Landed at #COP30! Found @wgagnon.bsky.social, sustainable health systems engineer extraordinaire & a tasty plantain fish dish. Looking forward to marching for a #healthyfuture today! Let us know if you have any COP queries 🤓 @powerwellbeing.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social @cmadocs.bsky.social

Taking a strategic #wellbeing break on the beaches of Rio before #COP30 🌊☀️ Like in the ER, one of my biggest responsibilities in leading @gchalliance.bsky.social & @powerwellbeing.bsky.social is to show up centered, ready to buffer intense emotions. Beautiful that #Nature helps you protect nature 🤓

Exciting news! 🌞 It’s NWT’s turn to nominate someone to be President-Elect of @cmadocs.bsky.social— & I’m honoured to be confirmed as our sole candidate. #NWT members vote Nov 19-Dec 3rd. Grateful for an opportunity to bring a voice from the North to 🇨🇦’s conversation. ❄️💙 youtu.be/QYQKhrdEgFc?...

Getting set for a strong winter with Kathy Shearing’a gentle hands administering COVID-19 & Flu vaccines! Happy to head off feeling safer than when I arrived. 🤓 @nwtmedassociation @power.wellbeing #vaccinessavelives

Le 6 octobre, Journée d’action nationale pour la santé planétaire, découvrez des solutions pratiques en santé pour faire face aux changements climatiques lors d’un webinaire animé par David Suzuki : ow.ly/pesZ50WXvcA @cape-acme.bsky.social @drmelissalem.bsky.social @courtghoward.bsky.social

October 6 is the the first ever National Day of Action on Planetary Health. Learn how to implement practical solutions to address climate change in health care in webinar hosted by David Suzuki: ow.ly/pesZ50WXvcA @cape-acme.bsky.social @drmelissalem.bsky.social @courtghoward.bsky.social

Learn how to implement practical solutions to address #climatechange in health care. Register for the Oct. 6 webinar hosted by David Suzuki and other health care leaders: ow.ly/pesZ50WXvcA @cape-acme.bsky.social @drmelissalem.bsky.social @courtghoward.bsky.social#climatechange#MedEd #Med#MedEd

A group of N.W.T. doctors, lawyers and water rights experts say treated oilsands tailings cannot be released without complete evidence and studies on downstream health impacts of pollutants. @courtghoward.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Today, Canada recognises the State of Palestine.   My statement: www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...

Big week for #climatehealth! I'll be discussing our commentary, "Research as reconciliation: #oilsands & health" published today in CMAJ at the global launch of @GCHAlliance's Cradle-to-grave report on #fossilfuels #planetaryhealth @canadahealthwatch.ca 👉read: www.cmaj.ca/content/197/... 👇register

🌡️ When temp. rises, Americans — esp. those with less money & education — consume ➕sugary beverages & frozen desserts. "Another example where climate-related changes appear to magnify existing health inequalities" - @courtghoward.bsky.social 👉 apnews.com/article/heat... by @borenbears.bsky.social

🔥"Rates of heart attack & cardiac arrest also increase after a couple of days of [#wildfire smoke] exposure. So don't just attribute that feeling of heaviness in your chest to asthma," said @courtghoward.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#ERs are having trouble keeping their doors open due to a national shortage of docs. In #Yellowknife, our referral center is 1000km away by air. We can't close. Happy to describe NTHSSA's successful policy experiment: asking docs to bid for open shifts.Starts at 10:20 www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

At some point over Covid, my girls, who could already read, asked me what the ironing board was for. Glad to be clearing it up for them :-) #Yellowknife #LifelongLearning #ThanksMom

First-of-its-kind rapid study: Last week’s European heat wave killed 1,500 ppl. 👉"Without burning oil, coal & gas, they wouldn't have died” - co-author @frediotto.bsky.social 👉"Reducing fossil fuel use is health care”- @courtghoward.bsky.social apnews.com/article/heat... by @borenbears.bsky.social

@drmelissalem.bsky.social @courtghoward.bsky.social @scan-ottawa.bsky.social @cafesottawa.bsky.social @fridaysforfuture.bsky.social #AirQuality #ClimateChange #ClimateHealth #ClimateAction www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

With demand for doctors exceeding supply, the market has changed and the #NWT has fallen behind. Local staff cannot fill gaps in the #ER schedule safely. We need the political will to emergently increase rates. July is looking dire. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Unprecedented level of solidarity between nurses & doctors calling for urgent policy change to ensure 24/7 in-person #ER coverage for Stanton territorial hospital. Proud to work shoulder-to-shoulder with some of the nursing profession’s finest in service of the health of the #NWT & #Nunavut.

