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Please join us on November 16th, 2023 from noon-1:30pm EST for our upcoming Northern Knowledge Exchange Rounds CME/CPD session on Building Climate Resilient Health Systems in Northern Communities: From Science to Action presented by Dr. Peter Barry, Jeanne Trudeau and Dr. Jennifer Loo. The target audience for this event is rural, remote, and Northern Public Health Physicians in Canada (focusing on Public Health Physicians, but open to other Public Health Practitioners). Register for the event now by clicking here!
DATE: November 16th, 2023
TIME: Noon-1:30pm EST
LOCATION: This will be a virtual event. Connect via WebEx.
Register for the event here:
https://nosm.webex.com/weblink/register/r1eb0348a072f8d14602b8a58812b12b5
Connect via WebEx on Nov. 16th at noon EST by following the link below:
https://nosm.webex.com/nosm/j.php?MTID=m00b35eb7df641750d34b5729473ac9ae
Phone: 1 855 699 3239
Code: 2423 647 8255
SESSION TITLE: Building Climate Resilient Health Systems in Northern Communities: From Science to Action
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. To describe examples of the process, challenges, and findings arising from a climate change and health vulnerability assessment conducting in a northern Ontario setting.
2. To identify key roles, processes and measures for developing effective adaptations to protect populations from climate change impacts on health.
3. To describe the attributes of a climate resilient health system and develop indicators for measuring progress towards preparedness for future impacts.
PRESENTERS:
Dr. Peter Berry has been working on climate change and health issues for over 20 years at the Climate Change and Innovation Bureau at Health Canada. He has conducted research and published papers in several areas related to climate change including health risks to Canadians, adaptive capacity, health system resilience, health vulnerability assessments and communicating climate change risks to the public. He is currently Senior Policy Analyst and Science Advisor to the Director at the Climate Change and Innovation Bureau at Health Canada. He also serves as Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo where he delivers a course on building climate resilient health systems. Peter is involved in a number of national and international collaborations to reduce risks to health and health systems from climate change. He is an editor for the next national climate change and health assessment being led by Health Canada. He regularly provides expert advice to health authorities within and outside of Canada on preparing for climate change. Among other collaborations, Peter is currently contributing to guidance being developed by the World Health Organization for building climate resilient and environmentally sustainable health systems and for communicating climate change risks to health.
Jeanne Trudeau is a Policy Analyst in the Engagement and Knowledge Mobilization Division in the Climate Change and Innovation Bureau (CCIB). She holds a Master of Public Health from the School of Public Health at the University of Montreal, with a specialization in Health Systems and Policies. Jeanne applies that knowledge to her work in climate change and works on various climate change and health files including strategic policy, health systems decarbonization, HealthADAPT, international collaboration, and others. She appreciates working in a dynamic environment where she can contribute towards the development and implementation of innovative policies, programs, and initiatives that makes a meaningful difference in protecting the health of Canadians and building a more climate-resilient health system.
Dr. Jennifer Loo is a public health and preventive medicine specialist, currently practicing in Sault Ste. Marie as the Medical Officer of Health and CEO at Algoma Public Health, a local public health unit serving 113,000 people across 21 municipalities, on the traditional land of eight First Nation communities in northern Ontario. She has a longstanding interest in environment and health, with a Masters of Science in Public Health – Environment & Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and has published several peer-reviewed papers in the built environment. Dr. Loo is an Assistant Professor with NOSM University’s Public Health and Preventive Medicine Program, and also holds Adjunct Lecturer status at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, her alma mater.
This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the Continuing Education and Professional Development Office at NOSM University for up to 1.5 Mainpro+ credit(s).
This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the Continuing Education and Professional Development Office at NOSM University. You may claim a maximum of 1.5 hour(s) (credits are automatically calculated).
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