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The intersection of health and climate change has come into focus recently, a diverse panel of faculty, staff and students from the Faculty of Health joined for a lively discussion on how climate change impacts health and health care practices. Find out what students in Health say about how health can contribute to a more climate resilient future in our latest blog on from our co-op student, Fatima Patka.

Ailin Jalili is a Health Sciences student in her 3B term. In this blog post, she reflects on her experience taking part in the Climate Connect program.

Bailey Berdan Gardien is a Knowledge Integration student in her 4B term. For her, this experience was an opportunity to get a better understanding of how students from around the world experience and view the threat of climate change.

Nilusha Rattansi is an Honours Public Health student in her 3B term. In this blog post, she reflects on her experience taking part in the Climate Connect program.

Simrit Dhillon is a Public Health and Psychology student in her 4B term. In this blog post she reflects on her experience taking part in the Climate Connect program.

Philip Zuidema is a Peace and Conflict Studies and Political Science student in his 4B term. In this blog post, he reflects on his experience taking part in the Climate Connect program.

Eurus (Jiaqing) Pan is an Honours Planning student in her 3B term. In this blog post she reflects on her experience taking part in the Climate Connect program.

On November 5, 2021, the Climate Law & Governance Day 2021 global symposium was held during COP26 in Glasgow and attracted over 1,100 registrants from over 120 countries in-person and online. Tejas Rao, Secretariat Coordinator for the Climate Law & Governance Initiative 2021, reflects on the experience.

Sarah Norton, a Ph.D. student in Global Governance, studying Global Environment at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, attended COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, U.K. during fall 2021. This is her reflection from participating as a student delegate.

Misha Patel, a Masters of Climate Change student at the University of Waterloo, attended COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, U.K. during fall 2021. This is her reflection from participating as a student delegate during the first week of talks.