Dr. Melissa Lem
@Melissa_Lem
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Roaming family doctor | President @CAPE_ACME | #PaRx Director @bcparksfdn | Medical columnist @cbcnewsbc | Clinical assis't prof @UBCMedicine | Opinions my own
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As mothers, and Canadians, we have a unique responsibility—and ability—to rapidly move our country in a healthier direction on climate change. My latest
@thenarwhalca
, with contributions from
@ElizabethMay
and Sarika Cullis-Suzuki.
@CAPE_Doctors
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Yesterday a group of white, male academics disinvited me from their conference after I asked for equitable treatment as the other invited keynote speakers, who also happened to be white and male.
A 🧵 on sexism and discrimination in academia:
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Lessons learned:
Do your due diligence when someone requests your time and expertise.
Don’t hesitate to reach out to colleagues to double-check that you’re being offered equal compensation for equal service.
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Be wary of being the “token” anything—because you stand a real chance of angering the patriarchy once you start asking for the equitable treatment you deserve.
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Women deserve better and must demand better.
Men in positions of power must be better allies.
Because when women win, all of society wins too.
Thank you to every single one of the men in my life who understands + champions that, and the women who keep fighting the good fight.
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Less than 24 hours after my request for equity, they uninvited me from being a keynote speaker on the basis of my CV being subpar.
This despite the fact that my headshot and profile were already displayed front and centre on the conference website—and remain there today.
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I was both surprised and not, because this follows a pattern of pervasive bias that crosses disciplines.
It’s a fact that women, and racialized women in academia in particular, experience a significant pay gap compared to their white male counterparts.
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Believe it or not, my last e-mail to the person who fired me from this “prestigious” conference read:
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Thank you for informing me about your decision.
All the best with the conference in ◾️◾️◾️,
Melissa
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Because no matter how things roll, you should always try to be kind.
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I realize the immense privilege I have as a physician—and the fact that they felt they could treat a professional colleague with such disdain makes me furious for women who are less privileged, and encounter sexism, racism and other forms of discrimination every day.
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Thankfully this will have little impact on my career or income, because neither depends on giving talks.
But I can’t help but think that if I were trying to climb the academic ladder and wanted to appease these powerful men, I might’ve just put my head down and done it.
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To make a long story short, they offered to cover my registration fees only, but extended my international (white, male) fellow keynote speakers the same, plus travel and accommodation expenses—which I only discovered when I reached out to the others directly.
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When I asked for equal compensation, the scientific co-chair (who had formally invited me and the other “distinguished” speakers to the conference over a month ago, cc’ing many “friends”) replied saying they had now decided my academic credentials were in fact substandard.
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Some background:
I’m a mom and family physician who works in a fee-for-service practice, which means that if I’m not seeing patients in clinic, I don’t get paid.
I’ve been the primary wage earner, and at times the only wage earner, in my family for over a decade.
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Outside of my day job as a doctor, I do heaps of mostly pro bono work for climate and nature causes with amazing organizations I love. Because I’m inundated with requests, I have to carefully consider what I say yes to if it affects our family’s finances or time together.
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So when the scientific co-chairs of an international conference happening in 🇨🇦 next year reached out requesting that I deliver a keynote on nature and health (on the recommendation of some well-respected clinical and academic MDs), I was honoured. And asked for more details.
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Though I hold a clinical faculty appointment, I don’t have the luxury of an academic position where I get paid a guaranteed salary, or have my conference travel or other expenses covered through institutional or grant funding.
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As we met virtually and e-mailed back and forth, I was excited about the chance to connect with and inspire a new, scientific, global audience with our work, and decided it would be worth the carbon and lost income to attend in person.
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All this
#TheSuicideSquad
buzz brings back memories of shooting scenes with Will, Margot et al. on the first film, and running back to my trailer between takes to nurse my 5-month-old baby. Thanks
@DavidAyerMovies
for letting a new mom in on the fun.
#artismedicine
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“We call them people from the sacrifice zone.”
“Respiratory conditions and persistent coughs were also reported...They observed elevated incidence of advanced-stage cancer in younger people and reported industry workers dying of cancer in their late 20s.”
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Best lunch meeting ever.
