Understanding how environment affects your health

Candace Nykiforuk and her team examine community environments and how they affect people’s health and chronic disease prevention. Where we live, work and play - and the people we interact with in those places - all affect our health. A health geographer and health promotion researcher, Candace studies the role that built (e.g., schools, buildings), policy (e.g., bylaws and legislation), and social environments have on our on health, well-being, and disease prevention—then shares this knowledge with policy makers.