Planetary Health Competencies
Webinar Moderating & Speaking Opportunities
- Health Canada HealthADAPT Speaker Event: Speaking
"Perspectives from Sustainable Projects in Healthcare." - Intersectional Environmentalism Speaker Series, Hosting/Moderating:
- Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment X CFMS HEART. Moderating. "Environmental Racism". April 11, 2021.
- UofT Green Meds x CSHS Sustainability in Medicine Speaker Series. Speaking. Practical Steps to Mobilize Effectively for Ecologically Sustainable Healthcare. March 10, 2021.
- IFMSA x CFMS X AMSA: Planetary Health in the Age of Covid-19. Speaking. May 19, 2020.
- Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. Speaking. "Climate Health Leaders: The next generation". May 21, 2020.
Advocacy Documents
- Healthy Recovery Plan: For a Safe and Sustainable Future. In collaboration with the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. Published July 14, 2021.
- CFMS HEART’s Primer on Greening Healthcare for Healthcare Students. Published August 21, 2020.
- CFMS HEART: National Report on Planetary Health Education 2019. Published January 9, 2020.
Publications and Features
- Capital Current. "Feeling the Heat: Are Canadian doctors ready for the rising tide of eco-anxiety?" Featured; published on May 24, 2023.
- The Journal of Climate Change and Health. "Climate change and health in medical school curricula: A national survey of medical students’ experiences, attitudes and interests." Published March 21, 2023.
- Canadian Medical Education Journal. "An approach to implementing planetary health teaching in medical curricula." Published September 1, 2022.
- The Medical Post. "The new climate curriculum." Published December 1, 2020.
- National Post. "Canadian medical students call for better education on health and climate change." Published January 11, 2020.
- The Lancet Planetary Health. "Training Canadian doctors for the health challenges of climate change." Published January 7, 2020.
- BC's The Province. "Medical students take a stand on climate change." Published September 16, 2019.
- CMAJ Blogs: "The Future of Climate Change: The HEART Initiative." Published June 24, 2019.
- CFMS Annual Review 2019: "Accountable for our patients & our planet," page 12-13. Published April 2019.
- CMAJ News: "Why aren't more doctors talking about climate change?" Published March 12, 2019.
- CMAJ News: "Medical students call for more education on climate change." Published: February 19, 2019.
Social Media Campaigns
- Earth Day Photo Contest 2023
- Political Advocacy Campaign in support of Bill C-226, in collaboration with CCECJ and the Enrich Project, April 2022
- Earth Day 2021 Health benefits of nature photo contest
- Virtual CaRMS Carbon Footprint Campaign. >27,000 Twitter impressions.
- Earth Day 2020 Advocacy Campaign (Message to our Leaders/Connecting with Nature during COVID19). >34,000 Twitter impressions.
- Fridays for Future Medical Students. Sept 2019.
- Earth Week 2019.
- Earth Day Photo Contest, 2018