B. Poland and V. Neufeld (1988) "Health Priorities Analysis Unit: An information unit for educational planning for health professionals" Conference on Information Technology and Community Health, Vancouver B.C. !

02. Poland, B., S.M. Taylor and M. Hayes (1988) "The Ecology of Health Service Utilization in Grenada, West Indies" Annual conference of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Halifax, May 31 - June 3. !

01. Poland, B. (1987) "The Role of Medical Geography in the Study of Water-Borne Disease, With Special Reference to Schistosomiasis" Annual conference of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Hamilton (McMaster University), May. !!

PRESENTATIONS TO COMMUNITY GROUPS !22. “Midwifing the Transition by Questioning Conventional Thinking”, Invited TEDx-Guelph style talk, Guelph

Resilience Festival, March 28, 2014 !21. “Empathy Circle on Ecological Degradation” (with A Poggi), Guelph Resilience Festival, March 23, 2014. !20. “From Totnes to Canada: Transition Initiatives Taking Root and Inspiring Change”, Transition Barrie AGM,

January 15th, 2014. !19. “Growth From the Grassroots: Local Environmental Stories” (Panelist), Burlington, ON, Nov.12, 2013 !18. “Permaculture-Inspired Design: From Household to Transition Town(s) - Tales from Suburbia” Permaculture

Intensive Design Course. High Park Training Centre, Toronto, April 21, 2013. !17. Does Your Health Depend on Your Access to Justice? (Invited Panel Presenter) CIHR Café Scientifique, Jan.

31, 2013, Toronto (Gladstone Hotel), www.justiceandhealth.ca !

http://www.justiceandhealth.ca


16. “Permaculture-Inspired Design: From Household to Transition Town(s) - Tales from Suburbia”. Flamborough Probus Club, Waterdown ON, Nov.19, 2012. !

15. “Go Local Oakville: the Transition Movement takes root in suburbia” Building Community Resilience Together Symposium. Oakville Town Hall, Oakville, ON November 3rd, 2012. !

14. “Transition Towns: A Global Social Movement Builds Community Resilience in the Face of Climate Change and Peak Oil”, Stress-Free Degree Lecture Series, University of Toronto Spring Reunion, June 1st, 2012. !

13. What Keeps Communities Healthy? A Look Into the Future, The Impact of Community on Individual Health - Café Scientifique, (Panelist), Duke of York Pub, Toronto, May 9, 2012 !

12. “Permaculture-Inspired Design: From Household to Transition Town(s). Tales from Suburbia”. Permaculture Intensive Design Course, Friends Meeting House, Toronto, April 30, 2012. !

11. “Transition Towns: Building community Resilience for an Equitable Transition to a Low-Carbon Future”. Dig In: Art, Food and Community Action in Oakville. Oakville Central Library, Sunday Nov.8 2010. !

10. “Transition Towns”, First Unitarian Congregation, Toronto, ON. September 26, 2010. !9. “Building Community Resilience for the Transition to a Low-Carbon Society: the Transition Town

Movement”, Brockville Climate Action Group, August 21, 2010. !8. “Carbon Emissions and Climate Justice: What the G8/G20 Could be Focussing On”, Oakville

KAIROS Panel Discussion, June 15, 2010. !7. “Building Transition Communities: A Local Response to Climate Change and the Coming End of

Cheap Oil”, Green Neighbours 21 Monthly Meeting, April 12, 2010 !6. “Energy, Environment, Economy: Growth and Responsibility in 2017” (Panelist) Canada 150 /

Halton 2010 Public Webcast Forum, Sheridan College, Oakville Campus, March 27, 2010 !5. “Building Community Resilience for the Transition to a Low-Carbon Society - Implications for

Faith Communities” Unitarian Congregation of Mississauga, January 17, 2010 !4. Panelist, Oakville Climate Crisis Town Hall Forum, December 4, 2009 !3. “An Evening With Trees” - Conversations on the Porch Series, Oakville Galleries - Gairloch

Gardens, Oakville, ON, July 15, 2009. !2. Panelist, “The Future of Transportation in the GTHA” featuring Vince Mauceri (Metrolinx).