The longer I work on #planetaryhealth, the more it's clear that if we want longterm #wellbeing for all--we need to make that the explicit goal of our society & center it in our metrics, policies & narratives. Join us! @powerwellbeing.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social @kateraworth.bsky.social

Fast-track licensing for U.S. doctors and nurses expected soon: BC Ministry of Health https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/06/20/bc-health-care-us-doctors-nurses-licensing-fast-track-soon/ 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Post-Day shift, Pre-evening shift. Biked there and back, mostly beside lakes. If you come do an #ER locum in #Yellowknife in July—My canoe is your canoe. You want a #Planetaryhealth briefing? We’ll do it on the dock in the sun. Come play 🤓 #PracticeNWT #NWTMA

I feel like any impostor syndrome I might still have had just went away all at once. Do big things, Friends. Please. Look who is in power right now. You will be better. “Unlikely Trump-Musk bromance implodes in real time over social media” www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

I'm putting together a giant multidisciplinary grant application. It involves asking coauthors which academic papers changed their life, & inform their approach. It's a fun question for nerds. What paper changed the course of your life? I'll go first: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Am I the only one who finds it slightly galling that premiers are pitching major projects to an open-eared prime minister right now -- including pipelines -- as a province burns around them and people are forced to evacuate????? As a result of wildfires which are exacerbated by climate change???

“This is my summer of awakening. My tipping point. The challenge becomes how to “be well” in this new #climate-disrupted place” Interviewed for this beauty by Yellowknifer Laurie Sarkadi. #canada #wildfires @gchalliance.bsky.social @powerwellbeing.bsky.social canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the...

Workers in the oil & gas sector increasingly face dangerous working conditions brought on by extreme heat. The Biden administration issued a rule mandating that, when temps exceed 80F, employers must provide water & rest breaks. The O&G industry is lobbying Trump to reverse the rule.

In #Calgary gearing up for #CWIMGather. Catching up on emails about #wildfires & #ER staffing, #sustainablehealthcare & grant writing. Busy. & then the young Barrista told me she's trying to get into med school. I teared up. Told her I can't imagine a better way to spend a life. Busy. & ++Grateful.

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

The military emissions gap -1st piece in our new series by @damiengayle.bsky.social Exclusive: Nato rearmament could increase greenhouse gas emissions by 200m tonnes a year. Latest global arms race looks set to worsen the climate crisis causing even more conflict www.theguardian.com/environment/...

So pleased to meet @courtghoward.bsky.social in person for the first time! Her work on power-informed climate change & health advocacy is very inspiring and gives me hope!

“Any kind of changemaking you’ll do will be a little bit lonely.” Thank you @courtghoward.bsky.social for bringing Planetary Health so powerfully & beautifully to #ICEM2025 and making me and many others feel hopeful, motivated, and very much less alone.

Boasty post-we have the BEST local media in Yellowknife! Accolades are well deserved, Cabin [email protected] does a great job for us.

First spring #cycling swoop away from the #ER after an evening shift. One of my favourite parts about #PracticeNWT. Huge thanks to wonderful colleagues for pitching in this week-end, & for sweet community support. ❤️

“Not evidence based!” My 11-year-old just exclaimed this to my 13-year-old during their after-dinner conversation. I have no idea what they’re talking about but I’m very happy :) #NerdMomWin

Please enjoy these shelter pups reacting to getting a kiss. Some are bashful, some have butterflies, and all deserve approximately 10 million more. 14/10 for all

Happy to share our latest Indigenous Peoples-focused perspective paper: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @westernuresearch.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social @courtghoward.bsky.social @samrawitg.bsky.social

Touché. Before we blame the kids for their phone use, time to reflect on our own.

I feel like we all learned a lot today. Next time someone tells me I am “nice” I’m going to nod blandly and be glad my strategic approach is being celebrated.

Reporter: I was watching your face during the meeting.. what was going through your mind when the President talked about erasing the border.. Carney: I’m glad that you couldn’t tell what was going through my mind Reporter: Oh I could

Important discussion on @60minutes.bsky.social tonight about the necessity of independence of the legal profession. Listen to more from John Keker of @kekerllp.bsky.social.

The people you do hard things with, play with, raise your kids with. A privilege. #RuralMedicine #NWT #NationalPhysiciansDay @cmadocs.bsky.social

An important & under-recognized component of healthcare in a time of misinformation? Excellent journalism. Props to @olliewilliams.bsky.social at @cabinradio.ca for an incredibly thorough & sensible article. @picardonhealth.bsky.social @canadahealthwatch.ca cabinradio.ca/234368/news/...

Photojournalist @amberbracken.bsky.social has earned a National Magazine Award nomination for these intimate portraits of residents of Fort Chipewyan, Alta., who told her about their experiences — and fears — downstream from toxic oilsands tailings ponds. thenarwhal.ca/national-mag...

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This makes me happy :) You can tell a lot about someone by the way they dance. I initiated a key hire years ago based on a dance floor memory & once set a couple up based on how they #dance. They're still married & have three kids. Some good love of life here 🇨🇦 #Canada www.tiktok.com/@cbcnews/vid...

Decided to go with roast chickpeas in the “healthier choices for stress eating” recipe category. #Canada

Great start to the day! Happy voting, #Canada ❤️🇨🇦

We always think it’s someone else, somewhere else, who is making history. But we sit at a tipping point in both our ecological foundation & the social fabric of society. #Canada is a middle power, but we have played a leadership role on the world stage before & we can again. Let’s make good choices.

NWT doctors back call for separate nurses’ bargaining unit cabinradio.ca/233314/news/... @ollienwt.bsky.social @courtghoward.bsky.social 𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