Michael Widener

Associate Professor

Canada

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Michael Widener is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto - St. George in Canada. His research interests encompass mobility, health, and the built environment, focusing on issues such as social isolation among older migrants and the dynamics of grocery shopping patterns. Recent publications include studies on the perceived safety of urban environments, the validity of food environment research using OpenStreetMap, and the intersection of technology use and health among migrant populations.

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Steven Farber

Assistant Professor

University of Toronto

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Jerry Shannon

Associate Professor

University of Georgia

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Michelle Silver

University of Toronto

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Lindsey Smith

Assistant Professor

University of Toronto

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Matthew Palm

Assistant Professor and Pardue Fellow

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Jason Gilliland

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University of Western Ontario

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Amber DeJohn

Assistant Professor

Florida State University

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Grocery shopping and related access trips by mode in Canadian time use surveys

Mobility, ICT, and health: a built environment investigation of older Chinese migrants’ social isolation and loneliness

Alone together? A time use approach for examining socializing when travel is limited

Health in place and place in health: 30 years of Health & Place

Using street view imagery and localized crowdsourcing survey to model perceived safety of the visual built environment by gender

How is grocery shopping completed in households with children? Gender gaps and typologies of grocery shopping in four Canadian metropolises

3D walking accessibility in practice: exploring the imperfections from data, method, and assumptions of human-space interaction

Assessing the Validity of OpenStreetMap for Food Environment Research

LEVERAGING TIME USE DATA TO EXPLORE MIGRANT HEALTH, SOCIALIZING, AND TECHNOLOGY USE

Insights from neighbourhood walking interviews using the Living Environments and Active Aging Framework (LEAAF) in community-dwelling older adults

Transit Access to Subsidized Food Stores in the U.S. Midwest

Time-Geographic Project of Household Food Provision: Conceptualization and a Pilot Case Study

Geographies of grocery shopping in major Canadian cities: Evidence from large-scale mobile app data

Who uses technology to socialize? Evidence from older Canadian adults

Getting groceries during the pandemic: How transit remained important despite the rise of e-delivery

Integrating coordination of food purchasing into activity space-based food environment research: Toward a household perspective

The availability and distribution of vaping retailers across Ontario neighbourhoods, 2016–2019

Accessibility Indicators to Fresh Food: A Quantitative Insight from Concepción, Chile

Identification of priority areas for public-access automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in metropolitan areas: A case study in Hangzhou, China

Understanding and supporting active travel in older adults using behavioural science: Systematic scoping review and strategic behavioural analysis

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Steven Farber

Jerry Shannon

Michelle Silver

Lindsey Smith

Matthew Palm

Jason Gilliland

Amber DeJohn

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