Jennifer Dean
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3671267 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Jennifer Dean |
| NOMBRES | Jennifer |
| APELLIDO | Dean |
| FIRMA | DEAN J |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Waterloo |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2642-7638 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 29 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 31 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 29 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1992 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Attracting and Retaining Immigrants Outside of Gateway Cities
Interrogating Healthy Community Discourse in Municipal Policies
The World Health Organization's Healthy Cities movement recommends action on the determinants of health and health equity. While economic and ecological circumstances have been studied with respect to health outcomes, research shows that the relationship between these broad determinants and population health is not always clear. Municipal governments, whose relative proximity to individuals means that they are optimally situated to address local …
Transportation barriers and equity
It Just Galls Me, as a Taxpayer”
More than 400 publicly funded schools in Ontario, Canada, permanently closed between 2011 and 2017. This study examines the impact of highly criticized closure decisions on trust, guided by the OECD competence-values framework for citizens’ trust in public institutions. Interviews with key informants reveal factors affecting trust, including timing and format of public consultations, reliability of data informing closure recommendations, silencin…
Automobility, velomobility, and complete streets? Discursively analyzing the politics of complete street design guidelines in Ontario, Canada
Reshaping essential public spaces and services
In our last viewpoint article, we illustrated the hidden stories of immigrant suburbs during the COVID-19 pandemic and challenges facing racialised communities. This article delves deeper into intensified social and spatial inequalities by interrogating: what are the ‘essential’ public spaces, places and services that must remain accessible to benefit the settlement, well-being and inclusion of marginalised, racialised, immigrant populations? Wha…
Migration and wellbeing in and of place
Introduction to special issue on ‘migration and wellbeing in and of place’ • Impact of global migration on wellbeing explored through nine research articles • Immigrant wellbeing influenced by settlement conditions and experiences in place • Wellbeing of communities connected to ability to attract and retain newcomers
The role of urban and rural greenspaces in shaping immigrant wellbeing and settlement in place
Greenspaces promote mental and physical health, yet racialized immigrants are known to experience inequitable greenspace access. There is growing interest in the ability of greenspace to support immigrant settlement and wellbeing. This paper responds to the need for greater attention to equity and inclusion within greenspace and wellbeing studies by examining the unique experiences facing immigrant populations. Given increasing immigrant settleme…
The Impact of Health Geography on Public Health Research, Policy, and Practice in Canada
The link between geography and health means that the places we occupy-where we are born, where we live, where we work, and where we play-have a direct impact on our health, including our experiences of health. A subdiscipline of human geography, health geography studies the relationships between our environments and the impact of factors that operate within those environments on human health. Researchers have focused on the social and physical en…
Rural futures? Mapping newcomers' hopes about potential resettlement in Canadian rural areas
The Canadian government recently launched initiatives to promote immigrant settlement outside of traditional gateway cities, in small towns and rural areas. These initiatives attempt to mitigate socio‐economic impacts of population decline, and address barriers to successful integration in urban areas. Drawing on the geographies of hope, this paper examines how newcomers navigate hopes as they imagine rural resettlement in Ontario. Based on focus…
Contested and (un)realized capabilities of wellbeing in rural places in Canada
Examines immigrants’ contemplations of wellbeing through urban-rural relocation • Contemplations reveal competing and unrealized capabilities characterize ill/well being • Urban and rural places both stifle yet hold potential to support flourishing lives • Wellbeing emerges in contemplative spaces between place-based aspirations and reality • Efforts to support wellbeing should consider contested capabilities of place Rural relocation of immigran…
Urban design and adolescent mental health
Fostering Mobility for People Living with Dementia in Suburban Neighborhoods Through Land Use, Urban Design and Wayfinding
