Post
Published on March 28, 2023
The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, Global Labour Research Centre, and ReSTORE (University of Toronto) are proud to cosponsor CIFAL York's new Climate Change and Global Occupational Health and Safety speaker series.
Climate change and its related mobility responses, both coined as one of the main public health crises of the 21st century, often have adverse, and sometimes beneficial, effects on health and health systems. Climate threats may also push those with the poorest health to places with fragmented access to health care, exacerbating their health needs. Health services often struggle to ensure adequate and equitable access to care for those affected, and to meet the changing needs of dynamic populations. A number of both indoor and outdoor worker populations may be particularly vulnerable to climate variations (emergency responders, health care workers, fire fighters, utility workers, farmers, manufacturing workers and transportation workers). Climate conditions can amplify existing health and safety issues and could lead to new unanticipated hazards including high temperatures, air pollution, extreme weather and natural disasters, and biological hazards. Work is central in people’s lives, integrally intertwined as it positively impacts the physical, mental, financial, and social health and well-being of individuals. The extent of the impact of climate change (e.g., climate-sensitive hazards) on human health is poor understood and there is little evidence examining it in the occupational health context. To address these challenges warrants an extensive, transdisciplinary approach including health, industry and government partners.
- Dates: Six webinars; biweekly Wednesdays from April 12 - June 21, 2023
- APR 12 Climate Change and Occupational Health: Exploring Their Inter-Relationships
- APR 26 Global Health Governance for Climate-Induced Global Occupational Health Challenges
- MAY 10 Climate Change and Impacts on Mental Health in Occupational Settings
- MAY 24 Climate Governance Through Global Health Diplomacy & Climate Diplomacy
- JUN 7 Climate Change Related Occupational Health Impacts on Farmers and Resulting Consequences
- JUN 21 Climate Change and Maritime OHS Challenges: The Case of Canadian Arctic Shipping
- Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET
- Location: VIRTUAL (ZOOM WEBINAR)
Themes | Global Health & Humanitarianism, Global Health Foresighting, Planetary Health |
Status | Active |
Related Work |
N/A
|
Updates |
N/A
|
People |
Eric Kennedy, Faculty Fellow, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Active
Byomkesh Talukder, Research Fellow, Planetary Health Alum |
You may also be interested in...
Internship Program: 2021-2022 Year In Review
The Dahdaleh Institute worked with exceptional students this year through our Internship Program, which is founded in an experiential education approach. Students completed program practicums with us, were hired through the Research at York program, ...Read more about this Post
Dahdaleh Institute Researchers Awarded Over $1.4M from New Frontiers in Research Fund
Written by Corey Allen, senior manager, research communications Seven projects led by York University researchers were awarded a combined $2.4 million from the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) in two of its funding streams: ...Read more about this Post
York U researchers’ revamped AI tool makes water dramatically safer in refugee camps
As the world’s refugee crisis intensifies and climate change linked natural disasters become more frequent, unique machine-learning enabled tool helps aid workers deliver safe water in displaced-population settlements Woman and children gather at a tapstand ...Read more about this Post