Oakville, ON, April 29, 2009 !1. "Building Community Resilience for the Transition to a Post-Carbon Society”, Abbey Park High

School T.R.E.E. (Together Reaching Environmental Excellence) Conference, Oakville ON, April 22, 2009. !!!


MAJOR TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES (Dalla Lana School of Public Health, UofT) (not including guest lectures, course tutor & teaching assistantships) !

Course # Course Title Period Instructor(s)

CHL8001 S4 Community Development in Health Winter 2015 Poland

CHL8001 S3 Building Community Resilience (online) Winter 2015 Poland

CHL7001 Ecological Public Health Fall 2014 Buse, Cole, Mulligan, Poland

CHL7001 S4 Healthy Cities & Communities Winter 2014 Poland & O’Campo

CHL5126 Building Community Resilience (DLSPH) Winter 2013 Poland

GGR434

GGR400

Building Community Resilience (Department of Geography & Planning, Faculty of Arts & Science)

Winter 2015 Winter 2014 Winter 2013 Winter 2012

Poland

CHL5112 Community Development in Health Winter 2012 1997-2004 1995-1996

Poland

Poland

Poland & Labonte

CHL5111 Introduction to Qualitative Health Research Methods 2010-2012 Poland

JRP1000 Theory and Practice in Qualitative Health Research: An Introduction (PhD seminar)

Spring 2010 Poland

CHL7001hs Special Topics in Community Health: Building Community Resilience

2009-2010 & 2010-2011

Poland

CHL5221 Community Health Appraisal Methods II: Introduction to Qualitative Methods

Winter 2008 Poland

Fall 2010 Fall 2009

Poland & Fox (course offered in 2 sections due to high enrollment)

CHL5801 Health Promotion: Theory and Practice 1997-2007 Poland

UCS1000 Community Development (core course for collaborative program in community development)

2006-2008 Poland, Schugurenskiy

CHL7001 Special Topics in Community Health: Theoretical Perspectives on Community Development

Winter 2008 Poland

CHL7001 Special Topics in Community Health: Climate Change and Health Promotion

2007-2008 Poland

CHL7001 Special Topics in Community Health: Dialogical Methods & Reflexive Practice Development

Winter 2008 Poland

CHL7001 Special Topics in Theory and Practice of Community Development Evaluation: Critical Perspectives

2006-2007 Poland


!!Guest Lectures (in Graduate & Undergraduate Courses) !

CHL7001 Special Topics in Community Health: Theorizing the Social Context of Collective Lifestyles

Winter 2005 Poland

HPS505/CHL7001

Health Promotion Settings and Strategies 2002-2004 Krupa, Poland, Kalnins, Barrett, Polanyi, Brooker

CHL7001 Special Topics in Community Health: Health Promoting Hospitals: Within and Beyond the Hospital Walls

Summer 2001 Poland

CHL7001 Special Topics in Community Health: The Health of Marginalized Groups

Spring 1999 Poland & Shah

CHL7001 Special Topics in Community Health: Social Capital, Social Cohesion & Health

Fall 1999 Poland & Coburn

CHL4402 Health Promotion Strategies Fall 1993 Rootman & Poland

Course # Course Title Period Instructor(s)

!Course#

!Course title

!Date

!Instructor

!Session Topic

HLTH493 Advanced Topics in Health Studies: Critical Health Promotion (Queens University)

2015/03/23 Jeff Masuda Environmental health promotion

Grand Opportunities in Global Health

2015/02/12 Abdullah Daar & Andrea Cortinois

Urbanization, Health & the Growth of Megacities: Emerging Threats & Creative Solutions (https://www.kaltura.com/index.php/extwidget/preview/partner_id/1499521/uiconf_id/16451821/entry_id/1_lvpr3ifr/embed/auto?&flashvars%5BstreamerType%5D=auto)

ENV333 Ecological Worldviews 2013/11/13 Mark Hathaway

Understanding the Transition Movement in Canada

UNI464 International Health 2013/03/7 Andrea Cortinois

Ecocide’ or Humanity in Transition? Meeting Emerging Challenges with Creativity, Ingenuity & Bold Vision

ADMS3708 Social Issues in Disaster Management (York U.)