The World Health Organization (WHO) calls dementia the leading cause of dependency and disability among older adults. People living with dementia (PLWD) are more likely to reside in community, and often within suburban areas. This research examines mobility barriers and supports for PLWD within suburban neighborhoods in Waterloo, Canada. We conducted thirteen participatory go-along interviews with seven PLWD, identifying supports/barriers relatin…
What is the future of public space? Hidden stories of immigrant suburbs during a global pandemic
While cities around the world are recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is crucial to gain a thorough understanding of the social and spatial needs of underserved and marginalized groups in suburban places. Conventional suburbs in North America were designed to be segregated in land use and by socio-economic status, resulting in poor accommodation of the needs of diverse populations due to insufficient social and physical infrastructure. Thes…
Everyday built environments of care
There has been a call from US policy advisors to expand research on people living with dementia (PLWD) from health and social sectors to urban planning. The World Health Organization projects the number of PLWD to increase from 47 to 132 million worldwide by 2050, with 60–80% of PLWD residing within the community (as opposed to congregate settings). For PLWD, being supported by their neighbourhoods in terms of access has many benefits: more socia…
Thinking relationally about built environments and walkability
Shifting gears on sustainable transport transitions
The Experience of Food Insecurity Among Immigrants
Holding the keys to health? A scoping study of the population health impacts of automated vehicles
To support researchers and practitioners considering the health implications of AVs, we provide a conceptual map of the direct and indirect linkages between AV use and health outcomes. It is important that stakeholders, including public health agencies work to ensure that population health outcomes and equitable distribution of health impacts are priority considerations as regulators develop their response to AVs. We recommend that public health …
Challenges to evidence-based health promotion
Developing the evidence base for health promotion can be challenging because interventions often have to target competing determinants of health, including social, structural, environmental and political determinants; all of which are difficult to measure and thus evaluate. Drawing on a case study of food insecurity, which refers to inadequate access to food due to financial constraints, we illustrate the challenges faced by community-based organ…
Imagining body size over time
The author contextualizes the social construction of body weight among 31 adolescents living in low-income neighborhoods in Southern Ontario, Canada. Theoretically informed by critical “obesity” discourse and the temporal turn in youth geographies, this article explores the ways in which participants defined acceptance and risk of fatness, the fluidity of their own body weight, and the connection between body size and place. These constructions g…
Exploring e‐bikes as a mode of sustainable transport
Key Messages E‐bikes are an under‐studied emerging technology with potential to facilitate sustainability agendas in urban transportation (e.g. active, multi‐modal, low‐carbon mobility). Little to no research has been conducted on e‐bikes in Canadian urban contexts where sprawl and car dependency are predominant. E‐bikes may be a viable substitute for cars for shorter commutes, yet weight, winter weather, and battery life remain barriers
Exploring experiences of the food environment among immigrants living in the Region of Waterloo, Ontario
“But Many of These Problems are About Funds…”
Disclosing food allergy status in schools
In 2006, 3 years after the tragic death of 13-year-old Sabrina Shannon, the Province of Ontario (Canada) passed Sabrina's Law ushering in a new era of focus and concern for severe food allergic children at risk of anaphylaxis. Questions were raised at the time regarding the potential of doing more harm than good with the new legislation. This paper reports the experiences of health-related stigma among food allergic children at risk of anaphylaxi…
Disclosing food allergy status in schools
In 2006, 3 years after the tragic death of 13-year-old Sabrina Shannon, the Province of Ontario (Canada) passed Sabrina's Law ushering in a new era of focus and concern for severe food allergic children at risk of anaphylaxis. Questions were raised at the time regarding the potential of doing more harm than good with the new legislation. This paper reports the experiences of health-related stigma among food allergic children at risk of anaphylaxi…
Shifting gears on sustainable transport transitions
Exploring experiences of the food environment among immigrants living in the Region of Waterloo, Ontario
Rural futures? Mapping newcomers' hopes about potential resettlement in Canadian rural areas
