Underscoring the "Critical Links between Human and Animal Health" the Global Development Symposium will explore interdisciplinary approaches to improving public health and food security while empowering communities for lasting change. For more information go to: ttp://www.ovc150.ca/en/celebrate/Global_Dev_Sym_2012.asp
Climate Change and Waterborne Illness in the Canadian North, March 13th, 2012
The Nunavut Research Institute is inviting to a discussion group on Climate Change and Waterborne Illness in the Canadian North.
This one day event will bring together experts, stakeholders and interested groups in order to exchange information, discuss issues, inspire new ideas, and inform future research. This dialogue is organized in partnership with the IHACC Arctic Team. The discussion will take place on March 13th, 2012 in the Nunavut Research Institute in Iqaluit, Nunavut. For more information, contact Philip Baker at bakerp@uoguelph.ca or Jamal Shirley at jamal.shirley@arcticcollege.ca
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) press breakfast in Vancouver
Sherilee Harper has been invited to the upcoming AAAS press breakfast in Vancouver, February 17 , 2012. For more information on this activity go to: http://science.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=en&n=5BDCEC0B-1
International Polar Year (IPY) 2012 Conference, Montreal April 22-27 2012
The Arctic team will be doing three Poster presentation at the IPY 2012: 1. Harper, S.L., V.L. Edge, J. Ford, K. Thomas, S.A. McEwen. April 2012. “Indigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change: Burden of Self-Reported Acute Gastrointestinal Illness in Canadian Inuit. 2. Harper, S.L., V.L. Edge, J. Ford, M. Wood, A. Cunsolo Willox, S.A. McEwen. April 2012. “Indigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change: Climate-Related Health Priorities in Nunatsiavut, Canada” and, 3. Harper, S.L., V.L. Edge, J. Ford, S.A. McEwen. April 2012. “Indigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change: Using Scenario Analysis to Prepare for Climate Change Impacts on Waterborne Disease in Nunatsiavut, Canada.” For more information on the IPY 2012 go to http://www.ipy2012montreal.ca/
James Ford and Irene Hofmeijer present during the First International IHACC course in Lima Peru
From November 9-11, 2011 the McGill IHACC team and the IHACC team at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) came together to host the First International Climate Change and Health Outcome Course and Workshop in Lima, Peru. This was the first course on health and climate change ever offered at UPCH. The 3 day series covered (a) Climate Change Vulnerability and it’s Conceptual Evolution (James Ford); (b) Vulnerability Assessment Frameworks (James Ford); (c) Vulnerability Methods (James Ford); (d) Climate Change and Food Security (Marie-Pierre Lardeau); (e) Vulnerability Studies in Action (James Ford).
Twenty nine participants (14 ales and 15 females) attended the lectures from different disciplines (medicine, administration, nursing, psychology, veterinary and others) and from different sectors: UPCH, Universidad de San Marcos, Universidad National Agraria la Molina, Ministry of Agriculture and National Service of Meteorology and Hidrography. A complete English syllabus is available on this website. For information in Spanish, http://www.upch.edu.pe/faspa/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=488:salud-vulnerabilidad-adaptacion-cambio-climatico&catid=26:evento-faspa.
An important outcome of this activity was the creation of a discussion space with officials from the Peruvian Ministry of Agriculture responsible for drafting and implementing the National plan of risk management and adaptation to climate change in the agricultural sector. Information will be shared and adaptations plans for IHACC communities will be prepared in collaboration with them.