Climate Change
- Une transition fracturée : fiche d’information sur le rapport
- Une Transition Fracturée : Changements Climatiques, Santé et Fracturation Hydraulique
- Call to Action on Climate Change and Health – December 2019
- National Factsheet – September 2019
- Patient Factsheet – September 2019
- EcoFiscal Carbon Tax Square Factsheet May 2019
- EcoFiscal Carbon Tax Factsheet May 2019
- Call to Action on Climate Change and Health PPT by ED Kim Perrotta
- Video of President of CMA Dr. Gigi Osler: Speaking out on Call to Action on Climate Change and Health
- Climate Change Toolkit for Health Professionals 2019
- Module 1: Climate Change – Science, Drivers & Commitments
- Module 1 Factsheet: Climate Change – Science, Drivers & Commitments
- Module 2: Global Health Impacts of Climate Change
- Module 2 Factsheet: Global Health Impacts of Climate Change
- Module 3: Climate Change Health Impacts across Canada
- Module 3 Factsheet: Climate Change Health Impacts across Canada
- Module 4: Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Canada by Sector and Region
- Module 5: Climate Change Solutions with Immediate Health Benefits
- Module 5 Factsheet: Climate Change Solutions with Immediate Health Benefits
- Module 6: Taking Action on Climate Change at Health Facilities
- Module 6 Factsheet: Taking Action on Climate Change at Health Facilities
- Module 7: Preparing for Climate Change in our Communities
- Module 7 Factsheet: Preparing for Climate Change in our Communities
- Module 8: Engaging in Climate Change Solutions as Health Professionals
- Module 8 Factsheet: Engaging in Climate Change Solutions as Health Professionals
- Letter to Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade and Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing re: Bill 66: Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018 (January 20, 2019)
- Letter to Mr. Michael Helfinger and Mr. Ken Petersen RE: ERO 013-4293 Bill 66: Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018; ERO 013-4125 Proposed open-for-business planning tool; and, ERO 013-4239 New Regulation under the Planning Act for open-for-business planning tool (Jan. 20th, 2019)
- Letter to Mr. Michael Helfinger and Mr. Ken Peters re: 013-4293 Bill 66: Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018; 013-4125 Proposed open-for-business planning tool; 013-4239 New Regulation under the Planning Act for open-for-business planning tool (Jan 19, 2019)
- More than 40 Organizations ask Canada to maintain strong vehicle emissions standards (Dec 12, 2018)
- Lancet Countdown Report: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change Factsheet (Nov 2018)
- Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and Minister McKenna, Re: Accountability and the Pan Canadian Framework (Dec 3, 2018)
- Lancet Countdown 2018 Report- Heat Stress Backgrounder (Nov 2018)
- Lancet Countdown 2018 Report – Briefing for Canadian Policy Makers (Nov 2018)
- Canadian Lancet 2018 Video- Overview of 2018 Report
- Lancet Countdown 2018 Video – Explaining Heat Stress
- Lancet Countdown 2017 Report: Briefing for Canadian Policymakers
- Letter to Premier Doug Ford Re: Environmental Commissioner of Ontario: Bill 57 (Nov, 17, 2018)
- Letter to Ontario Environmental Minister Rod Phillips re: Re: Made-in-Ontario Climate Change Plan (Nov. 5, 2018)
- Health & Climate Resource Guide: Step Up for Health at the Global Climate Action Summit (2018)
- Letter to Dave Smith, MPP, Chair Sylwia Przezdziecki, Clerk re: Bill 4, Cap and Trade Cancellation Act (Oct 9, 2018)
- An Open Letter to Minister Rod Phillips requesting effective climate action in Ontario (Sept. 12th, 2018)
- Letter to Premier Doug Ford re: Ontario Climate Change Commitments (August 8, 2018)
- Letter to Minister Freeland re: Unions and climate organizations come together to call for more equitable and sustainable trade (May 2, 2018)
- Letter to the Right Hon. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau re – The Pan-Canadian Framework on Climate Change and Clean Growth (Feb 7 2018)
- Letter to Ministers McKenna Philpott and Bennett re Integration of Health Impact Assessments into Federal Environmental Assessment Processes (May 2017)
- Open Statement on NAFTA Environment and Climate (Sept 2017)
- CAPE Statement on the TPP to Canadas Committee on International Trade (2016)
- Feuillet d’informations CODE VERT : Changement climatique
- Fact Sheet: Code Green – Climate Change
- Climate Change National Background Documents