The Canadian government recently launched initiatives to promote immigrant settlement outside of traditional gateway cities, in small towns and rural areas. These initiatives attempt to mitigate socio‐economic impacts of population decline, and address barriers to successful integration in urban areas. Drawing on the geographies of hope, this paper examines how newcomers navigate hopes as they imagine rural resettlement in Ontario. Based on focus…
Prioritizing Obesity in the City
Urban design and adolescent mental health
Exploring e‐bikes as a mode of sustainable transport
Key Messages E‐bikes are an under‐studied emerging technology with potential to facilitate sustainability agendas in urban transportation (e.g. active, multi‐modal, low‐carbon mobility). Little to no research has been conducted on e‐bikes in Canadian urban contexts where sprawl and car dependency are predominant. E‐bikes may be a viable substitute for cars for shorter commutes, yet weight, winter weather, and battery life remain barriers
Transportation barriers and equity
Fostering Mobility for People Living with Dementia in Suburban Neighborhoods Through Land Use, Urban Design and Wayfinding
The World Health Organization (WHO) calls dementia the leading cause of dependency and disability among older adults. People living with dementia (PLWD) are more likely to reside in community, and often within suburban areas. This research examines mobility barriers and supports for PLWD within suburban neighborhoods in Waterloo, Canada. We conducted thirteen participatory go-along interviews with seven PLWD, identifying supports/barriers relatin…
Thinking relationally about built environments and walkability
Dimensions of affective experience in three age groups.
‘Education? It is irrelevant to my job now. It makes me very depressed …’
Immigrants account for 20% of the population and 60% of total population growth in Canada (Statistics Canada 2001). The majority of immigrants are accepted for entry to Canada under the Skilled Worker Program in order to fill employment shortages in the labour market (CIC 2007). Recent research has revealed that an increasing number of immigrants who gain entry under this programme face significant barriers to employment. As a result, many remain…
“My health has improved because I always have everything I need here…”
Prioritizing Obesity in the City
“But Many of These Problems are About Funds…”
Disclosing food allergy status in schools
In 2006, 3 years after the tragic death of 13-year-old Sabrina Shannon, the Province of Ontario (Canada) passed Sabrina's Law ushering in a new era of focus and concern for severe food allergic children at risk of anaphylaxis. Questions were raised at the time regarding the potential of doing more harm than good with the new legislation. This paper reports the experiences of health-related stigma among food allergic children at risk of anaphylaxi…
Exploring experiences of the food environment among immigrants living in the Region of Waterloo, Ontario
Challenges to evidence-based health promotion
Developing the evidence base for health promotion can be challenging because interventions often have to target competing determinants of health, including social, structural, environmental and political determinants; all of which are difficult to measure and thus evaluate. Drawing on a case study of food insecurity, which refers to inadequate access to food due to financial constraints, we illustrate the challenges faced by community-based organ…
Imagining body size over time
The author contextualizes the social construction of body weight among 31 adolescents living in low-income neighborhoods in Southern Ontario, Canada. Theoretically informed by critical “obesity” discourse and the temporal turn in youth geographies, this article explores the ways in which participants defined acceptance and risk of fatness, the fluidity of their own body weight, and the connection between body size and place. These constructions g…
Exploring e‐bikes as a mode of sustainable transport
Key Messages E‐bikes are an under‐studied emerging technology with potential to facilitate sustainability agendas in urban transportation (e.g. active, multi‐modal, low‐carbon mobility). Little to no research has been conducted on e‐bikes in Canadian urban contexts where sprawl and car dependency are predominant. E‐bikes may be a viable substitute for cars for shorter commutes, yet weight, winter weather, and battery life remain barriers
The Experience of Food Insecurity Among Immigrants
Holding the keys to health? A scoping study of the population health impacts of automated vehicles
To support researchers and practitioners considering the health implications of AVs, we provide a conceptual map of the direct and indirect linkages between AV use and health outcomes. It is important that stakeholders, including public health agencies work to ensure that population health outcomes and equitable distribution of health impacts are priority considerations as regulators develop their response to AVs. We recommend that public health …
Thinking relationally about built environments and walkability
Shifting gears on sustainable transport transitions
What is the future of public space? Hidden stories of immigrant suburbs during a global pandemic
