Ronald
Macfarlane is an advocate for environmental health and sustainable
development.
With 35 years of experience in Africa, Asia and Canada, he uses is
critical thinking and writing skills to prepare easily understood
summaries of the impacts of environmental determinants on health that
serve as background information to advocate for equitable and healthy
public policy.
Between 1999 and 2018 Ronald was with Toronto Public Health where he led
environmental health projects addressing a wide-range of issues such as
air pollution, noise, green space, urban form and climate change. He
developed a health impact assessment framework and applied it to it to
various proposals including the proposed expansion of the Toronto Island
airport, biosolids management options in Toronto, and the long-term
solid waste management strategy.
Ronald has advanced international chemical policy through development of
educational materials and position papers, training, provision of
expert advice, program evaluation, and participation in international
negotiations including the Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed
Consent and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
He developed the framework for the evaluation of the Stockholm
Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
Ronald’s experience also includes work at the United Nations Environment
Programme, Pesticides Action Network, Consumers International and the
Ontario Ministry of the Environment. In 2018-19 he led a climate change
and health project for the Yukon Department of Health and Social
Services in Whitehorse.
"Ronald Macfarlane is one of the most competent and efficient professionals I have ever had the pleasure to work with. He is highly motivated, organized, and respectful in his approach. His work is always thorough and evidence-informed.Ronald demonstrates his expertise and shares his thoughtful insights." Kathy Fredrickson, Director, Yukon Health and Social Services
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