Planetary Health 2017 Conference
Conference : “6F Movement-Building for Nerdy Folks” by Dr. Courtney Howard
Dr. Courtney Howard at the 2017 Planetary Health Conference in Boston, Massachusetts.
April 30, 2017
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Health and the Environment Belong in the Same Box: Why Health Impact Assessments Belong in Environmental Assessments
“Perhaps because we mostly work inside boxes—hospitals, clinics, universities, and office buildings—it has taken the world’s health community far too long to realize that human health belongs in the same box as what we call “the environment.”
January 3, 2017
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CBC NEWS : “Courtney Howard on doctors’ climate change letter to Trudeau”
“Courtney Howard, right, presents a letter on behalf of more than 150 Canadian doctors and medical students to Catherine McKenna, Canada’s minister of Environment and Climate Change at the COP 21 conference in Paris. (Courtney Howard/Twitter)”
December 5, 2015
Policy Work
CMA votes to Divest from Fossil Fuels
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) took an historic stand Aug. 26 when general council delegates agreed to divest CMA of its holdings in fossil-fuel companies.
October 6, 2015
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August 26, 2015
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Opinion: Why Burnaby Mountain protests are good for our health
“In 2009, the Lancet called climate change the “biggest global health threat of the 21st century.”
December 3, 2014
Dr Courtney Howard in Médecins Sans Frontières
“Courtney Howard hails from the mist and moss of North Vancouver and has spent the last few years hospital-hopping around Canada, working in ERs in BC, Ontario, Quebec and way, way up there in the Northwest Territories.”
June 16, 2010