2013/02/12 & 2012/02/7

Vera Dodic Building Community Resilience: A Viable Response to Emerging Threats?

UNI409 Climate Justice (Health Studies)

2013/01/21 Paul Hamel Climate Justice & Social Movements: Reimagining Change with Innovative Solutions in Unexpected Places

https://www.kaltura.com/index.php/extwidget/preview/partner_id/1499521/uiconf_id/16451821/entry_id/1_lvpr3ifr/embed/auto?&flashvars%5BstreamerType%5D=auto


CHL5700 Global Health 2013/01/14 Suzanne Jackson

Climate Change and Global Health

CHL5805 Critical Issues in Health Promotion

2012/10/31 !!Fall 2011

Michael Goodstadt

2012: Social movements & health promotion !2011: Emerging threats to health equity

PHSP504 Supportive Environments and Healthy Public Policy (School of Public Health & Social Policy, University of Victoria, BC)

Spring 2012 (May 10)

Trevor Hancock

The Settings Approach to Health Promotion

n.a. Permaculture Design Course (Toronto) (14-day intensive)

2013/04/21 !2012/04/30

Jane Hayes & Gillian Hovey

Permaculture-inspired design - from household to Transition Town(s): Tales from suburbia

UNI146 International Health Winter 2012 (Mar.8)

Andrea Cortinois

Health & the environment

CHL5801 Health Promotion 2010-2011 Strike (2011) Ahmad (2010)

Critical perspectives on health promotion

Global Health Roundtable Series, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

9/03/2011 Centre for International Health & Global Health MPH Program

Peak Oil: Implications for Global Health

LTE199 Climate Catastrophe & Barriers to Global Change

8/03/2011 P Hamel Climate Change and Beyond: 4 Emerging Threats to Health Equity and Inclusive Social Movement Responses

! !Community Medicine Rounds (University of Toronto)

!23/07/2010

!Presenters: K Reeve & B Poland

!The Last Straw! Facilitator Training for a Board Game on the Social Determinants of Health

!ASA-6704

!Introduction à la recherche qualitative (Université de Montréal, Département d’Administration de Santé)

!Jan 2011 Jan 2010 Jan 2009 Jan 2008 Feb 2007 Jan 2006 Feb 2005 Feb 2004

!P Lehoux

!Qualitative interviewing, interpreting silences

!Course#

!Course title

!Date

!Instructor

!Session Topic


!n.a.

!Education Psychology, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil

!Apr 2009

!F Cavalcante Jr.

!Building community resilience

!CHL5221

!Community Health Appraisal Methods

!Sept 2008, Sept 2007

!B Harvey

!Critical thinking & research paradigms: foundations for public health research & practice

!BME 1456H

!Health Care Technologies, People, & Places

!Jan 2007

!P Coyte W. Winkleman

!Benefits & limitations of qualitative approaches to assessing impacts of health technology

!JNH 5001H

!Health Care and Place: Issues, Concepts, Measures & Policies

!Jan 2007

!P McKeever

!Healthcare settings and the social context of practice: unpacking how place matters

!Nur 1047Y

!Community Participation in Health

!Nov 2006

!C Muntaner

!Community development in health

!N/a

!CIHR Training Program in Health Care, Technology and Place, workshop on Getting the Scoop on the Academic Hiring Process

!Feb 2006

!V Crooks

!Panel member / guest speaker

!n/a

!University of Toronto Undergraduate Health Studies Brown Bag Seminar Series

!Jan 2006 Nov 2005

!L Tepperman

!Hospital-community collaboration

!N/a

!CIHR Training Program in Health Care, Technology and Place, Seminar Series

!Jan 2007 Nov 2005

!P McKeever P Coyte

!Panel Discussant

CHL5220 Community Health Appraisal Methods I

Sept 2006 Sept 2005

V Kirsh Critical thinking, epistemology, and the politics of research

!Course#

!Course title

!Date

!Instructor

!Session Topic


PLU-6008 Aspects sociaux de santé (Graduate seminar in social aspects of health) Université de Montréal, Département de médecine sociale et préventive

