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Conference Agenda

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
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
Professor Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health and Equity, Ethics and Policy, 涩里番

Leslie Fellows, Vice Principal, Health Affairs and Dean, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences - 涩里番
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, 涩里番
Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, 涩里番
Panelists:

Eric Lavigne, Senior Epidemiologist, Air Health Science Division, Health Canada
Sarah Henderson,听Scientific Director of Environmental Health Services at the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and the Scientific Director of the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health (NCCEH)听
Vincent Agyapong, Professor of Psychiatry and Global Mental Health, and Head, Department of Psychiatry at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia
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 涩里番, Associate Member of the 涩里番 School of Environment and of the Department of Equity Ethics and Policy
Canada Research Chair in Global Environmental Health and Epidemiology
Panelists:
Katie Hayes, Climate Change and Mental Health Independent Researcher
Eric Lavigne, Senior Epidemiologist, Air Health Science Division, Health Canada
Nick Ogden, Senior Research Scientist and Director of Public Health Risk Sciences Division, Public Health Agency of Canada
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, 涩里番
Assistant Professor, Department of Equity, Ethics, and Policy at the School of Population and Global Health
Panelists:

Brian Robinson,听听Associate Professor, Department of Geography, 涩里番, Bieler School on Environment Member听
Marianne Hatzopoulou,听 Professor of Civil and Mineral Engineering,听University of Toronto, Canada Research Chair in Transport Decarbonization and Air Quality
Eric Kennedy, Associate Professor, Disaster & Emergency Management,听School of Administrative Studies, York University
Brenda Parlee, Professor, Bieler Chair in Northern Climate Change and Sustainability,听涩里番听

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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
Panelists:
Sarah Mohamed,听Research coordinator and consultant , Black Community Resource Centre (BCRC)听

Sarah Munoz - Project manager, Coalition montr茅alaise des tables de quartier
Anne-Sara Briand, Physician in charge of climate change, Direction r茅gionale de sant茅 publique de Montr茅al (DRSP)
Hannah Brais, Head of Research,听 Old Brewery Mission
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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