A treat + honour to meet the lovely
@DrAmirKhanGP
—UK MD + best-selling author,
@GMB
star and nature-health kindred spirit—at Kits Beach today. So much common ground + inspiration for
@bcparksfdn
's
#PaRx
. Enjoy
#beautifulBC
!
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@WorldForests
Because you've identified yourself, I will respond below.
I'm so sorry this is playing out this way, because I respect many of the colleagues who were not involved in the decision to disinvite me, and do not want their reputations to be harmed by association.
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BREAKING:
@CMA_Docs
becomes the first national physicians’ association in the world to endorse nature prescribing, through
@bcparksfdn
’s
#PaRx
, to support health and biodiversity, at
#COP15
.
#healthybynature
@AlikaMD
@s_guilbeault
@jyduclos
@CAPE_ACME
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80% of households in 🇨🇦 get refunded more 💰 than they pay in carbon taxes.
1 in 7 people in 🇨🇦 die prematurely from fossil fuel air pollution.
@JustinTrudeau
's commitment to 📈 carbon pricing is the right choice for our wallets and our health.
@CAPE_ACME
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@WorldForests
"It was then decided that there was no ground for cooperation with Dr. Melissa Lem."
It sounds as if my polite request for equity was what made you rescind your invitation, not the committee's decision my credentials were unsuitable, which contradicts the e-mail you sent me.
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@WorldForests
No matter what your intentions or beliefs, I think it's safe to say that the optics of expecting the sole racialized, female speaker to pay her own way to your conference when others were offered more are unfortunate.
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@WorldForests
In any case, I've learned some lessons from this experience and hope others have too.
All the best with the conference in Sherbrooke.
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@WorldForests
I believe it was completely fair for me to request travel and accommodation expenses, in light of the new information I received. And I actually never retracted my offer to present—you did.
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@WorldForests
I then politely requested that you reconsider giving me a lesser offer, and within 3 hours the conference owner, mistakenly cc'ing me, wrote to the coordinator (translated from Greek):
"I will answer her tomorrow. She will not be a speaker."
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"She says B.C. had seen only three heat-related deaths in the past three to five years before the heat wave."
719 deaths. The
#ClimateEmergency
has caused its first mass casualty event in Canada. Tears in my eyes, resolve in my heart.
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@WorldForests
One hour later, you wrote to me saying that "we" had evaluated the final program, and because my academic credentials were not strong enough, you were retracting the offer for me to be a keynote speaker, despite having my image + profile as part of your promotional materials.
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@WorldForests
Note that the other speaker from Canada lives a 3.5-hour drive from Sherbrooke, while I am a 5-hour flight away. Also, being an academic, he would likely have been able to claim his travel expenses, and continued to collect a salary while attending, unlike me.
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@WorldForests
Contrary to what is indicated in your statement, you did not confirm an offer of a keynote speech in your 2024 conference.
You said that if I paid the >$600 registration fee, and flew out to the conference to meet you in person, that maybe you would offer me the keynote.
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@WorldForests
First, I was asked more than once by your committee to confirm my participation asap, as you wanted to begin advertising the conference.
I had asked about speaker fees and travel reimbursement, but did not receive an answer, so assumed at least the latter would be covered.
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@WorldForests
So here is the e-mail I wrote to you, shortly after you requested my publicity materials again.
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@WorldForests
So I reached out, and received confirmation from at least one of them, and you, that their costs would be covered. Incidentally, both of the speakers I reached out to said my request for travel and accommodation expense coverage was fully justified.
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Up bright & early at 6 am to talk
#wildfiresmoke
with
@davidcommon
@cbcsunday
today.
Final thought:
We must end
#fossilfuel
expansion, subsidies + ads in 🇨🇦 to stop pouring fuel on the fire.
Sign
@CAPE_ACME
's petition with
@jwaldag
:
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Leftover treats
@BCFerries
staff gave my kid on a late-night sailing home yesterday as I was managing a medical emergency.
Of the 4 physicians who answered the call, it was the family doc with rural ER experience who ended up in charge. Forever grateful to have that skill set.
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Update: My photo has thankfully been removed from the website.
But now there is a new photo of a racialized woman on the home page indicating she is the "Co-Chair" of the Organizing Committee, a position that did not appear to exist prior to today. Curious about this addition.
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@BenjaminmLatta
No, it was in another province, requiring a multi-hour flight across the country.
