Becoming a Powerful Climate-Health Communicator

If you had to pick one, which would you choose?

• “Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21^st century” or,
• “Tackling climate change could be the greatest global health opportunity of the 21^st century”

How we communicate our efforts to advance environmentally sustainable clinical practice changes can help influence actions to promote co-benefits of reducing our environmental footprint and ensuring high-quality clinical care. Build your confidence in communicating your low-carbon, high-quality practice changes and inspire action to support an environmentally sustainable, resilient health system.

Learning Objectives

After the webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Identify principles for climate change communication that generates interest and persuades others to support actions for a more environmentally sustainable health system.
2. Craft your own elevator pitch to effectively communicate your successes and learnings related to an environmentally sustainable quality improvement project.

Speakers

Anita Rao 

Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, ON 

Anita Rao is an anesthesiologist at Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga, Ontario.  She is the Physician Lead of Environmental Sustainability at THP and the Lead for Ontario’s Anesthesiologists Environmental Sustainability Working Group. She is chairing the 2023/2024 Sustainable Perioperative Care Pan-Canadian Network initiative for CASCADES and the 2023/2024 Toronto Academic Health Sciences Network Sustainable Operating Working Group.  

Val Stoynova

Internal Medicine Specialist, Island Health Authority 

Val Stoynova is a practicing general internist in community and tertiary care in Victoria at Island Health and a Clinical Assistant Professor at UBC. She has added training in medical education with a two-year clinical educator fellowship and a master’s degree in Health Professions Education from Maastricht University. A passionate cyclist and climate advocate, Stoynova believes we can provide better care at a lower carbon cost. Along with Celia Culley, she launched The Critical Air Project, the largest inpatient climate conscious prescribing initiative in Canada, to further develop, implement and study sustainable inpatient care. She sits on the National Advisory Committee for inhaler sustainability and is a frequent guest lecturer on sustainable healthcare at local and national conferences.