May 12, 2025: From Extreme Events to Emerging Threats: Translating Climate and Health Research into Actionable Solution
This one-day conference will examine how climate and health can be used to frame both challenges and solutions. We will explore the health impacts of both climate change disasters and emerging threats, and engage in discussions with both policy actors and community groups about the latest innovations and technologies being used to mitigate the consequences that climate change has on public health and wellbeing.
| TIME | EVENT | PRESENTERS |
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| 8:00-9:00 | Registration + Coffee听 | 听 |
| 9:00-9:30 | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
Jill Baumgartner,听听Inaugural Director, Centre for Climate Change and Health Leslie Fellows, Vice Principal, Health Affairs and Dean, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences - 91社区 |
| 9:30-11:00 | Panel 1: From Extreme Events to Action: Safeguarding Health Against Heatwaves and Wildfires |
Moderator and Panelist: Scott Weichenthal,听Associate Director Centre for Climate Change and Health, 91社区 Vincent Agyapong, Professor of Psychiatry and Global Mental Health, and Head, Department of Psychiatry at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Eric Lavigne, Research Scientist, Air Health Science Division, Health Canada
Scott Weichenthal, Associate Director Centre for Climate Change and Health, 91社区 |
| 11:00-11:15 | Mini-break | 听 |
| 11:15-12:45 | Panel 2: Long-term and emerging climate change impacts: Mental health, Aeroallergens, and Vector-Borne Diseases |
Moderator: Jonathan Chevrier,听Associate Professor of Epidemiology at 91社区, Associate Member of the 91社区 School of Environment and of the Department of Equity Ethics and Policy
Nick Ogden, Senior Research Scientist and Director of Public Health Risk Sciences Division, Public Health Agency of Canada
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| 12:45-13:45 | Lunch | 听 |
| 13:45-15:15 | Panel 3: Advancing climate solutions with equitable health co-benefits |
Moderator: Jura Augustinavicius,听Associate Director Centre for Climate Change and Health, 91社区 Eric Kennedy, Associate Professor, Disaster & Emergency Management, School of Administrative Studies, York University Brenda Parlee, Professor, Bieler Chair in Northern Climate Change and Sustainability, 91社区 Marianne Hatzopoulou, Professor of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada Research Chair in Transport Decarbonization and Air Quality Brian Robinson,听听Associate Professor, Department of Geography, 91社区, Bieler School on Environment Member听 |
| 15:15-15:30 | Mini-break | 听 |
| 15:30-17:00 | Panel 4: Community voices: real-world success stories and challenges of climate change resilience |
Moderator: Erin Hetherington, Director of Health Programs, Trottier Family Foundation
Sarah Munoz - Project manager, Coalition montr茅alaise des tables de quartier
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| 17:00-17:15 | Closing Remarks | Am茅lie Quesnel-Vall茅e,听Professor and Chair, Department of Equity, Ethics and Policy, Canada Research Chair in Policies and Health Inequalities, President, Canadian Population Society, Director, Consortium on Analytics for Data-Driven Decision making (CAnD3), Associate Scientific Director, D2R |
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