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NEW RESEARCH: 1 in 8 cases of pediatric asthma in the US is linked to indoor air pollution from gas stoves.
1 in 8.
If that isn't motivation for us to get gas out of buildings and homes in BC and across Canada, I don't know what is.
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As BC burns, 500+ physicians + nurses across 🇨🇦 are issuing a public health advisory on
#LNG
.
It’s time for the BC Government to stop fuelling the fires.
Press release:
Learn more + take action here:
@CAPE_ACME
@CANE_ACIIE
#bcpoli
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@WorldForests
When you mentioned that no speakers would be receiving speaker fees, I accepted that despite having always received payment for keynote address, wanting to live up to my commitment to participate.
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Dr. Eilish Cleary was one of the first physicians in 🇨🇦 to raise the alarm about the human health risks of
#fracking
and
#glyphosate
.
Many think she was fired as Chief MOH of NB for her advocacy.
Honouring her heroic commitment to
#publichealth
.
@CAPE_ACME
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@WorldForests
After I suggested giving my presentation virtually (donating my personal time and lost income), I gave more thought to the situation + realized it was unlikely that the other distinguished speakers who lived far from Sherbrooke would be paying their own way to attend.
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@WorldForests
I then replied to this e-mail, asking if you were rescinding the offer for me to speak at your conference.
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@WorldForests
Here was your reply, indicating that you still wanted me to provide my keynote virtually, with no guarantee of travel and accommodation expenses like the other speakers who had to travel from afar.
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Packing to head to work in Yellowknife, via
@CMA_Docs
Health Summit in Ottawa to talk sustainable healthcare, thinking: I shouldn't bring anything nice in case I have to evacuate without it.
Will not see my family until September.
I hate
#climatechange
.
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@WorldForests
Thank you. Please take a look at my responses that reply directly to your posted statement.
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As someone who has voted for or donated to every major political party, it is from a 100% non-partisan perspective that I say: if the provincial NDP council disqualifies
@AnjaliApp
tomorrow this will be profoundly undemocratic + disenfranchise 1000s of voters.
#LetHerRun
#bcpoli
NEW - BC NDP Leadership Chief Electoral Officer Elizabeth Cull is recommending Anjali Appadurai be disqualified from the leadership race to replace John Horgan. If the provincial council approves the recommendation tomorrow, David Eby will become BC’s next premier.
#bcpoli
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From falling in love with wildlife spotting as an inner-city kid in Bradford, to the importance of family time outdoors and the healing power of gardening and nature,
@DrAmirKhanGP
covered it all with wit, compassion and humour.
Definitely worth a read.
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"There is no defence for promoting fossil fuel products in a
#ClimateEmergency
."
Pleased to stand alongside
@SamanthaGreenTO
+
@HMoloo
in this call for a
#fossilfuel
ad ban in 🇨🇦.
Sign
@CAPE_ACME
's parliamentary petition:
@jwaldag
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That moment when your childhood hero invites you for coffee.
Great conversation with Dr. David Suzuki today about
💪 the power of the health voice for change-making
🌱 grand/parenting the nextgen of advocates
🌲 healthy policy on nature + toxics
+ more.
Excited for next steps.
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"
#Naturalgas
is not clean, it's not affordable, and it's harming our health and the health of the planet."
Great to speak with
@CBCStephenQuinn
today about
@CompBureau
's new investigation into
#fossilfuel
#greenwashing
following
@CAPE_ACME
's complaint.
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Today was a big day: Canada's National
#ClimateChange
Adaptation Strategy was released.
Pleased to offer
@CAPE_ACME
's congratulations in person to
@s_guilbeault
on the collaborative, thoughtful process that led to this world-leading plan.
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@SenRosaGalvez
So sorry to hear this
@SenRosaGalvez
. But excelling far beyond them in your career has the best clapback possible!
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In this jaw-dropping exposé,
@StefanLabbe
shows how
@FortisBC
had damning sections removed from an "independent"
#BCGov
report, then sent it to cities across BC to justify expanding gas infrastructure.
Greenwashing like this should be illegal.
@CAPE_ACME
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Listen to the scientists, chefs + MDs: This is is one of the best pieces I've ever seen on the health risks of gas stoves, and the huge upsides for your family and the 🌍 of choosing induction. Fantastic coverage
@CBCNews
—glad to participate.
