Work- and core mission-related posts on Eleanor Boyle’s main blog
This year, the Public Health Association of BC (PHABC) had a brilliant theme for its annual conference: “Commercial Determinants of Health.” BELOW: a screenshot of advertising for the Public Health Association of BC (PHABC)’s conference on the “Commercial Determinants of […]
Yes, we should talk about it A food researcher once told me that the reason her food-security group never talks about the problems of meat is that “Indigenous people eat food from animals… so we can’t say anything bad about
ABOVE: Some Netherlands municipalities are showing courage by refusing ads on municipally owned signage venues (such as bus shelters) for climate-damaging products like factory-farmed meat: Screenshot of headline in NL Times. Is It Time? Netherlands Cities Show Leadership …by banning
…or at least, we don’t have to be There are some global problems we feel helpless about. They’re big and complex and seem out of our hands. But bird flu, the highly-pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) that’s been flying the globe
Follow-up to my presentation to the BC NDP Standing Committee on Agriculture and Food Animal agriculture — raising animals for meat, dairy, and eggs — is one of the most difficult sectors for public policy. Livestock agribusinesses are proud of
Summer’s almost here, and media are talking about drought. So they should be. But what they don’t include in these discussions is a major factor in drought both locally and globally: livestock for meat and dairy foods. Radio and other
Avian Flu: Way More than an Industry Problem and factory farming is fuelling it DON’T BLAME US: Wild birds such as these Canada Geese have long carried viruses, but generally in innocuous strains. Now they’re victims of lethal avian influenza,
A trailblazing program at Vancouver hospitals Changing food habits is hard. For hospitals, shifting meal service toward more lentils and less beef cannot be accomplished overnight. But Vancouver Coastal Health and the city’s main hospital are committed to it. With
What’s for Lunch at the Hospital Cafeteria? Should be healthy and sustainable, but … What’s on offer at the hospital cafeteria? On a recent visit to the biggest healthcare institution in my town, I discovered that much of what’s being
Should physicians help patients connect their dietary choices to planetary health? And if so, how? This was the topic of my recent presentation to the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. This follow-up post offers a quick recap plus