Mar 2005 André-Pierre Contandriopoulos

Social capital & health

SPU 7004 Thème contemporains en promotion de la santé (Doctoral seminar in health promotion) Université de Montréal, Département de médecine sociale et préventive

Dec 2004 L Potvin L Gauvin

Health promotion theory

CHL 5221 Community Health Appraisal Methods II

Mar 2004 Gene Krupa / Neil Smith /

Participatory action research

CHL7001 Transdisciplinary research approaches to improving the health of disadvantaged populations

Jan 2004 Oct 2004

Jim Lavery Stephen Hwang

Theorizing marginalization

JNH 5001 Health Care Settings and Sites: Issues, Concepts, Measures and Policies

Mar 2003 Peter Coyte Gavin Andrews

Settings for Health Promotion

NUR1048 Politics of Health in the Community

Feb 2003 Denise Gastaldo

Critical perspectives on smoking

CHL5004 Introduction to Public Health Sciences

Sept 2001 Paul Corey Critical thinking, epistemology, and the politics of research

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CHL5002 Health in Individuals and Communities

Jan 2000 !!Mar 1999 !!Apr 1998 !!Spring 1997 !!Spring 1994 !Spring 1994

C Chalin !!Ken Allison !!Ken Allison !!Rhonda Love !!!Rhonda Love !!Rhonda Love

Social cohesion, social capital, and health !Empowerment through community development !Qualitative methods in health research !A critique of the CIAR’s vision of population health !Community interventions !Quality of Life (panelist)

NUR1024 Qualitative Research: Foundation, Methods, Designs

Oct 1999 Oct 1998 Oct 1997 Oct 1996

Pat McKeever

Critical social theory & qualitative research

CHL5417 Tobacco & Health Oct 1999 Joanna Cohen Roberta Ferrence

Societal response to smoking

CHL5027 Laboratory in Statistical Design.

Mar 1998 M Escobar Qualitative research: promises, perils and enduring problematics

CHL5803 Health Promotion Strategies Fall 1997 Fall 1996 Fall 1995

M Goodstadt Community development in health

CHL5003 Critical Thinking in Community Health

Fall 1996 Vivek Goel Adolescents and smoking prevention

CHL5101 Social Psychology of Health Fall 1996 Joan Eakin Health geography

CHL5805 Critical Issues in Health Promotion

Spring 1996 Ilze Kalnins Ethical issues in health promotion practice

CHL5221 Community Health Appraisal Methods (II)

Spring 1996 Dennis Raphael

Qualitative research: the COMMIT case study

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!Course title

!Date

!Instructor

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Course Tutor (since 1995)

!!STUDENT SUPERVISION !Primary supervisor (thesis topic & status; IP = in progress, C = completed, OL = on academic leave) ! Post-doctorate Jeffrey Masuda Equity & environmental health promotion (C2009) Farah Ahmad Interpreting silences in doctor-patient communication (C 2008) Caroline Fusco Adolescent girls and the (re)production of active living and health(y) spaces/sites (co-mentorship with Annmarie Adams, McGill) (C 2004) Sarah Wakefield Social capital and community organizing on environmental issues (C 2003) ! PhD Sarah Elton Seed-saving movements (IP) Rebecca Hasdell Interpretive policy analysis; local food systems innovation (OL) Mariana Duarte Neighbourhoods and the health of elderly immigrant women (Transfered to

another supervisor) Chris Buse Public health preparedness re climate change (IP) Graciela Rivera-Munoz Evaluation of community development initiatives in Puerto Rico (WDN) Josephine Wong Gender issues in mental health of new immigrant families (C2011) Gail Chodron Foucaultian analysis of early years discourse (OL) Rebecca Haines Critical ethnography of adolescent female smoking (C 2007) MSc (NB: we stopped offering this degree option circa 2005) Suzanne Sichia Hospital responses to domestic violence and sexual assault (C 2003) Kim Stanford Harm reduction among ravers (C 2001) Lydia Baksh Multicultural awareness among public health nurses (C 2000) !!!!

Course #

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! Period

! Department!