@CAPE_ACME
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Now this is impressive.
Key findings from
@UrbanFeng
+
@ProfAstellBurt
's new study:
1. Increasing urban 🌳 canopy to 30%+ could drop ❤️-related healthcare costs by almost $20M per 100,000 adults
2. Trees have major health + economy co-benefits
Full paper:
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The new TMX pipeline is now operating, triggering a major increase in tankers in Burrard Inlet.
But a credible emergency response plan to protect human health + safety if a major oil spill happens in Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet does not exist.
@CAPE_ACME
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"Our results found that British Columbians had significantly higher
#climatechange
anxiety following the 2021 Western North American
#heatdome
."
Congrats
@andreabratu
et al for publishing this important study—glad to be a co-author.
@CAPE_ACME
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Landmark day in the
#HoC
.
#Fossilfuel
advertising + greenwashing misinform Canadians and obstruct our progress towards a
#healthyfuture
.
Thanks
@CharlieAngusNDP
for your leadership.
Now let's get this bill passed—just like 🇫🇷 and Amsterdam have.
@CAPE_ACME
.
@CharlieAngusNDP
introduced Bill
#C372
in the
#HoC
.
The full text of the Bill will be available later today:
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🚨BREAKING NEWS: Today,
@CAPE_ACME
and
@CANE_AIIE
launch our Unnatural Gas campaign about the serious health and climate harms LNG and fracking are causing within BC.
Press release:
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Fascinating new study from Finland associating time in nature with reduced need for some medications.
Great to see the
@CNN
Chasing Life podcast I recorded with
@drsanjaygupta
mentioned too!
Listen here:
@bcparksfdn
@CAPE_ACME
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How it started . . . How it's going.
@NaomiAKlein
, the second book of yours we're reading together is even more motivating than the first. Thank you for inspiring generations of youth and adults to fight for
#climatejustice
.
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As a climate + health advocate, I've met multiple times with both
@AnjaliApp
and
@Dave_Eby
. I was truly excited about the prospect of hearing both of them present their visions for a
#healthyfuture
during the
@bcndp
leadership race.
What a disappointing day for democracy.
#bcpoli
It's over.
@AnjaliApp
has been disqualified.
I think when the Executive voted at the top of the meeting that it didn't even want to hear
@AnjaliApp
's response to the accusations, it was 100% obvious which way this would go.
An unfair end to a grossly unfair process.
#bcpoli
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"We call on Premier
@jjhorgan
and Prime Minister
@JustinTrudeau
to immediately intervene to end these actions that are restricting access to medication and causing harm to health.”
@CAPE_ACME
press release supporting Wet'suwet'en people and their allies. End the violence now.
#PressRelease
#media
Canadian doctors express solidarity with Wet’suwet’en; concern for the impacts of restricted access and arrests on health
#Canada
#Health
#BritishColumbia
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"[Carbon] pollution from the vast Athabasca oil sands in 🇨🇦 exceed industry-reported emissions...by a staggering 1900% to over 6300%."
This is the diametric opposite of fine.
To protect health, expansion of the
#fossilfuel
industry must end now.
@CAPE_ACME
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One of the best things about this work is the friends you make.
Grateful + proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with these brave, wise and compassionate women of
@CAPE_ACME
at
#CMAHealthSummit
today.
Thank you
@CMA_Docs
for the chance to teach + inspire action on
#planetaryhealth
.
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Burst into tears at this video. Went for a run to Jericho Beach this morning in Kits. Danger signs up, huge delta carved into formerly flat sand, beautiful old willow down, massive driftwood everywhere. If this isn't
#solastalgia
, I don't know what is. We need
#climateaction
now.
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One of my greatest joys these past 2 years has been watching my child and his friends grow up together on the trails, by the beach, under the trees. Grateful for a nature-filled weekend, and wishing you a week ahead full of this kind of energy.
#healthybynature
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#MothersDay
weekend: no better time to stand up for
#planetaryhealth
with fellow moms, MDs, allies and those we care for. Because
#fossilfuel
expansion projects have no place on a heating planet.
#hugthemountain
#StopTMX
#healthyfuture
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Could not believe my eyes when I saw this bus roll by on my way home from representing
@CAPE_ACME
at today's BC
#ClimateEmergency
Campaign annual Progress Report.