- Climate Change Health Background Documents
- Climate Change Global Background Documents
- Document d’information – Désinvestissement pour la santé 2014
- Backgrounder – Divestment for Health, 2014
Documents en français
- Mémoire déposé à l’Agence d’évaluation d’impact du Canada Dans le cadre de la consultation publique sur le Projet Laurentia
- Mémoire pour le BAPE sur la Mine de fer du Lac Bloom (entreposage des résidus miniers)
- Mémoire présenté au Bureau d’Audiences Publiques sur l’Environnement
- Appel à l’Action concernant le Changement Climatique et la Santé – Décembre 2019
- Sommaire pour les patients
- Sommaire exécutif national
- Boîte à outils sur les changements climatiques pour les professionnels de la santé 2019
- Module 1: Changements climatiques – Science, facteurs et réponse mondiale
- Module 1 Fiche d’information: Changements climatiques – Science, facteurs et réponse mondiale
- Module 2: Effets des changements climatiques sur la santé à l’échelle mondiale
- Module 2 Fiche d’information : Effets des changements climatiques sur la santé à l’échelle mondiale
- Module 3: Effets des changements climatiques sur la santé au Canada
- Module 3 Fiche d’information: Effets des changements climatiques sur la santé au Canada
- Module 4: Émissions de gaz à effet de serre au Canada par secteur et par région
- Module 5: Solutions aux changements climatiques et avantages immédiats pour la santé
- Module 5 Fiche d’information: Solutions aux changements climatiques et avantages immédiats pour la santé
- Module 6: Mesures contre les changements climatiques dans les établissements de soins de santé
- Module 6 Fiche d’information: Mesures contre les changements climatiques dans les établissements de soins de santé
- Module 7: Préparation aux changements climatiques à l’échelle locale
- Module 7 Fiche d’information: Préparation aux changements climatiques à l’échelle locale
- Module 8: Engagement des professionnels de la santé dans la lutte aux changements climatiques
- Module 8 Fiche d’information: Engagement des professionnels de la santé dans la lutte aux changements climatiques
- Résumé de Project Parc Nature Turcot (18 Nov, 2018)
- Une lettre au Ministre François-Philippe Champagne re Objet: Ouverture du pont Jacques Cartier en hiver pour les cyclistes (24 août 2018)
- Réseau cyclable de la ville de Québec (Oct 2018)
- Lettre à la ministre Freeland: Les syndicats et les organisations du climat se mobilisent pour réclamer un commerce plus équitable et durable (2 mai 2018)
- Déclaration sur l’ALÉNA l’environnement et le climate (Sept 2017)
- Feuillet d’informations CODE VERT : Changement climatique
- Document d’information – Désinvestissement pour la santé 2014
Fossil Fuels
- Fractures in the Bridge: Fracking Report Backgrounder
- Fractures in the Bridge: Unconventional (Fracked) Natural Gas, Climate Change and Human Health
- CAPE Board Member Dr. Melissa Lem interviews Dr. David Suzuki
- Letter to Minister McKenna re: Treatment of electricity in the OBPS, March 6 2019
- Major Human Health Impacts of the Increase in Tanker Traffic Due to the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (Dec. 2018)
- Hydraulic Fracturing, Fossil Fuels, And Health Concerns: Position of The Canadian Association of Physicians for The Environment -Quebec (December 2018)
- Letter from 228 health professionals from Canada and around the world regarding the inadequate health impacts assessment of the government’s proposed Transmountain pipeline expansion (Oct. 22, 2018)
- Letter to Task Force on Just Transition for Canadian Coal Power Workers and Communities (July 31, 2018)
- CAPE Presentation-Output Based Standards for Electricity Sector – July 2018
- Alberta Energy Regulator, Climate Policy Assurance Branch re: Comments on AER DRAFT Directive 06
- Submission to the Alberta Energy Regulator, Climate Policy Assurance Branch re: Comments on AER DRAFT Directive 060: Upstream Petroleum Industry Flaring, Incinerating, and Venting and Directive 017: Measurement Requirements for Oil and Gas Operations1 relate, proposed April 24, 2018
- Health Collaborative Submissions on Coal Regulations to Phase-out Coal – April 17, 2018
- Health Collaborative Submissions on Natural Gas Regulations to Phase-out Coal – April 17, 2018
- CAPE Policy Statement on Fossil Fuels and Climate Change – April 2018
- Fracking in BC Background Documents
- FrackLNG – Experimenting with our health – what could possibly go wrong?