Undergraduate medicine – Determinants of Community Health (member of Research Panel)

!Sept 2001 – April 2002

!University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Fitzgerald Academy

!CHL5002

!Health in Individuals and Communities

!Spring 2000 Spring 1997 Spring 1996 Spring 1994

!Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto

!CHL5003

!Critical Thinking in Community Health

!Fall 1996 Fall 1995

!Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto

!Undergraduate Medical Education, Psychosocial Health Module

!Fall 1996 Fall 1995

!Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto


MPH & MHSc (Health Promotion) IPR: Makeda Zook, Maria de Vera, Dara Gordon, Joel Kaushansky C 2014: Chris Connelly, Wendy Dobson, Rivka Kushner, Esther Tong, Danielle LeMoine C 2013: Fernando Castiblanco, Sanjana Mitra, Ayesha Nayar, Morris Komakech, Cherie

Mordecai C 2012: Zabia Afzal, Emily Groot, Simone McWatt, Amanda Sheedy, Sera Weafer-Schiarizza,

Sarah Zelcer C 2011: Bethany Elliot; Laura White; Erica Suh; Katherine Murzin; Chi Chung Lao; Yun Gao;

Monica Nunes; C 2010: Chelsea Kirkby; Rebecca Penn; C 2009: Christine Plenert; Shannon Lane; Katharine Hagerman; C 2008: Scott Anderson; Bronwyn Underhill; Tara Zupancic; Eppi Sukhu C 2007: Andrew Koch; Danielle Schirmer; Kirsten Sears C 2006: Alycia Fridkin; Catherine Maule; Michelle Ashem; C 2005: Julian Hasford C 2004: Erika Khandor; Gregory Kim; Maria Choi C 2003: Juliana de Braga C 2001: Peter Smith (co-supervised with Donald Cole); Suzanne Sichia; Tatiana Dowbar C 2000: Lori Greco (co-supervised with Joan Eakin); Lorraine Fung C 1998: Kathy Weiser; Joan Henry C 1997: Tricia Kindree C 1996: Larry Dickout C 1994: Catherine Hatchey (co-supervised with Ilze Kalnins) !!

(Thesis) Committee Member Post-doctorate (hctp associate mentor) Dave Holmes Governing sexual practices: nursing, power and risky selves (C 2003) ! PhD Juliya Knyahnytska Chronic disease management & populations with severe mental illness (IP) Dolon Chakravartty Regulation of environmental toxins and women’s health (IP) Jennifer Tayler Community perceptions of risk in Ontario Waste-to-Energy facilities (IP) Kari Ala-Leppilampi The role of physical activity in recovery from substance abuse (lapsed) Abe Oudshoorn Ethnography of homeless shelter/drop-in services in London (C2011) Emma Varley Women's health & sectarian conflict in northern Pakistan (C2009) Alex Mihailovic Determinants of access to care after paediatric trauma in the setting of a low income country (C2008) Farah Ahmad Computer-assisted screening for intimate partner violence in family Practice (C 2006) Luba Magdenko Analysis of national alcohol policy in the Ukraine (C 2005) ! MSc Carolina Paz Empowerment in health promotion organizations (C2011) Kristie Willson Smoking in the home (C 2004) Tracey Timmerman (UBC) Smoking in the home (C 2004) Naomi Dachner Qualitative study of food security among street-involved youth (C 1999) Brenda Lee Consumer perspectives on rehab & community integration (C 1998) Jessica Polzer Using the internet to conduct qualitative health research (C 1998) Patricia Sinnott Pharmacists’ illness experiences & pharmacist-patient relationships (C 1997) !


!OTHER SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES !External Examiner (PhD Theses) !

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Candidate Home Department Date Thesis Title

André-Anne Parent Nursing, Université Laval, Quebec city 2014

Organisateurs communautaires et développement des communautés: le cas du Centre de santé et de services sociaux de la Vieille-Capitale

Lake Sagaris Geography, University of Toronto 2012

Citizens, Complexity and the City: Lessons from Citizen Participation in Urban (Transport) Planning in Santiago, Chile, 1997-2012

Rebecca Patrick School of Health & Social Development, Deakin University, Australia

