Connaught Global Challenge Award: The International Research Network for Climate Positive Care (IRNCPC) Seminar Series - Spring 2022
The Centre hosted a series of seminars, funded by the Connaught Global Challenge Award, to develop an International Research Network for Climate Positive Care (IRNCPC).
This seminar series aimed to provoke new thinking on critical issues relevant to climate positive health systems while engaging a wide range of disciplinary communities in considering research opportunities at the intersection of sustainability and healthcare. The seminar series was co-sponsored by the University of Toronto Centre for Sustainable Health Systems, CASCADES, and the School of the Environment; specific seminars were also co-sponsored by other field-specific units.
A playlist of available recordings of presentations is available here.
Please find below a list of the seminars that took place throughout the months of April and May 2022:
Anchor Institutions and Inter-Sectoral Action: Lessons from Hamilton presented by Jim Dunn, Professor & Chair, Department of Health, Aging, & Society, McMaster University. For more information please click here.
Ecological Economics, Health Economics and the Challenge of Creating a Climate Positive Health System presented by Martin Hensher, Professorial Research Fellow in Health Systems Sustainability at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania. For more information please click here.
Partnering with Communities for Healthy Environments: Moving from Theory to Practice presented by Antoine Boivin, Canada Research Chair in Partnership with Patients and Communities and Patricia Clermont, Citizen Partner & Independent Strategic Analyst, with reflections by Rebecca Ganann, Assistant Professor (Tenure track), School of Nursing, McMaster University. Co-hosted by the ONTARIO SPOR SUPPORT UNIT. For more information please click here.
Bioethics in the Anthropocene presented by Andrew Jameton, Affiliate Faculty, Center for Bioethics. University of Minnesota. Co-hosted by the University of Toronto Centre for Bioethics. For more information please click here.
Sustainable Plastics vs. Sustainable Health Systems presented by Michael Shaver, Professor of Polymer Science School of Natural Sciences, University of Manchester. Co-hosted by the University of Toronto Low-Carbon Renewable Materials Center. For more information please click here.