Greenwashing like this should be illegal.
And we're working on it.
🧵Was very pleased to join these amazing people at today's release of the BC Climate Emergency Campaign's annual Progress Report, evaluating BC's actions to confront the climate crisis. Press release here:
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"Simply put, this is green washing at its finest."
Investing in home infrastructure for fracked and renewable
#naturalgas
in BC is a climate dead-end. Thanks
@CBCEarlyEdition
for having
@nikkilaes
+ me on today to talk healthy energy policy.
@CAPE_ACME
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Stellar move, people of
@cityoftoronto
.
@oliviachow
: Toronto's first mayor of Asian descent, with a proven track record of prioritizing
#activetransportation
,
#publictransit
and equity. Historic day for my hometown.
#healthyfuture
#RepresentationMatters
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"Their collective + consistent message is distilled in this statement:
'
#Climatechange
is the greatest threat we have to our collective health.'"
And tackling it is our greatest chance to improve health.
Great new
@GovCanHealth
report featuring many of my
#planetaryhealth
heroes.
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🚨 BREAKING:
@CAPE_ACME
, along with other health, education, youth and community partners, scores major wins in its campaign to ban
#fossilfuel
promotion in BC schools.
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Regained resilience at Spanish Banks Beach in
#Vancouver
tonight after a long shift—grateful that nature is open 24/7.
#COVID19
is teaching us that all Canadians must have access to safe, abundant nature no matter where they live.
#PhysicalDistancing
#healthybynature
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“
@Dave_Eby
has shown he’s willing to ensure the province leads the way when necessary – and we hope he will do the same with this urgent climate action.”
Let’s end gas in BC buildings.
My latest op-ed
@timescolonist
, with
@wazaroff
+
@itsliddie
.
@CAPE_ACME
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"The most bang-for-your-buck clean-air solution would be to 'do everything we can to end our dependence on fossil fuels so we stop driving
#climatechange
, which is creating wildfires.'"
Thanks for the interview
@Michelle_Gamage
@TheTyee
.
@CAPE_ACME
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"Treating patients sickened by summers of 🌲🔥 smoke + the heat dome has made it clear to me we cannot afford to delay
#climateaction
further."
Tomorrow
@CityofVancouver
votes on its parking plan.
Our health community calls on you to pass it.
@CAPE_ACME
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BC's wildfire season has begun, and
@cbcnewsbc
is covering it.
Essential actions to protect health:
🫁 use air purifiers + avoid gas stove use to keep indoor air clean
🏠 fire-smart your home
⛽️ Decrease fossil fuel use to slow down
#climatechange
Watch:
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Read this article today.
When I saw >3/4 of the world's top climate scientists saying Earth will warm >2.5C I cried, then thought about how to teach my kid survival skills.
#HappyMothersDay
to every mother who holds truth, hope and action in one breath.
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Wonderful to connect with
@BCGreens
Leader
@SoniaFurstenau
for a tea + oceanside chat today
@CanadaPlace
. Up for discussion:
✅ how to inspire
#climateaction
✅ mentoring the
#nextgen
of leaders
✅ politics and parenthood
#womenleading
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"
@CAPE_ACME
BC strongly supports a ban on
#fossilfuel
advertising in BC. . . We must decrease our exposure to fossil fuels and provide renewable alternatives."
- Dr. Larry Barzelai, CAPE BC Chair
Excellent move by the
@BCGreens
.
#FossilFuelAdsMakeUsSick
The Private Members Bill we introduced today will:
- Define climate-(or green-) washing as a deceptive act, and make it a priority for the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act;
- Require companies making climate claims to substantiate that claim for consumers;
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“I urge every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies. And I urge news media and tech companies to stop taking fossil fuel advertising.”
Clarion call from
@antonioguterres
@UN
on
#WorldEnvironmentDay
.
Let's listen.
@CAPE_ACME
#passBillC372
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“The
#ClimateEmergency
is here, and so we feel it’s our duty to speak up and take action. If we don’t who will?”
Standing up for health = standing against
#LNG
+
#fracking
in BC.
Thanks
@Renee1130
for sharing
@CAPE_ACME
+
@CANE_AIIE
's story nationally.
