This infographic and corresponding primer are intended for healthcarepolicymakers and individual changemakers looking for opportunities for change inaccordance with provincial, national and federal regulations. For any complementary information about this topic, please refer to the CASCADES Hazardous Medical Waste Management primer.
This worksheet is part of the Food Infrastructures for Planetary Health Playbook, which aims tosupport informed decision-making related to food infrastructures for planetary health throughout the planning, design, construction, ongoing operation retrofitting (and even decommissioning) of Canadian healthcare facilities. These sequential stages are known as the Facilities Delivery Lifecycle
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Healthcare Waste Management Community of Practice
In partnership with the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care, we are assembling a Healthcare Waste Management Community of Practice. This network will enhance sustainability within healthcare waste management processes in Canada by exploring the links between waste, clinical delivery of care and environment sustainability Chair: Allen Bridge, Provincial Lead in Environmental Sustainability and Waste Management at Alberta Health Services
It explores what a resilient health system looked like, including its ability to withstand climate-related disruptions while continuing to deliver safe, effective care.
This webinar explains that Canada had signed onto the World Health Organization COP26 Health Programme, formally committing to climate-resilient, low-carbon sustainable health systems.
