This event is part of the Ideas to shape the future: Student Leaders in Climate Action and Research webinar series, presented by the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3) and the Faculty of Health.
Student panel
Climate change exacerbates public health risks in various ways, and thus holistic risk management approaches are needed.
This webinar will explore how climate change can increase:
- risk of human exposure to microplastics;
- nutrient loading to surface water from wastewater effluents;
- risk of consuming unsafe drinking water in rural, remote, and marginalized communities; and,
- the risk of microbial health exposures facing agricultural migrant farm workers.
Panelists will propose risk management approaches for mitigation of these public health impacts through the development of frameworks and best management practices, exploring transmission pathways of disease, and implementation of green technologies.
Host
Manvi Bhalla, MSc Candidate, School of Public Health and Health Systems; Graduate President, Climate Students; President and Co-Founder, Shake Up The Establishment; Director and Co-Founder, missINFORMED
Moderator
Elanor Waslander, Knowledge Mobilization Manager, forWater Network & WaterSTP Research Group
Speakers
Emma Blackburn, MASc Candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Kelvin Vianini, MASc Candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Nadwa Elbadri, MASc Candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Omar Sadab Chowdhury, MASc Candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Anika Tasnim Hossain, MDP Candidate, Development Practice
REGISTER
The webinar will be hosted on WebEx. An event link will be sent via email in advance of the webinar.