Disclosure statement Thilina Bandara has received funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Government of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation. He is a board member for the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health and the Saskatchewan Public Health Association. Cory Neudorf receives funding from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation. He is affiliated with the Urban Public Health Network, and serves on advisory boards and committees with the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Canadian Institute for Health Information, the Canadian Public Health Association.