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Michael Brauer

Keynote Speaker
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Keynote: Linkages Between the Built Environment and Human Health — How the Urban Environment, Climate Change, and Air Pollution Impact Human Health

Wednesday, October 22nd

9:00 – 9:45 AM

Bio

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Shirley Thompson

Speaker
On the Agenda

Food Security Northern Manitoba Impacts


Wednesday, October 22nd


10:05 – 10:30 AM


Bio

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Kristin Bos

Speaker
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Maternal Health Impacts of Environmental Racism and How Colonial Envrionment Degradation Translates to Harm for Indigenous Children


Wednesday, October 22nd


10:35 – 11:00 AM


Bio

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Jenny Bruin

PhD
On the Agenda

Contribution of Environmental Pollutants to Islet Dysfunction
and Diabetes Risk

Wednesday, October 22nd

11:05 – 11:30 AM

Bio

Dr. Jenny Bruin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology and Institute of Biochemistry at Carleton University. She completed her BSc in Biomedical Toxicology at the University of Guelph and her PhD in Reproductive Toxicology at McMaster University. From 2010 to 2016, Dr. Bruin was a postdoctoral fellow in Tim Kieffer’s lab at UBC, where she studied stem cell-based therapies for patients with diabetes. In 2016, she started her independent position at Carleton University, where her lab studies islet biology, pancreas development, and toxicology. Her team is investigating how environmental factors—including endocrine-disrupting chemicals—impact islet function and contribute to diabetes risk.

Session Summary

A discussion on how exposure to environmental pollutants influences the health of insulin-secreting beta cells and contributes to rising global diabetes rates. The strengths and limitations of different model systems used in Dr. Bruin’s lab will be emphasized, ranging from human studies to rodent models to cell models.

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Anne Hicks

MD, PhD
On the Agenda

Climate Change, Asthma, and Air Quality Research: A Kid’s-eye View


Wednesday, October 22nd


1:00 – 1:25 PM


Bio

Anne Hicks, a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Children’s Lung Health, is an associate professor in Pediatric Respiratory Medicine and clinical lead of the Stollery Children’s Environmental Health Clinic, a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre, at the University of Alberta. Her interdisciplinary research includes asthma and environmental health guideline development with the Canadian Thoracic and Paediatric Societies and collaborative work to learn how to prevent or mitigate exposure-related harms to lung health and development.

Session Summary

This patient’s eye review of a research program evolution should enable participants to:

1) Identify air quality concerns associated with climate change;

2) Discuss childhood asthma in the context of climate change; and

3) Consider ways to understand and mitigate climate-driven adverse health outcomes.


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Neeloffer Mookherjee

PhD
On the Agenda

Impact of Environmental Pollutants on Human Proteome — Effects on Lung Inflammation

Wednesday, October 22nd

1:30 – 1:55 PM

Bio

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Eric Lavinge

Speaker
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Exposures and Health Impact of Climate Change


Wednesday, October 22nd


2:00 – 2:25 PM


Bio

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Gina Martin

Speaker
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Planetary Impacts on Child Mental Health & Well-being


Thursday, October 23rd


9:05 – 10:05 AM


Bio

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Ingrid Jarvis

Speaker
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Investigating the Influence of Built Environment on Human Health — Focusing on Childhood Development


Thursday, October 23rd


10:35 – 11:00 AM


Bio

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Tyrone Munroe

Speaker
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Panel Presentation: Climate Change — What Can We Do?


Thursday, October 23rd



11:35 – 12:20 PM


Bio

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Sunday Queskekapow

Consultant, Gladue Writer
On the Agenda

Panel Presentation: Climate Change — What Can We Do?

Thursday, October 23rd

11:35 – 12:20 PM

Bio

Sunday (Ayamihewi-kisikaw) Queskekapow is a Two-Spirit Swampy Cree First Nations person from Ohpáskowayáhk (The Pas/OCN) and a proud band member of Kinosao Sipi in Treaty 5. Sunday is the co-owner and co-founder of Kíwétinohk Consulting, a fully Indigenous 2SLGBTQIA+ consulting firm that provided consulting and Gladue services.

Session Summary

During the panel Sunday will provide insight from a youth with lived experience in a northern community that is impacted by the toxic waste industry and a member of a hydro affected community. They will highlight the importance of youth led voices for this impact.