Conference 2022 Featured Speaker – Jeff Masuda

Jeff Masuda. Professor, University of Victoria. A human geographer by training, Jeff is known for his work in environmental justice, urban health inequalities, participatory action research, and critical health promotion. Head shot of Jeff Masuda within an Indigenous illustration of an eagle and a bear. Artwork is credited to Nisga’a nation artist Peter Thomas McKay.

Jeff Masuda

Jeff Masuda is a Professor in the School of Public Health and Social Policy at the University of Victoria and former Canada Research Chair in Environmental Health Equity.

A human geographer by training, Jeff is known for his work in environmental justice, urban health inequalities, participatory action research, and critical health promotion.

Jeff’s research currently focusses on tenant organization for housing justice, including increasing concerns over extreme heat vulnerability, particularly through his role in the Right to Remain Research Collective.

His research also centres on land stewardship as a pathway for urban decolonization through his involvement in A SHARED Future, an international collaboration on Indigenous renewable energy leadership.

Jeff’s academic specialty also spotlights other issues at the intersection of the social and ecological dimensions of health.

Jeff presently leads a standing special section in the Canadian Journal of Public Health, which highlights climate change and health equity.

 

See the full list of PHABC’s 2022 Conference speakers here.