Dr. Courtney Howard

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

Awww 🥰 Thanks, Friend :)

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 #MedEd #MedEdSky

Oil sands tailings release can't go ahead without health impact studies | CBC News A group of N.W.T. doctors and water rights experts say Alberta and Canada should shelve its plans to permit the release of partially treated tailings until rigorous research into the cumulative human ...

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/...

Quote graphic featuring the following quote from Prime Minister Carney’s statement on Canada’s recognition of Palestine: “Canada recognises the State of Palestine and offers our partnership in building the promise of a peaceful future for both the State of Palestine and the State of Israel.”

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

As world gets hotter, Americans are turning to more sugar, study finds A new study finds that climate change is increasing sugar consumption in the United States. As temperatures rise, Americans, especially those who are poorer and less educated, are drinking more sugary...

🌡️ 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

The impact of wildfire smoke on health and what you can do about it | CBC News People who breathe air polluted with large amounts of wildfire smoke visit hospital emergency rooms more often for respiratory symptoms, according to a Canadian emergency room physician and chair of t...

🔥"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/...

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#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

Burning of fossil fuels caused 1,500 deaths in recent European heat wave, study estimates Scientists have linked last week’s European heat wave to human-caused climate change and estimate that climate change was responsible for 1,500 deaths.

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

How does poor air quality affect my health? | The Dose | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen Wildfire smoke can feel unavoidable during summer in Canada, and that's on top of the air pollution that most cities experience during warmer months. Respirologist Dr. Chris Carlsten, head of Universi...

@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/...

lol perfect gif :) Thanks for the support!

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

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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/

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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

Unlikely Trump-Musk bromance implodes in real time over social media Falling out has repercussions for Musk’s wealth and portends consequences for Trump’s MAGA agenda

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...

Managing the health effects of climate change Effects of climate change on health will affect most populations in the next decades and put the lives and wellbeing of billions of people at increased risk. During this century, earth's average surfa...

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???

The great turning Another reckoning is coming with climate change. How do we deal with our mental health — and ultimately find hope?

“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...

Heat is killing oil workers. The industry is trying to kill a rule for that. Opposition to a planned rule to limit heat deaths comes as oil and gas workers face increasingly dangerous conditions.

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.

There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.

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...

Nato rearmament could increase emissions by 200m tonnes a year, study finds Exclusive: researchers say defence spending boosts across world will worsen climate crisis which in turn will cause more conflict

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!