2012Health Promotion Practice in the Context of Climate Change

Eluska Fernandez Applied Social Studies, University College Cork, Ireland

2012A Critical Governmentality Study of the Smoking Ban in Ireland

Lewis Williams Massey University Albany, Aukland, NZ 2001

Identity, Culture and Power: Towards Frameworks of Self-Determination for Communities at the Margin

Pierre Pluye Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en santé (GRIS), Université de Montréal, Qc

2002

Vers un nouveau modèle théorique du déroulement des programmes : étude de la routinisation des programmes en promotion de la santé


!Peer Review of Manuscripts Journal or Monograph Series PeriodAporia 2009

Area 2007

Canadian J of Community Mental Health 1995

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research 2004

Canadian Journal of Public Health 2014, 2005, 2003, 2001, 2000, 1998

Canadian Journal on Aging 2004

Canadian Medical Association Journal 1996

Canadian Policy Research Network 1997

Canadian Public Policy 2000

Contemporary Drug Problems 2012

Critical Public Health 2013, 2003

Culture, Health and Sexuality 2003

Environmental Justice 2009

Global Health Promotion 2012, 2010

Health 2008

Health & Canadian Society 1997

Health & Place 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2003, 1999, 1994

Health Education Research 2011, 2010

Health Promotion International 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Health Policy 2001

Health Promotion Practice 2008, 2007, 2003, 2001

Health in Rural Settings (book chapter) 1998

Health Tomorrow 2013

International Journal of Canadian Studies 2003

International Journal of Drug Policy 2005

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education 2010

Journal of Canadian Studies 2013

Journal of Health Psychology 1997

Journal of Medical Internet Research 2004

Journal of Rural Studies 2012

Journal of Social Work 2015


!Scientific and Ethical Review of Funding Proposals !

Landscape & Urban Planning 2012

Local Environment 2014, 2008

Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, Working Paper Series 2003, 2001, 1999

PLoS Medicine 2012

Psychology and Health 2012

Qualitative Inquiry 2006, 2002, 1999, 1996

Qualitative Sociology 2005

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2013

Science as Culture (Routledge) 2011

Social & Cultural Geography 2008, 2005

Social Science & Medicine 2014, 2006, 2004, 2001, 2000, 1998, 1997

Sociology Compass 2012

Sociology of Health & Illness 2007

The Canadian Geographer 1993

Tobacco Control 2007, 2005, 2000

Urban Geography 2013

Journal or Monograph Series Period

Role, Type of Review Granting Agency Period

!Internal review panel member

!Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research

!2003-2004

Fonds de la recherche en santé du Quebec (FRSQ) 2006National Cancer Institute of Canada 2006, 1994National Health Research & Development Program 2000, 1992!

External scientific review!Alberta Centre for Child, Family, and Community Research, Community-Driven Research Grant program

. 2010

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research 2003British Columbia Health Research Foundation 1999, 1996,

1994Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) 2001, 2000,

1999Canadian Population Health Initiative (CPHI) 2001

Centre for Addictions and Mental Health (CAMH), Addiction Research Division

1998, 1996

Centre for Urban Health Initiatives (University of Toronto)

2006 (2)

Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto, ON) 2003


!!UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES (University of Toronto unless otherwise stated) !2013-present Co-Lead, Healthier Cities & Communities hub/thematic area of concentration, Dalla

Lana School of Public Health. !2013 Co-lead, Healthier Cities & Communities symposium, DLSPH, Oct.23-24, 2013 !2012-present Director, Collaborative Program in Community Development, Cities Centre & 2007-2008 (www.citiescentre.utoronto.ca/programs/commdev.htm ) !2008-2011 Co-Director, Environmental Justice in the City Research Group (Centre for Urban

Health Initiatives) (www.EHJiC.ca) !2009 (fall) Member, Ontario Graduate Studies student fellowship review committee (departmental

review) !2008 Founding Chair, “Greening PHS/DLSPH” committee (this committee won a campus-

wide award from the UofT Office of Sustainability in 2010) !2008-2009 Member, Ad Hoc Committee on the development of a new MHSc degree program in

Environmental Health !2005-2010 Member, Research Advisory Board, Instituto de Promoçao da Saude (Health Promotion

