Name: Research Needs for a Climate Positive Health System Seminar Series | Sustainable Plastics vs. Sustainable Systems
Start: 2022-03-11T12:00:00-05:00
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February 2022
CSPHP Rounds: Dr. Lisa Sanders | Achieving Net Zero: Energy Transitions and the Art of Governing Public Health

11 February 2022, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm EST

Transitioning and transforming our energy systems to meet ‘net-zero’ carbon emissions targets presents a variety of challenges for public health. Among them are energy (in)security and the health and environmental effects of new energy technologies. Governing, too, presents a challenge. In our uneven, ‘post-truth’ world, marked by growing distrust in public institutions, datafication, and demands […]
CASCADES National Innovation Tour: Supporting Climate Action in Healthcare in Eastern Canada

15 February 2022, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm AST

Online

Professionals, administrators, and leaders in the healthcare community are invited to a regionally-based lunchtime discussion exploring priorities, needs, current efforts, and emerging opportunities related to sustainable healthcare.

Free
CASCADES National Innovation Tour: Supporting Climate Action in Healthcare in Western Canada

16 February 2022, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PST

Online

Professionals, administrators, and leaders in the healthcare community are invited to a regionally-based lunchtime discussion exploring priorities, needs, current efforts, and emerging opportunities related to sustainable healthcare.

Free
CASCADES National Innovation Tour: Supporting Climate Action in Healthcare in Central Canada

17 February 2022, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

Online

Professionals, administrators, and leaders in the healthcare community are invited to a regionally-based lunchtime discussion exploring priorities, needs, current efforts, and emerging opportunities related to sustainable healthcare.

Free
CASCADES National Innovation Tour: Supporting Climate Action in Healthcare in Quebec

18 February 2022, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

Online

Professionals, administrators, and leaders in the healthcare community are invited to a regionally-based lunchtime discussion exploring priorities, needs, current efforts, and emerging opportunities related to sustainable healthcare.

Free
Fundamentals Alumni Session

23 February 2022, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST

Optional follow-up session for our November 2021 Fundamentals of Sustainable Health Systems alumni. Check your email for details!
Canada’s COP26 Health Programme Commitment – Adaptation and Resilience

25 February 2022, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST

Online

This webinar is now available via YouTube Canada signed onto the WHO’s #COP26 Health Programme, thus formally committing to climate resilient and low carbon sustainable health systems. What makes a health system resilient? How does a health system adapt to climate change? At Vancouver Coastal Health, speakers Michael Schwandt (Medical Health Officer), Craig Brown […]

Free
March 2022
CMA Joule Early Career Learning Series: Sustainability in health care

1 March 2022, 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST

With a worsening climate crisis, industries are examining their impacts on the local and global environment. Health care is no exception, and this session will demonstrate actionable ways that systems and individual physicians can contribute to a more sustainable practice. This session is co-sponsored by CASCADES, an initiative to address health care’s contribution to the climate […]
Monthly Exchange

2 March 2022, 12:00 pm EST Monthly Exchange

Please email [email protected] to receive meeting details or to add a project or idea to the agenda.
Canada’s COP26 Health Programme Commitment – Climate Positive Care

2 March 2022, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST

Online

Join us on YouTube at 3pm PT / 6pm ET / 7pm AT Canada signed onto the WHO’s #COP26 Health Programme, thus formally committing to climate resilient and low carbon sustainable health systems. But what does low carbon, sustainable care look like in practice? Speakers Timur Ozelsel, Philip Wong, and Darcia Pope will discuss […]

Free
Climate, Health, and Healthcare: A Speaker Series for Health Professional Learners

9 March 2022, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST

The recording of the first session is now available on YouTube! Please note, attendance of the live webinars is required to receive a certificate of completion. Session speakers: Fiona Miller, MA, PhD Sherilee Harper, MSc, PhD About the series: Climate change has profound implications for health and healthcare. But healthcare professional trainees often have little […]
Research Needs for a Climate Positive Health System Seminar Series | Sustainable Plastics vs. Sustainable Systems

11 March 2022, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

This talk will explore the complex nature of our plastic environment, the interdependency of plastics on our goals for lowering our carbon footprint and increasing our expected lifespan, while also showcasing our own work on how polymer chemistry has the opportunity to shape a new sustainable future by developing interdisciplinary solutions that work for all actors.

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