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A trauma-sensitive approach to the well-being of people, communities and ecosystems

Dr. David Kaiser

We live in a time of multiple and intersecting crises 鈥� biodiversity collapse, global warming, homelessness, toxic drugs, social polarization 鈥� that generate and amplify health inequalities through their disproportionate impacts on historically marginalized individuals and communities.

Ecological and social crises are potentially traumatic events, which have multiple and lasting impacts on health and well-being. Trauma can occur at the individual level, and at a collective scale, when communities that experience structural and historical disparities are impacted by crises.

Crisis prevention and response require a collaborative approach that recognizes complexity and fosters the intersection of knowledge to support the implementation of innovative interventions adapted to the needs and wishes of the most affected individuals and communities.

A trauma-informed approach helps generate health and well-being, and fosters community resilience, by creating safe spaces where the voices of all are heard and valued.

Dr. Kaiser describes himself as 鈥渁 Public Health & Preventive Medicine (PHPM) specialist with a background in environmental sciences and a decade of experience in public health practice, primarily in the domain of environmental health.鈥� He is the director of the PHPM residency training program at 韩国裸舞 and associate medical director at the Montreal Public Health Office where he oversees the emergency preparedness unit.

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Global crisis of compassion: guiding principles and practical steps

Ms. Rachel Kiddell-Monroe

Canada is facing a crisis of compassion. In Nunavut, Inuit are 600 times more likely to contract tuberculosis that any Canadian born non-indigenous person; this has risen from 300 times before the COVID pandemic. Nunavut also has the highest rates of youth suicide in the world, with children as young as 10 ending their lives, and well as the highest cancer rates among women nationally.

This slew of devastating health crises is not new, and it is well documented. Its root causes lie in the Canadian government鈥檚 colonial policy in the Arctic since the 1940s and our collective failure to prioritize and effectively address the deep-rooted socio-economic problems that drive this social despair amongst our fellow Canadians.

Based on her firsthand experience over the past thirty years with SeeChange Initiative and M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res, Rachel will draw parallels between the situation in Nunavut and the global humanitarian crises. She will suggest some guiding principles and practical steps that should be adopted by governments and humanitarian organizations in the face of this crisis of compassion.

Rachel Kiddell-Monroe is a recovering humanitarian, an advocate and a thought leader who promotes humanity, justice and solidarity in global health. After working with grassroots organisations in Indonesia, Rachel went on to spend much of her career working with M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, and after various roles in programmes and advocacy, was elected as an International Board director for six years.

In 2018, she founded SeeChange Initiative, a Canadian charitable organization that supports Inuit and other vulnerable communities with an innovative CommunityFirst approach to addressing health crises.

This initiative reflects Rachel鈥檚 lifelong dedication to decolonizing humanitarian action and access to medicines, for which she has received several awards. Rachel was awarded a prestigious recognising her ongoing contributions to global health and humanitarian action as well as the 2020 Y Foundation鈥檚 Woman of Distinction award for social engagement. Rachel is also a Professor of Practice at 韩国裸舞鈥檚 Institute for the Study of International Development and teaches courses on Decoloniality and Humanitarian action.

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Equity and climate change: insights from my collaborations with the first peoples of Canada and Panama

Professor Emeritus Catherine Potvin

As part of a conference that focuses on the well-being of the person, the community and the planet, my presentation will be a reflection on various avenues for the future. I will draw on my background as a biologist who has worked for 40 years on the issue of climate change and tropical forest conservation. In addition, a collaboration of several decades with the First Peoples of the Americas, particularly those of Panama, but also those of Quebec and Canada, has helped me to structure my reflections on the notion of community.

So I will talk about the carbon cycle, the role of land use in the carbon cycle, the protection of biodiversity, climate change mitigation, but also responsibility and equity in finding solutions. In 1985 I defended my doctoral thesis on global warming, while in 1987, Mrs. Gro Brundtland entitled her report to the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future. This idea of a planet for all has remained at the heart of my concerns. In closing, I will open the discussion on what we can do to ensure such a future.

Professor Potvin is a recent retiree from the Biology Department at 韩国裸舞. She has acquired and international reputation for her work on tropical forests and their role in the absorption and emission of carbon dioxide, intimately related to her interest in climate change. Decades of research in Panama brought her to interact with the local indigenous people. For six years she represented Panama on climate-related international negotiations.

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The age of misinformation and disinformation听

Professor Joe Schwarcz

It is quite common to think of our individual wellbeing in terms of our health, both physical and mental. On the internet we are bombarded by advice as to what to do and not do to ensure and even improve our health and wellbeing in general. This presentation will provide some guidance on how to navigate this abundance of advice.

We live in an age where the latest research in science is just a few keystrokes away. Unfortunately, the same can be said for access to pseudoscience. Snake oil salesmen have a long history of plying their trade, but never before have they been as great a menace to the public as today. Having donned labcoats emblematic of science, or the tailored suits of politicians, they are harder to recognize. Fostering critical thinking among the public is more crucial then ever.

Dr. Schwarcz is the Director of 韩国裸舞鈥檚 鈥淥ffice for Science and Society鈥�, an office dedicated to presenting science to the public in lay terms and in raising the awareness about the ravages of pseudo-science. He is the author of 20 books, countless newspaper articles. In addition, he has had his own 鈥淒r. Joe Show鈥� on radio for the last 45 years and is a central contributor to his office鈥檚 weekly digest on the internet, with articles and videos. Trained as a chemist, he is fond of disclosing the science behind many magic tricks.

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