Institute), CNPq (National Research Office), Brazil !2005-2009 Member, Editorial Board, Revista Brasileira em Promoçao da Saude (Brazilian Journal

of Health Promotion) !2004-2007 Advisory Board Member, Centre for Health Promotion !2004-present Member, Steering Committee, Collaborative Program in Community Development !2003-2009 Key mentor, CIHR Training Program in Healthcare, Technology and Place !2003-2009 Key mentor, CIHR Training Program in the Health of Marginalized Groups (“An

Integrated Training Program in Health and Social Science Research to Improve the Health of Marginalized Populations”)

Medical Research Council 1999, 1995, 1994

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research 2001

National Health Research & Development Program, Health Canada

1998, 1997, 1994,

Social Science and Humanities Research Council 2014, 2007, 2005, 2000

Tobacco Programs Unit, Health Canada 1994!Ethics reviewer

!University of Toronto, Review Committee on the Use of Human Subjects

. 1994-2000

Role, Type of Review Granting Agency Period

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!2003-2007 Key mentor, CIHR Strategic Training Program in Tobacco Research !2003-2004 Community Health Sector Representative, Undergraduate Medical Program Board of

Examiners !2002-2003 Member, Doctoral Stream Curriculum Redesign Committee, Department of Public Health

Sciences !2001 Member, Search Committee for tenure-stream appointment in Social Science and Health

program, Department of Public Health Sciences !2001 Member, Search Committee for Director, Centre for Health Promotion !2000 Member, Search Committee for Professorship in Aboriginal Health, Department of Public

Health Sciences !1999-2007 Director, Masters of Health Science Program in Health Promotion (Graduate Department

of Public Health Sciences) !1999-2007 Member, Curriculum Committee, Graduate Department of Community Health !1999-2002 Chair, Course-Related Research Ethics Review Committee, Department of Public Health

Sciences !1999-2002 Member, Native Health Lectureship Series Steering Committee, Department of Public

Health Sciences !1997-2001 Chair, Hastings Award Committee (review nominations for Hastings Award for

Excellence in Service, Division of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine) !1997-2007 Chair, Admissions Committee for MHSc in Health Promotion !1999-2000 Member, Search Committee for SSH position !1999-2000 Community Health Faculty Representative, Faculty Council Advisory Committee on

Informatics !1999 Co-Chair, Ethno-Racial Diversity Task Force (Department of Public Health Sciences) !1999 Chair, Ad Hoc Committee to Develop Ethics Review Procedures for Student Course-

Related Research, Department of Public Health Sciences !1998-1999 Member, Public Health Sciences Advisory Group !1998-1999 Member, McMurrich Building User’s Committee (“Space Committee”) 1998-1999 Community Health Faculty Representative, Faculty Council Subcommittee on

Computing and New Information Technologies !1996-1999 Associate Program Director, MHSc Program in Health Promotion, Department of Public

Health Sciences !1996-1999 Departmental representative, Faculty Council (Faculty of Medicine)


!1997-1999 Chair, Community Health Working Group on Informatics, Department of Public Health

Sciences !1997-1998 Community Health Faculty Representative, Medical Informatics Advisory Committee

(Faculty of Medicine) !Fall 1996 Member, Badgley/Hastings/Miller Awards Development Committee (drafting terms of

reference for new awards in Graduate Department of Community Health) !Fall 1996 Member, Browne Committee (develop parameters for merger of the departments of

Behavioural Science and Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics) !1995-1996 Member, Staffing and Promotions Committee, Department of Behavioural Science !1992-1993 Graduate Student Representative, Faculty of Social Sciences, Senate Secretariate

(McMaster University) !!!CREATIVE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY: !2012-present Member, Human & Ecosystem Health Working Group, Canadian Public Health

Association !2009-2012 Member, Advisory Panel on Settings Approach, Public Health Agency of Canada

(PHAC) !2009-2010 Member, Expert Panel on Health Promotion, Health Council of Canada (produced

Stepping It Up report available online at healthcouncilcanada.ca) !2009 “Monitoring & Evaluating Healthy Public Policy – Learning From Practice, Using the

Structured Story-Dialogue Method”, 1.5-day invited workshop, Açoes Intersetorials em Promoçao da Saude (AIPS-Brasil), Americana (S.Paolo, Brazil), 26-27 March !

