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Mind The DisruptionAuthor: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
Mind the Disruption is a show about people who refuse to accept things as they are. It's about people pushing for better health for all. It's about people like us who have a deep desire to build a healthier, more just world. On Mind the Disruption, a podcast by the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH), youll hear the stories of people who have disrupted the usual ways of doing things in their organizations, communities, and society in pursuit of better health for all. In weaving together interviews with community organizers, public health practitioners, researchers and more, we ask the question: what does it look like to challenge the status quo for health equity? Season 1 and 2 are out now! This podcast is hosted by Bernice Yanful and created, developed, and produced by Rebecca Cheff, Carolina Jimenez, Pemma Muzumdar, and Bernice Yanful (all Knowledge Translation Specialists at NCCDH). The Mind the Disruption project team is led by Rebecca Cheff, with technical production and original music by Chris Perry, promotion by Caralyn Vossen, and artwork by comet art design. Special thanks to Claire Betker and the rest of the NCCDH team. At the NCCDH, we work to integrate health equity and structural and social determinants of health into Canadian public health practice, policy, and decision-making. The NCCDH is hosted by St. Francis Xavier University. We are located in Mikmaki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mikmaq people. Visit our website to learn more about our podcast and what we do: nccdh.ca/learn/podcast This podcast is made possible through a financial contribution from the Public Health Agency of Canada. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the Public Health Agency of Canada. Established in 2005, the NCCDH is one of the six National Collaborating Centres for Public Health that work together to promote the use of scientific research and other knowledge to strengthen public health practices, pr Language: en Genres: Education, How To, Science, Social Sciences Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Disrupting for healthy built environments
Episode 4
Tuesday, 26 May, 2026
How do you foster healthy and just places and spaces through everyday public health work? Listen to this episode to learn from longtime environmental health officer Anita Ely about working in partnership, embedding an intentional health equity lens and creating healthy public policies to foster healthy built environments for all. Episode guest: Anita Ely is a Certified Public Health Inspector (Canada) working as a Specialist Environmental Health Officer with Interior Health in the southern Interior of BC. She began her career in more well-known health inspector roles such as inspecting restaurants, pools and drinking water systems and investigating potential health hazards. Since 2014 Anita has been focused on protecting populations at community level through the creation and implementation of healthy public policy with community partners that develops built environments that support the physical, social and mental health of community members. This inter-sectoral work is known as healthy built environments. As a 2nd generation white settler Anita is grateful for the stewardship and leadership of Secwépemc Nation on whose unceded, traditional and ancestral territory she has settled and now calls home. Learn more: Healthy Communities (Interior Health) FACT SHEET: Supporting Health Equity Through the Built Environment (BCCDC, 2017) Healthy Built Environment Linkages Toolkit (BCCDC, 2018) Supporting Equity in Planning and Policy Action Guide (BC Healthy Communities, 2020) Kelowna's 2040 Official Community Plan (2022) How to Collaborate With Municipalities: A Practical Guide for Public Health Actors (NCCHPP, 2020) How to Equity in Municipalities (Plamondon & Shahram, 2024) A tool to assess alignment between knowledge and action for health equity (Plamondon, 2020) Let's Talk: Determinants of health (NCCDH, 2024) Episode credits: This episode was produced by Rebecca Cheff and Pemma Muzumdar (NCCDH). Mind the Disruption is hosted by Pemma Muzumdar and led by Rebecca Cheff, with technical production and original music by Chris Perry. Promotion by Caralyn Vossen (NCCDH). Artwork by comet art + design. Special thanks to Bernice Yanful and Carolina Jimenez for contributing to the development of this season.
