From instability to sustainability: the path to healthy people on a healthy planet
“The intersection of environment and health is a powerful sweet spot where our efforts can yield outsized positive impacts on our lives now and into the future.”
Edmonton air quality presents very high health risk, disrupts long-weekend plans
“But when the AQHI is at 10+, it’s really best for everyone to try to stay indoors as much as possible with the windows closed, said Dr. Courtney Howard, a Yellowknife-based emergency physician who looks at the health impacts of wildfires. “
Cross Country Checkup with Ian Hanomansing
“The World Meteorological Organization warns that global temperatures may temporarily surpass 1.5 C degrees of warming within the next five years. What’s your next move?”
How British Columbia protects its people from wildfire smoke
Howard encourages towns and cities to consider things like smoke shelters and to plan for indoor recreational activities and medical needs in advance, rather than just reacting to an emergency. “We need to take a more proactive approach and identify vulnerable people, like elderly people, ahead of time,” she says, “and have a way of getting to them.”
Dr. Courtney Howard on The House with Chris Hall
Dr. Howard joins Host Chris Hall, Meryam Haddad and Dimitri Lascaris discussing what differentiates them in the Green Leadership Election. Dr. Howard features her Planetary Health platform. Segment starts at Podcast minute 28. The House Podcast Sept. 12
Green Party Leadership Race Contender: Courtney Howard
HuffPost sent each of the candidates this 23-question questionnaire. Read More Here: Huffington Post Canada
Canada’s Greens must be seen as ‘party of planetary health’
CLIMATE change is not an abstract concept to Dr. Courtney Howard. “This is one of the most rapidly warming places in the world,” the emergency room physician told Redaction Politics from her home in Yellowknife. “We are a canary in the coal mine.” Read the full Article here.
Statement — Dr. Howard is second to join on the ballot
Statement from Dr. Howard’s campaign team : we are officially on the ballot!
Entrevue avec Dre Courtney Howard dans l’Aquilon
Dre Courtney Howard dans le journal francophone l’Aquilon
Press release/Communiqué de presse : Platform Launch/Lancement de la plateforme
Full press release / Communiqué de presse
Press release/Communiqué de presse : Platform Launch/Lancement de la plateforme
Full press release / Communiqué de presse
Healthy Planet, Healthy People
Humans need a lot of love right now. I’m running because I think this moment —right now— is the point at which more change is possible than at any other time I’ve been alive, and I believe that a focus on health will help us chart a course to safety. We’ve been disrupted. We’re scared. …
Ecological grief and anxiety: the start of a healthy response to climate change?
The next 10 years are a crucial decade for the world. Ecological grief and anxiety over current losses or anticipated future change are a sign of relationship with, or connection to, the natural world. What is needed are accessible and safe spaces to explore these difficult emotional reactions and the political will to ensure that important strategies and supports are funded.
CAPE: Healthy Recovery Plan For a Safe and Sustainable Future
Recently, organizations representing 40 million healthcare workers worldwide — two-thirds
of the global workforce — supported an open letter addressed to G20 leaders, calling upon
them to create a green and healthy recovery in order to support people through COVID-19
and its economic fallout, and prevent further crises related to climate change and planetary
decline.
This report represents a Made-in-Canada set of recommendations based on this call to action.
Announcement from Dr. Courtney Howard
Big day today — feels like a bit of a life turning point. Got up this morning and announced that I’m running to be the next leader of the Green Party of Canada.
Conference : “Climate change is a public health crisis, and opportunity” by Dr. Courtney Howard
UPSTREAM CONFERENCE “Dr. Courtney G. Howard of CAPE runs us through the distressing realities of climate change, and the amazing opportunities it gives us to improve our health, at Closing the Gap: Better health for all in Ottawa on April 8th, 2017.”
Conference : “Climate change is a public health crisis, and opportunity” by Dr. Courtney Howard
UPSTREAM CONFERENCE “Dr. Courtney G. Howard of CAPE runs us through the distressing realities of climate change, and the amazing opportunities it gives us to improve our health, at Closing the Gap: Better health for all in Ottawa on April 8th, 2017.”