While cities around the world are recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is crucial to gain a thorough understanding of the social and spatial needs of underserved and marginalized groups in suburban places. Conventional suburbs in North America were designed to be segregated in land use and by socio-economic status, resulting in poor accommodation of the needs of diverse populations due to insufficient social and physical infrastructure. Thes…
Everyday built environments of care
There has been a call from US policy advisors to expand research on people living with dementia (PLWD) from health and social sectors to urban planning. The World Health Organization projects the number of PLWD to increase from 47 to 132 million worldwide by 2050, with 60–80% of PLWD residing within the community (as opposed to congregate settings). For PLWD, being supported by their neighbourhoods in terms of access has many benefits: more socia…
Contested and (un)realized capabilities of wellbeing in rural places in Canada
Examines immigrants’ contemplations of wellbeing through urban-rural relocation • Contemplations reveal competing and unrealized capabilities characterize ill/well being • Urban and rural places both stifle yet hold potential to support flourishing lives • Wellbeing emerges in contemplative spaces between place-based aspirations and reality • Efforts to support wellbeing should consider contested capabilities of place Rural relocation of immigran…
Urban design and adolescent mental health
Fostering Mobility for People Living with Dementia in Suburban Neighborhoods Through Land Use, Urban Design and Wayfinding
The World Health Organization (WHO) calls dementia the leading cause of dependency and disability among older adults. People living with dementia (PLWD) are more likely to reside in community, and often within suburban areas. This research examines mobility barriers and supports for PLWD within suburban neighborhoods in Waterloo, Canada. We conducted thirteen participatory go-along interviews with seven PLWD, identifying supports/barriers relatin…
The role of urban and rural greenspaces in shaping immigrant wellbeing and settlement in place
Greenspaces promote mental and physical health, yet racialized immigrants are known to experience inequitable greenspace access. There is growing interest in the ability of greenspace to support immigrant settlement and wellbeing. This paper responds to the need for greater attention to equity and inclusion within greenspace and wellbeing studies by examining the unique experiences facing immigrant populations. Given increasing immigrant settleme…
The Impact of Health Geography on Public Health Research, Policy, and Practice in Canada
The link between geography and health means that the places we occupy-where we are born, where we live, where we work, and where we play-have a direct impact on our health, including our experiences of health. A subdiscipline of human geography, health geography studies the relationships between our environments and the impact of factors that operate within those environments on human health. Researchers have focused on the social and physical en…
Rural futures? Mapping newcomers' hopes about potential resettlement in Canadian rural areas
The Canadian government recently launched initiatives to promote immigrant settlement outside of traditional gateway cities, in small towns and rural areas. These initiatives attempt to mitigate socio‐economic impacts of population decline, and address barriers to successful integration in urban areas. Drawing on the geographies of hope, this paper examines how newcomers navigate hopes as they imagine rural resettlement in Ontario. Based on focus…
Reshaping essential public spaces and services
In our last viewpoint article, we illustrated the hidden stories of immigrant suburbs during the COVID-19 pandemic and challenges facing racialised communities. This article delves deeper into intensified social and spatial inequalities by interrogating: what are the ‘essential’ public spaces, places and services that must remain accessible to benefit the settlement, well-being and inclusion of marginalised, racialised, immigrant populations? Wha…
Migration and wellbeing in and of place
Introduction to special issue on ‘migration and wellbeing in and of place’ • Impact of global migration on wellbeing explored through nine research articles • Immigrant wellbeing influenced by settlement conditions and experiences in place • Wellbeing of communities connected to ability to attract and retain newcomers
Interrogating Healthy Community Discourse in Municipal Policies
The World Health Organization's Healthy Cities movement recommends action on the determinants of health and health equity. While economic and ecological circumstances have been studied with respect to health outcomes, research shows that the relationship between these broad determinants and population health is not always clear. Municipal governments, whose relative proximity to individuals means that they are optimally situated to address local …
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