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Upcoming Workshop - Getting Started with Data-Informed Net-Zero Health Care
Date: May 28, 2026
Time: 9:00AM PT/12:00PM ET
This workshop will discuss the benefits of data-informed net-zero health care and provide a tutorial on how to use a NEW net-zero data visualization tool.
Attendees will also join breakout rooms and participate in a co-design session for a net-zero health care dashboard.
After participating in this session, attendees will be able to:
- Describe the benefits of data informed net-zero health care
- Apply the data visualization tool effectively
- Identify important features for a net-zero health care dashboard
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New Resource - Heat Health Solutions
As extreme heat events become more frequent, many health care facilities are struggling to manage rising indoor temperatures and humidity. While building retrofits such as improved insulation, new windows, and heat pumps can help, they can be costly and difficult to implement in aging facilities.
The Heat-Health project focuses on practical, low-carbon, and low-cost solutions that can be implemented in care settings today to support patients, residents, and health care workers. These solutions fall into three categories: passive building approaches, clinical activities, and policies and practices.
While not exhaustive, this list highlights effective and widely tested strategies identified through research and expert input.
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Upcoming Presentations - CHES Ontario Lightning Talks
Join us next week (May 24th to 26th) in London, ON for the upcoming CHES Ontario Conference!
Visit us at our booth and check out the Lightening Talks session organised by CCGHC on May 25th. This session is a series of seven-minute presentations covering a range of topics from speakers working at the intersection of climate and health.
Presentations include:
- Dr. Myles Sergeant - Accreditation and Sustainability
- Ari Campbell - Aligning Capital and Investment Decisions with Health, Sustainability and Long-term Resilience
- Dr. Diane Meschino - Health Impacts of Common Indoor Contaminants
- Dr. Anita Rao - Greening The OR
- Dr. Laurie Houston – Greener, Safer Reusable Health Care Items
- Tipu Islam – Circular Clinical Care: Single-Use Plastics Reduction
- Dr. Mili Roy – Vision for a Sustainable Future: An Ophthalmology Toolkit
- Dr. Anna Gunz - Nature for healing
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World Accreditation Day 2026 | Innovating for Purpose: Accreditation’s Role in Sustainable Health Care
Date: June 11, 2026
Time: 8:00AM PT/11:00AM ET
Climate resiliency is now a health care quality and cost issue. The question is: how do you decide what to focus on, how do you prove it worked?
On World Accreditation Day 2026 learn how accreditation helps organisations make targeted choices, implement effectively, and measure clinical, operational, and environmental ROI. In one hour, hear from Canada’s top leaders in health care sustainability about choosing the right innovations and proving results while connecting with a global learning community committed to building stronger health systems for better patient outcomes.
You’ll also get a clear look at the forthcoming Climate Action Maturity Assessment (previously known as the Green Hospital Scorecard) as a concrete way to benchmark progress and share what works.
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Webinar - Cut the Carbon: Beyond the OR
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Date: June 12, 2026
Time: 9:00AM PT/12:00PM ET
Join the Coalition and PEACH Health Ontario for our next Cut the Carbon: Beyond the OR session where we will welcome Dr. Rebecca Douglass to discuss the climate impact of meter-does inhalers (MDIs) and how to switch patients to dry powder inhalers (DPIs) which have a much lower carbon burden.
More details coming soon!
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Canada's Volunteer Awards Call for Nominations
Canada’s Volunteer Awards (CVA) celebrates the people, organisations, and businesses that create change in their communities through volunteering. Help us recognize the amazing contributions being made by volunteers in your community.
Submit a nomination for a person or an organisation whose contributions reflect the richness of the culture of volunteering in Canada.
Deadline: June 17, 2026
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Education & Training at The University of Toronto
Developing the next generation of climate and health leaders is a core priority of the Collaborative Centre for Climate, Health & Sustainable Care. They offer learning opportunities for students to engage deeply with the field through interdisciplinary learning, research training, and the recognition of excellence.
Applications for the 2026/2027 cohorts of the Student Training Program and the Graduate Fellowship Program are due July 3
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Climate Change and Cardiovascular Health: Advancing Resilient Action Beyond COP30
World Heart Federation
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This recent article from the World Heart Federation highlights the growing impact of climate change and air pollution on cardiovascular health.
Climate hazards such as heatwaves, floods, wildfires, and poor air quality are increasing rates of cardiovascular disease, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The article emphasizes that climate action is also preventative health action, calling for cleaner energy, climate-resilient health systems, and stronger integration of cardiovascular health into national climate strategies through initiatives such as the Belém Health Action Plan.