In the media : “Skies Are Clearer and Global Pollution Is Down Because of COVID-19 — But Can We Sustain It?”
“Climate change expert Dr. Courtney Howard and Nature Climate Change scientists say we can sustain the cleaner environment we’re seeing by going greener right now.
All the social distancing, working from home and Netflix binging we’ve been doing to stay healthy and keep COVID-19 from overloading our hospitals add up to make the world cleaner.”
Dans les médias: “Faire le choix de la santé pour prévenir une autre pandémie”
LE DEVOIR “Dans les dernières semaines, nous avons souligné, célébré et reconnu le travail exceptionnel des travailleurs de la santé de première ligne.”
Dans les médias: “Faire le choix de la santé”
LA PRESSE “Dans les dernières semaines, nous avons souligné, célébré, et reconnu le travail exceptionnel des travailleurs de la santé de première ligne. D’un océan à l’autre, et à travers le monde, nous avons chanté, allumé nos lumières, frappé sur nos casseroles et dansé de la maison pour souligner les efforts et le courage de nos voisins et amis qui sont partis œuvrer dans nos centres de santé et qui ont maintenu nos services essentiels, jour comme nuit.”
Dans les médias: “Faire le choix de la santé pour prévenir une autre pandémie”
LE DEVOIR “Dans les dernières semaines, nous avons souligné, célébré et reconnu le travail exceptionnel des travailleurs de la santé de première ligne.”
Dans les médias: “Faire le choix de la santé”
LA PRESSE “Dans les dernières semaines, nous avons souligné, célébré, et reconnu le travail exceptionnel des travailleurs de la santé de première ligne. D’un océan à l’autre, et à travers le monde, nous avons chanté, allumé nos lumières, frappé sur nos casseroles et dansé de la maison pour souligner les efforts et le courage de nos voisins et amis qui sont partis œuvrer dans nos centres de santé et qui ont maintenu nos services essentiels, jour comme nuit.”
In the media : “COVID-19 crisis is a tipping point. Will we invest in planetary health, or oil and gas?”
THE NATIONAL OBSERVER “When I first read about the possibility of a multibillion-dollar bailout of the oil and gas sector by the federal and Alberta governments, I was exhausted.”
Dans les médias : « La crise du COVID-19 est un point de basculement. Allons-nous investir dans la santé planétaire, ou le pétrole et le gaz?
« Lorsque j’ai lu pour la première fois sur la possibilité d’un renflouement de plusieurs milliards de dollars du secteur pétrolier et gazier par les gouvernements fédéral et albertain, j’étais épuisé.
J’étais épuisé par des journées de travail aux urgences, des exercices d’équipement de protection individuelle, un comptage obsessionnel des ventilateurs et la façon d’encourager les Canadiens à avoir des conversations courageuses autour des soins de fin de vie. J’étais trop épuisé pour même penser à répondre.
170 doctors say government should reject Teck mine over health risks
Yellowknife doctor Courtney Howard is president of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, and is one of over 170 doctors who signed the letter.
In the media : “‘Eco-anxiety’ is a crushing weight for many young Canadians. And they say schools aren’t doing enough”
THE TORONTO STAR “During Yellowknife’s first Fridays For Future climate change march last fall, Dr. Courtney Howard spoke about her experience with a condition called eco-anxiety to “the most Yellowknifers I’ve seen in one spot.””
In the media : “Canadian medical students call for better education on health and climate change”.
CTV NEWS “VANCOUVER — Canadian medical schools have not adequately addressed the urgent need for training related to planetary health and climate change, and members of the Canadian Federation of Medical Students say that must change.”
The Paris agreement: charting a low-emissions path for a child born today
Framing climate change in terms of health has been shown to generate hopeful emotions, and nurses and doctors are some of society’s most trusted messengers. Integrating health into the dialogue may be the best way to create a narrative that unifies populations around a shared desire for a healthy response to climate change.