Author Visit with Dr. Karen Lee

Thu Dec 11 2025 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm UTC-07:00

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Author Visit with Dr. Karen Lee
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Join us for an evening with Dr. Karen Lee as she presents her memoir Fit Cities: My Quest to Improve the World's Health and Wellness--Including Yours. https://bit.ly/3Ibn0LH
When: Thursday, October 2 | 6:30pm
Where: Friends Program Room
Fit Cities chronicles Dr. Lee’s work over the last 20+ years in which she and her many collaborators uncovered and set about eradicating the causes of a pandemic of unhealthy living. The book offers invaluable advice on how we can all help ourselves to live healthier lives.
Dr. Karen Lee is an Associate Professor in the Division of Preventive Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of Alberta (U of A). Prior to returning to her native home in the Edmonton area in 2018, Dr. Lee spent 15 years in the United States, first as a "disease detective" at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), then as Deputy to the Assistant Commissioner of Health for Chronic Disease Prevention and Director of the Built Environment Program in New York City. Dr. Lee and her team helped the City of New York become a “Fit City” and saw childhood obesity decrease and life expectancy increase at higher rates than other places in the country.
Dr. Lee has worked with over 40 cities around the world and with over 150 partners in Canada to create the U of A’s Healthy Community Guidelines. For more information about Dr. Lee and her work, please visit: www.drkarenlee.com.
Café Books will be joining us for Dr. Lee’s visit and will have copies of Fit Cities available for purchase.
This event is offered with funding support from the Canada Council for the Arts through The Writers' Union of Canada.
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