- Coal Phase-Out Ontario Background Documents
- Oil & Gas Extraction Background Documents
- Letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau re – ensuring federal regulations for methane emissions in the oil and gas sector (Jan. 31, 2018)
- Letter to Minister McKenna re – Strengthening national coal phase-out legislation (July 2017)
- Letter to the Right Honourable Prime Minister Justin Trudeau re – Bill C-262 (February 7th, 2018)
- CAPE Comments on ‘State of the Air’ report produced by CCME (Dec. 4th, 2017)
- Letter to Ministers McKenna, Philpott, and Bennett re – Pacific Northwest LNG health impact assessment (September 2016)
- Health Collaborative Submission to Environment and Climate Change Canada re – Notice of Intent to develop Greenhouse Gas regulations for Electricity Generation in Canada (January 2017)
- Health Collaborative Submission to Federal – Provincial Climate Working Group on Specific Mitigation Opportunities- Electricity Sector (June 2016)
- Letter to Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna re – Phasing out coal plants across Canada within ten years (Feb 2016)
- Submission Alberta’s Climate Advisory Panel – CAPE, Sept. 2015
- Fracking Factsheet (Chinese Traditional)
- Factsheet – Fracking
- Global Health Statement on Coal Plants (May 2016)
- Report – Out with the coal, in with the new – National benefits of an accelerated phase-out of coal-fired power (Pembina Institute 2016)
- Backgrounder – A Costly Diagnosis: 2013 Pembina CAPE Lung Asthma report
- Factsheet – Health Highlights from Out with the Coal, In with the New (2016)
- Factsheet – Why Phase-Out Alberta’s Coal-Fired Power Plants, 2015
- Backgrounder: Alberta Coal Plants, Climate Change & Human Health, 2015
- Powerpoint Presentation – Kim Perrotta – CAPE Coal Campaign 2018
- Position Statement on Fracking (2014)
- CAPE Partners Backgrounder – Alberta Coal Plants Phase-Out Strategy, 2015
- Backgrounder – Alberta Coal Plants, Air Quality and Health, 2015
- CAPE’s Position Statement on Fracking, June 2014
- Report – Breathing in the Benefits (2016)
- Feuillet d’informations : Pourquoi une élimination progressive des centrales électriques alimentées au charbon en Alberta? (2015)
- Report – Air and Tar Sands
Healthy Solutions
- The EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health (January 2019)
- The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P. Prime Minister re: Leadership on Food Policies is Urgent (Dec 6, 2018)
- Lettre au Le très honorable Justin Trudeau, C.P., Premier ministre du Canada Objet : Il est urgent de faire preuve de leadership sur le plan des politiques alimentaires (5 Dec 2018)
- Letter to Minister Philpott re: Canada’s Food Guide (August 1, 2017)
Renewable Energy
- Summary of references: Krogh (February, 2019)
- Wind Turbines and Health, 2019
- Health Canada’s Wind Turbine Noise and Health Study—A Review (December 2018)
- Human Health and the Environment Assessment and Management of Chronic Complex Conditions re: Ontario’s Industrial Wind Turbines (IWTs), November 2018
- Memoire concernant l’impact des Éoliennes sur sante humaine, 2011
- Renewable Energy and Health Background Documents
Resources for the Board
- Membership Flyer – to be used for outreach events – July 2019
- Cape/Cheer Funding Policy For Volunteer-Led Campaigns/Projects – May 14 2018
- Submission to CAPE Board to Join a Coalition/Network on CAPE’s behalf – 2017
- Submission to CAPE Board to Lead a Campaign – 2017
- CAPE Regional Volunteer Committees – Nov 20 2017
- CAPE Philanthropic Policies (June 2018)
- Mission Statement (Nov 2017)
- Donor Bill of Rights (2018)
- CAPE Advocacy Policy March 2017
- CAPE By-laws November 18, 2017
- CAPE Membership Policy March 24 2017
