Webinar: The health equity impacts of a changing climate part 2: Communicating and change-making
This event took place in English.
This webinar, presented in partnership with the Ontario Public Health Association, explores opportunities for public health staff to engage in a larger movement for a just and sustainable future. Speakers will also reflect on how to communicate about climate change as a significant health and health equity issue.
Speakers:
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| Pemma Muzumdar, Knowledge Translation Specialist, NCCDH | Dr. Courtney Howard, Past President of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment | Helen Doyle, Environmental Health Workgroup Chair, Ontario Public Health Association |
Courtney Howard, past president of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, will reflect on her substantial experience communicating about climate change as a significant local and global health issue.
Drawing from "Targeted change making for a healthy recovery" (2020), Howard’s presentation will share evidence for successful change-making in the context of planetary health. She will also identify opportunities for public health actors to listen to and mobilize Indigenous Knowledges, collaborate across sectors and prioritize social equity in their communications and change-making efforts.
Helen Doyle, chair of OPHA’s Environmental Health Workgroup, will speak to the design and implementation of #MakeItBetter, a health-based climate communications campaign. This campaign is currently in its a second phase and has integrated an explicit focus on the health equity impacts of a changing climate.
Doyle will reflect on lessons learned, the relationships that have been developed as a result of the campaign and opportunities to adapt and develop similar equity-focused climate change campaigns in other jurisdictions.
Who should attend this webinar?
- Health equity–focused staff
- Health risk communication specialists
- Public health staff at all levels who are interested in influencing health-in-all policies and contributing to a just and sustainable future
Related resources
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| "Targeted change making for a healthy recovery" (2020) | |
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| #MakeItBetter campaign | NCCDH resources: climate change and health equity |
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Spécialiste du transfert des connaissances
Pemma Muzumdar carbure à l’idée d’améliorer le mieux-être et la santé sur la Terre, en particulier chez les personnes qui, en raison des relations causales entre différents facteurs, subissent la marginalisation et l’exclusion.
Pemma travaille à divers projets avec les six Centres de collaboration nationale (CCN) en santé publique depuis 2011. Elle s’occupe d’enrichir et de diffuser les connaissances ainsi que de créer des réseaux et des ressources afin d’améliorer les démarches des acteurs du domaine de la santé publique. Pemma détient une maîtrise en santé publique de l’Université de Waterloo depuis 2010, et elle cumule une longue expérience des communications scientifiques, de présentation de conférences, d’animation de groupes, d’apprentissage en équipe et de développement organisationnel. Avant d’entrer au service des CCN, Pemma avait contribué positivement aux équipes dynamiques du Centre des sciences de l’Ontario, de Canal D (Canada), du Centre de formation et de consultation de la Stratégie Ontario sans fumée, de TakingITGlobal et du Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute du St Michael’s Hospital.
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