Our Research Outputs

Inspiring transformative changes to accelerate and amplify innovations to protect health for all species and generations, making policies more impactful, sustainable, and equitable.

What we're doing

Promoting climate change adaptation action in animal health and education

Advocating for new ways to think about animal health in a world of unprecedented climate change

Building capacity in health professionals to protect health

Presentations

2023 – Climate change and aquatic animal health. Western Fish Diseases Conference

2022 – Panelist – Climate change and emerging infectious diseases. COP 27, United Nations

2022 – Climate Change and Health: A One Health Perspective. Joint EPH & VPH Conference, Jamaica

2022 – Climate change and animal health: the persistent pandemic. Canadian Council of Chief Veterinary Officers

2021 – Animal health and climate change – the need for an action agenda. Colorado State University Webinar

Publications

2023 – Strengthening ties with public health for joint action on global health threats – Part 2. Canadian Veterinary Journal

2021 – The implications of climate change for veterinary services. Revue Scientifique et Technique 40(2)

Catalyzing expertise, information, and ideas into actions to protect animals, health, and society in a rapidly changing future.

What we're doing

Creating a framework for implementation science to reduce risks in the wildlife trade

Consulting on innovations in education and mentoring to foster a new generation of change agents

Promoting forward-looking perspectives to create interspecies and intergenerational health equity

Collaborating with governments and universities in Canada, USA, Thailand, and the Caribbean

Presentations

2021 – The urgency for implementation research in One Health. Veterinary Public Health Institute Webinar, Bern

2021 – Developing networks of Caribbean Leaders/Agents of Change in Climate Change and Health. Caribbean SIDS Workshop

Publications

2022 – The implementation gap in emerging disease risk management in the wildlife trade. Journal of Wildlife Diseases

2022 – Using communication networks to assess the level of sharing of wildlife health data and information among wildlife professionals in Ontario. Human Dimensions of Wildlife

2022 – Perspectives on opportunities for WOAH standards and guidelines to better address wildlife health. Report to the World Animal Health Organization

Cultivating people and policies that can respond flexibly to uncertainty, adapt to change, and make informed decisions.

What we're doing

Exploring future-ready thinking in early career professionals

Collaborating with international partners to inspire a new vision for wildlife health

Supporting graduate programs that train adaptable population health practitioners

Shaping an international vision of wildlife health for a rapidly changing world

Presentations

2023 – One Health – Friend or foe for conservation? (Plenary). Missouri Natural Resources Conference

2023 – Can we transition to actionable intelligence that promotes wildlife health? The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Kentucky

2022 – One Health for an uncertain future. (Keynote) Saskatchewan Epidemiology Association

2022 – Future-readying wildlife health knowledge systems. (Keynote) US Department of Interior Workshop, Virginia

2022 – Situating ‘the environment’ in One Health. Health Science Forum, Ottawa

2021 – One Health in the Anthropocene – A Call for Transformative Change. Erasmus Mundus International Seminar

Publications

2024 – Imagining veterinary medicine and education in 2040. Canadian Veterinary Journal

2024 – Ecosystem Health and the need for Clinical Ecology. Canadian Veterinary Journal

2023 – The continuum of care as a unifying framework for intergenerational and interspecies health equity. Frontiers in Public Health

2023 – A reimagined One Health framework for wildlife conservation. Research Directions: One Health

2021 – Reflections on One Health leadership training needs for the 21st century. One Health