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Evidence-Based Interventions To Decarbonize Care, Improve Climate Resilience
Health Affairs
In this article, authors identify policy interventions and other strategies that have the potential to accelerate the transition toward low-carbon, climate-smart health care systems. Drawing on academic literature and real-world implementation examples, they present a framework of strategies, highlighting the evidence in support of mechanisms such as green reimbursement models, integration of climate change into health professional education, and sustainable procurement standards.
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Thinking Beyond the Patient: Planetary Health in Medical Education
KeyLIME+ Podcast
On this episode of KeyLIME+, Adam and guest resident co-host Julia Sawatzky speak with Dr. Bhavini Gohel to explore the intersection of planetary health and medical education, highlighting how climate change impacts health care and what physicians can do to help.
Together, they unpack what planetary health really means, why it has become an important issue for clinicians and educators, and how it shows up in everyday practice.
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Recommendations Release: Ophthalmology
Choosing Wisely Canada
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The Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS) has joined Choosing Wisely Canada (CWC) to develop seven recommendations of tests, treatments, or procedures to question in ophthalmology. Including six climate-conscious recommendations.
The recommendations were developed by establishing a national sustainability in ophthalmology working group comprised of experienced ophthalmologists, fellows, residents and medical students from multiple faculties across Canada.
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Food and Planetary Health Guide
Plant-Based Canada
Explore how the food we eat impacts planetary health, why our current approach is unsustainable, and what we can do to build a food future that supports both human and planetary health.
Grounded in current science and global reports:
- Connect food, health, and environmental impact
- Planetary health and the planetary boundaries
- Environmentally sustainable diet
- Myths & Misinformation
- Taking Action
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Geopolitics of Food Report
iPES Food
The New Geopolitics of Food, argues that global food systems are becoming increasingly fragile due to trade wars, conflicts, climate change, aid cuts, and corporate concentration. Many countries, especially import-dependent nations, are highly vulnerable to volatile global markets and disrupted supply chains.
Drawing on examples from India, West Africa, Canada, and Norway, the report highlights tools such as food reserves and market management to stabilize prices and protect food access. It calls for “resilient self-reliance” through stronger local food systems, agroecology, public infrastructure, and fair regional trade.
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Health Care and Climate Resilience; Saving Money or Saving the Planet? – Do both. Find out how!
Date: May 28, 2026
Time: 12:00PM-1:00PM ET
This session will highlight the growing impact of climate change on patient demand, service delivery, and system costs. Dr. Bhavini Gohel reframes climate resilience and low-carbon care as essential to performance, supporting efficiency, quality, and better patient outcomes.
Through the Climate Resilience Acute Clinical Care Operations framework and real-world examples, participants will discover practical, scalable approaches already driving meaningful impact.
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Transforming Health Care for a Climate-Resilient Future
Date: June 3, 2026
Time: 4:00pm - 6:30pm MT
Location: Theatre Four, Health Sciences Centre, 3330 Hospital Dr NW, Calgary, AB
This event will explore how we can transition toward low-carbon, climate-resilient, and health care systems—through leadership, innovation, and cross-sector collaboration.
Grounded in real-world implementation and a living laboratory in Alberta, the Climate Health System Alliance is focused on turning evidence into action to build health care systems that are sustainable, high-performing, and prepared for the future.
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Showing up to the Crisis
Date: June 5, 2026
Time: 9:30AM - 1:00PM ET
Location: Indwell - Dr. John M. Perkins Centre, Hamilton, ON
Join this 3.5‑hour interactive workshop designed for health care and social service providers, community leaders, and first responders. Co‑designed by a transdisciplinary team, this experience braids Indigenous ways of knowing with Western trauma‑informed practices to deepen understanding of how the planetary health crisis affects the mental health and well‑being of individuals, families, and communities.
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Greening Health Care Summer Conference 2026
Date: June 15, 2026
Time: 8:30AM - 4:00PM ET
Location: Borgata Event Centre, Vaughan, ON
An interactive working session focused on capital planning alignment, recommissioning implementation challenges, and vendor performance accountability. This is an in-person event that will allow health care professionals to share experiences, discuss barriers, and review practical frameworks for embedding operational savings into procurement and capital planning processes.
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Have you registered as an organ donor?
Contact your local organ donation agency and speak to your family about your wishes. You have the power to save and transform lives. Learn more and register to donate HERE.
| | The Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care is Canada’s premier green health care resource network, leading the evolution of green in Canada’s health sector as a national voice and catalyst for environmental change. www.greenhealthcare.ca | |
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