Jenny Siliang Cui

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is a type of ambient air pollution that has been linked to millions of premature deaths and cardiovascular diseases worldwide each year. Despite systematic efforts to reduce PM2.5 emissions at the source, these approaches will fall short of resolving the problem of PM2.5 already present in the air. Through the dry deposition of air pollutants, additional tree planting has been promoted as a novel strategy and critical component of resolving the problem of urban air pollution.

Academic literature on tree-based air pollution in Canada is currently scarce across various demographic groups, particularly in the contemporary Canadian context. My research aims better to understand the racial-ethnic disparities in tree-based air pollution reduction while quantifying the environmental health and human health benefits of tree-based air pollution mitigation.