2007 Founding member, Canadian Network on Environment, Health and Social Equity (CNEHSE) !

2005-2006 Member, Advisory Panel, Health Promotion program, Sheridan College (Oakville) !2005 Assisting St Joseph’s Health Centre with their community engagement strategy !2004 Assisting Trillium Hospital (Mississauga) in thinking through how to approach hospital-

community collaboration !2001-2002 Research In Tobacco Control (RITC) Unit, IDRC (co-authorship and consulting on development

of training manual for qualitative tobacco research to build local capacity in developing countries) !2000 Toronto Western Hospital (review of Community & Population Health Profile) !1999-2000 The Arcade Youth Drop-In Centre, St. Stephen’s Community House (consulting on program

evaluation) !

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1999 West End Adolescent Peer Resource Centre (Toronto) (consulting on proposal development) !1999 Organized afternoon panel on “Social Cohesion, Social Capital, and Health” for

Community Health Day, February 25, Graduate Department of Community Health, University of Toronto !

1997-1999 Ad Hoc Committee on Homelessness, Social Isolation and Addictions (Toronto) (consulting on participatory & qualitative research design/methodology) !

1993-1999 Co-ordinator, Critical Social Science in Health Group (Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto) !

1998 Member, Metro Toronto District Health Council Health System Monitoring & Evaluation Indicator Task Force !

1997 Halton Healthy Lifestyles Coalition (manuscript review) !1996 Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (re project on "Cultural Factors in Tobacco Use Among

Ethnic Groups in Canada") !1995-1996 Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco (member of Advisory Group on "ETS and

Children" study, Angus Reid, February 1996) !1995 Metropolitan Toronto District Health Council (Health Promotion Advisory Panel) !1994-1995 Member, Community Action Research Group (North York Community Health

Promotion Research Unit) !1994 Waterloo Smoking Projects (consulting re school-based smoking prevention programming) !1994 Chair, Healthy Communities Indicators Committee (North York Community Health

Promotion Research Unit) !1994 NHRDP Heart Health Diffusion Study (proposal development team) !1994 Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition (consulting re evaluation RFP) !1994 Tobacco Control Branch, Health Canada (Technical Workshop on Data for Monitoring Tobacco Use - a consensus conference) !1994 Addiction Research Foundation (all day workshop on the use of computational qualitative analysis software) !1993 CARNET Project (Centre for the Study of Aging, Univeristy of Toronto) (half day workshop on the use of computational qualitative analysis software) !!!


!RELEVANT COMMUNITY SERVICE !2011-2013 Founding President, Go Local Oakville INC (www.golocaloakville.ca) !2010-2012 Co-Founder & organizer, Halton Ecopartners (www.ecopartners.ca) !2009-2012 Co-Founder & lead organizer, Halton Green Screens eco-film series

(www.haltongreenscreens.ca) !2009-2013 Co-Founder & lead organizer, Transition Oakville (www.TransitionOakville.ning.com) !2008-2012 Founding President, West Kerr Village Residents Association (www.wkvra.ca) !2010 Member, Mayor’s Advisory Group on Sustainability (Oakville, ON) !2008-2009 Health Promotion Critic, Shadow Cabinet, Green Party of Canada !2008 Nominated Candidate, Green Party of Canada, Oakville Riding !2007-2010 Member, Board of Directors, Oakvillegreen Conservation Association (Oakville) !2007-2009 Member, Steering Committee, Oakville Sustainability Initiative (Oakville, ON) !2004-2008 Member & Academic Sector Representative, Steering Committee of the West End Urban

Health Alliance (Toronto) !1999-2004 Member of the Board of Directors, St. Stephen’s Community House (Toronto) !1993-1996 Member, Healthy Community Metro Toronto Committee !1992-1993 Member, Hamilton-Wentworth Healthy Communities Planning Committee (Hamilton-

Wentworth District Health Council) !1992 Member, Regional Chairman's Task Force on Sustainable Development, implementation

team for Community Well-Being, Health and Quality of Life issues (Hamilton-Wentworth) !

1986 High School Teacher, Elburgon Public School (1 term) Crossroads International (Kenya) !!

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