Institution
Université de Montréal
Based in
Canada , Montréal
Languages
Danish
Dutch
English
French
German
Spanish
Short Bio
Evelyne de Leeuw is professor and holds the Canada Excellence in Research Chair ‘One Urban Health’ at the Université de Montréal. The Chair connects two exciting health promotion fields: Healthy Cities and One Health. She is also Professorial Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales (Sydney) ‘Cities Institute’ – here she assists in health promotion dimensions of urbanism and healthy public policy.
Evelyne has a decades long connection to the global health promotion community. She was at the eponymous Ottawa Conference in 1986, which stirred her critical appraisal of the idea of Healthy Public Policy (later Health in All Policies). With Patrick Fafard she edits a book series on health political science. An upcoming book with Cambridge University Press (Well – Together) looks at intersectorality and One Urban Health.
Current research projects include a strategic governance vision of Vertical Cities (including Montreal’s Underground City), urban cartographies of biodiversity, ruminant grazing in urban parks, re-introducing nature into healthcare systems, walkability for health and healthcare, transport justice in and for First Nations communities, policies for the gut microbiome and urban microbiome, place and culture and health in Aboriginal communities, wellbeing and place-based spirituality and eco-anxiety, and others.
Evelyne has a decades long connection to the global health promotion community. She was at the eponymous Ottawa Conference in 1986, which stirred her critical appraisal of the idea of Healthy Public Policy (later Health in All Policies). With Patrick Fafard she edits a book series on health political science. An upcoming book with Cambridge University Press (Well – Together) looks at intersectorality and One Urban Health.
Current research projects include a strategic governance vision of Vertical Cities (including Montreal’s Underground City), urban cartographies of biodiversity, ruminant grazing in urban parks, re-introducing nature into healthcare systems, walkability for health and healthcare, transport justice in and for First Nations communities, policies for the gut microbiome and urban microbiome, place and culture and health in Aboriginal communities, wellbeing and place-based spirituality and eco-anxiety, and others.
Other Expertise
Leadership
Public Health
One Health Policy
Policy
Global Public Health
Health Promotion & Prevention