April 25-26, 2018, University of Waterloo
WORKSHOP PROGRAM
April 25, 2018, 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Sun Life Auditorium, Lyle Hallman South (LHS) 1621
April 26, 2018, hands-on workshops (see times below)
Lyle Hallman Institute (room locations will be confirmed with registered attendees by email)
April 25, 2018, 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Sun Life Auditorium, Lyle Hallman South (LHS) 1621
April 26, 2018, hands-on workshops (see times below)
Lyle Hallman Institute (room locations will be confirmed with registered attendees by email)
April 25, 2018
9:00 a.m.
Registration, light breakfast, and networking
9:30 a.m.
The challenge: How do we leverage systems thinking and methods to bring together researchers working on human and planetary health?--Dr. Madhur Anand, Director, Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI)
9:45 a.m.
The potential of systems methods to advance our capacity to identify solutions to human health and environmental challenges--Dr. Bruce Y. Lee, Global Obesity Prevention Center, Johns Hopkins
10:45 a.m.
Case study: A complex-systems approach to managing the dynamics of shallow lakes: a case study with Lake Erie--Dr. Brad Bass, Environment and Climate Change Canada
11:15 a.m.
Networking break
11:30 a.m.
Case study: A seamless partnership in ways of knowing: systems thinking as a transcendent ordering paradigm for meeting “the other”--Dr. William Sutherland, Institute of Complexity Medicine
12:00 p.m.
Discussant: Integrating human and planetary health using systems thinking and methods--Katharine Zywert, Social and Ecological Sustainability, University of Waterloo
12:15 p.m.
Lunch (provided) and posters
1:00 p.m.
Oral presentations (moderated by Kirsten Lee, School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo)
2:30 p.m.
Discussants--Threads connecting projects and initiatives across campus--Dr. Steffanie Scott and Jodi Koberinski, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo
2:45 p.m.
Building intersectoral teams--facilitated group discussion--Dr. Warren Dodd, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto & School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo
3:15 p.m.
How researchers from across disciplines can effectively work together to address complex challenges using systems thinking and methods--Dr. Vanessa Schweizer, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo
4:00 p.m.
Panel discussion--moving forward (moderated by Dr. Sharon Kirkpatrick, School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo)
4:20 p.m.
Posters and refreshments and networking
April 26, 2018
Concurrent morning workshops (9:30-11:30 a.m.):
Networking lunch (11:30 a.m.-12 p.m.)
Afternoon workshop (12-2 p.m.):
9:00 a.m.
Registration, light breakfast, and networking
9:30 a.m.
The challenge: How do we leverage systems thinking and methods to bring together researchers working on human and planetary health?--Dr. Madhur Anand, Director, Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI)
9:45 a.m.
The potential of systems methods to advance our capacity to identify solutions to human health and environmental challenges--Dr. Bruce Y. Lee, Global Obesity Prevention Center, Johns Hopkins
10:45 a.m.
Case study: A complex-systems approach to managing the dynamics of shallow lakes: a case study with Lake Erie--Dr. Brad Bass, Environment and Climate Change Canada
11:15 a.m.
Networking break
11:30 a.m.
Case study: A seamless partnership in ways of knowing: systems thinking as a transcendent ordering paradigm for meeting “the other”--Dr. William Sutherland, Institute of Complexity Medicine
12:00 p.m.
Discussant: Integrating human and planetary health using systems thinking and methods--Katharine Zywert, Social and Ecological Sustainability, University of Waterloo
12:15 p.m.
Lunch (provided) and posters
1:00 p.m.
Oral presentations (moderated by Kirsten Lee, School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo)
2:30 p.m.
Discussants--Threads connecting projects and initiatives across campus--Dr. Steffanie Scott and Jodi Koberinski, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo
2:45 p.m.
Building intersectoral teams--facilitated group discussion--Dr. Warren Dodd, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto & School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo
3:15 p.m.
How researchers from across disciplines can effectively work together to address complex challenges using systems thinking and methods--Dr. Vanessa Schweizer, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo
4:00 p.m.
Panel discussion--moving forward (moderated by Dr. Sharon Kirkpatrick, School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo)
4:20 p.m.
Posters and refreshments and networking
April 26, 2018
Concurrent morning workshops (9:30-11:30 a.m.):
- Qualitative methods as tools in enacting a systems approach (read the workshop description and objectives)--Dr. Vanessa Schweizer, Dr. Steven J. Mock, Kirsten Lee, Amanda Raffoul
- An introduction to mathematical modelling (quantitative methods) (read the workshop description and objectives)--Thomas Bury and Brendon Phillips
Networking lunch (11:30 a.m.-12 p.m.)
Afternoon workshop (12-2 p.m.):
- The science of team science (read the workshop description and objectives)--Dr. Katie Plaisance