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#ValentinesDay
tomorrow makes it the perfect time to talk ❤️ health.
Great chat with
@anitabathe
@cbcnewsbc
about the rise in heart attack deaths during the pandemic linked to
#COVID19
infection—and how taking protective measures now will ensure healthier hearts in the future.
Research out of the U.S. finds an increase in deaths from heart attacks for people between 25 and 44. Dr. Melissa Lem, a clinical assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, gave Anita Bathe some insight into the research.
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Brazen and unconscionable.
Fossil fuel ads make us sick by stoking demand for oil and gas that drives catastrophic wildfires like those burning across the country right now.
Join
@CAPE_ACME
in demanding an end to them.
Saw this after interviews discussing mental & physical health impacts of evacuating my home—
#Yellowknife
’s 100 bed hospital & 20,000 person town.
This is cowardly & weak.
Safety requires ⬇️ fossil fuels.
Real Canadians take care of one another & set kids up for a healthy future
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"After the 7-year-old student brought the worksheet home, his mother, an ER doctor, launched a campaign with
@CAPE_ACME
to ban such materials + all fossil fuel promotion from BC schools."
Fantastic piece
@ainscruickshank
.
Speaking up makes change possible.
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Today
@CAPE_ACME
, with
@bctf
and almost 100 other organizations, is releasing its open letter to
@JM_Whiteside
to ban
#fossilfuel
promotion from schools.
In a
#climatecrisis
,
@FortisBC
's "lessons" have no place in our classrooms.
Press release:
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"Rosa Galvez has taken on a Herculean task: force Canadian financial institutions to prioritize the fight against climate change."
This task could not be served a better leader.
Thanks for all you do for people and planet
@SenRosaGalvez
.
@CAPE_ACME
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“Subsidizing the LNG industry is the last thing we should be doing in a climate crisis."
Thanks for the interview,
@StefanLabbe
.
Vancouver's air quality is currently the worst in the 🌎. That's exactly why we launched this campaign.
@CAPE_ACME
#wildfires
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Two
@CAPE_ACME
Presidents, one great beach walk.
Thanks
@jvipondmd
for the always-inspiring catch up today. Could not be prouder to stand on the shoulders of this giant.
#healthyfuture
#healthybynature
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"The industry knew gas stoves emitted regulation-breaking levels of nitrogen oxides and other pollutants that can worsen heart and lung health; it just didn’t care."
My latest op-ed
@theprovince
with
@lizmcdowell
+
@SamanthaGreenTO
.
@CAPE_ACME
@standearth
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For human health, for biodiversity + for our climate: old-growth forests can only take care of us and our planet when they remain standing. That's why I signed
@standearth
's petition to protect the <1% of ancient forests left in BC from logging. Will you?
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"This is our once-in-a-generation chance to demonstrate the leadership on
#climatechange
that all municipalities across 🇨🇦 need right now."
We call on Vancouver City Council to pass the
#ClimateEmergency
Action Plan today.
#healthyfuture
@CAPE_Doctors
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One of my favourite ways to bring nature home each winter is to make homemade wreaths for our family + neighbours, with evergreen boughs, cones and berries foraged from our local Christmas tree lot + front yard.
Just in time for
#WinterSolstice
this year.
#healthybynature
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BREAKING: Health professionals can now prescribe trips to
@TheTorontoZoo
through
@bcparksfdn
's
#PaRx
!
What a huge milestone for nature prescribing in Canada.
Read our press release here:
@CAPE_ACME
@CMA_Docs
@s_guilbeault
@markhollandlib
/1
A trip to
#YourTorontoZoo
could be just what the doctor ordered!
We are pleased to announce healthcare professionals can now prescribe a trip to the Zoo to improve mental & physical health, thanks to a new collaboration with PaRx, Canada’s national nature prescription program.
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"We're facing a
#climatecrisis
and an air pollution crisis at the same time, both driven by
#fossilfuel
combustion."
Thanks
@CBCVancouver
for including my insights in this piece about
@PollutionLab
's latest research.
@CAPE_ACME
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“My ER colleagues told me those shifts were the worst they'd ever had...they were literally running from room to room intubating patients having seizures from heat stroke.”
Never again. This is why
@CAPE_ACME
rallied at Premier
@Dave_Eby
's office today. /1
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