Sustainable Healthcare
- Letter to Ministers Shannon Phillips, Sarah Hoffman and Joe Ceci re: Office of Sustainability at Alberta Health Services (August. 16, 2018)
- Green Office Toolkit April 2018
- Report – Greening your practice -Solutions for the Medical Office
- Report – Healthy Hospitals – Healthy Planet – How the health sector can reduce its climate footprint
- Brochure – Green Office Solutions for Physicians
- The Economic Benefits of Greening (January 2002)
- Green Health Care submission for the consideration of Federal-Provincial-Territorial Working Group on Adaptation and Climate Resilience (August 2016)
- Letter re -Sustainable Healthcare (2002)
- Sustainable Healthcare Background Documents
- Letter Re An environmentally sustainable health care system – April 2001
Toxics
- Indoor Pesticides Backgrounder
- NGO comments on proposed PMRA decision on chlorpyrifos based on environmental risk assessment (July 31, 2019)
- CAPE brief to Edmonton pesticide review – February 2019
- CAPE brief to Calgary pesticide review – December 2018
- Letter to the Honourable Rochelle Squires Minister of Sustainable Development Re: Non-Essential Pesticide Use Regulation (286/2014): submission of petition signatories (Nov 27, 2018)
- Letter to the Honourable Rochelle Squires Minister of Sustainable Development Re: Manitoba legislation on non-essential uses of pesticides (Oct 18, 2018)
- Minister Petitpas Taylor re: Final Notice of Objection to Re-evaluation Decision RVD2017-01, Glyphosate, April 28, 2017 (Nov 13, 2018)
- Glyphosate: the world’s most widely used herbicide (Sept 5, 2018)
- Document d’information le Glyphosate, l’herbicide le plus employe dans le monde (5 Sept 2018)
- Municipal Weed Control: Lessons from Ground Zero (October 2018)
- Comments on the pollinator re-evaluation of imidacloprid submitted to the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (August 29, 2018)
- Letter re: Minister Squires expressing strong support for pesticides laws in Manitoba – June 1, 2018
- Letter to Chief Science Advisor re: recent PMRA regulatory decision June 13, 2018
- Letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau re: Neonicotinoid insecticides (May 31, 2018)
- Re: Lead in ammunition and fishing gear (April 18, 2018)
- Re: Plomb dans les munitions et le matériel de pêche (18 Avril 2018)
- Response to the Proposed Prohibition of Asbestos and Asbestos Products Regulations and Proposed Amendment to the Export of Substances on the Export Control List Regulations under CEPA, 1999 (March 21, 2018)
- Re: Response to Proposed Registrations and Pollinator Re-evaluations of Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam (March 19, 2018)
- Re – Hydrogen sulphide (Nov. 8, 2017)
- Re – Binational Strategies for PCBs and HBCD (Sept. 18, 2017)
- Report: Cosmetic Pesticides – Provincial Policies & Municipal Bylaws: Lessons Learned & Best Practices
- CAPE Pesticides Health Backgrounder – Sept 22 2017
- Document d’information – Les Pesticides et la santé – Sept 22 2017
- Backgrounder – Cosmetic Pesticide Bans – Highlights, Best Practices & Lessons Learned
- Sommaire exécutif – Pesticides utilisés à des fins esthétiques (2016)
- CAPE Pesticides Scorecard – Aug 30 2016
- Cosmetic Pesticides – Provincial & Municipal Laws – Lessons Learned & Best Practices – Kim Perrotta (May 16, 2017)
- CAPE’s Position Statement on Synthetic Pesticides (2000)
- Video: The Role of Pesticides & Pollution in Autism Michael Greger M.D. FACLM January 29th, 2018 (Jan. 29th, 2018)
- Toronto’s Pesticide Bylaw – Carol Mee (May 16, 2017)
- Reviewing the Evidence on Pesticides Exposure, Health and Ecological Impacts – Loren Vanderlinden (May 16, 2017)
- Poll – Time to Protect Alberta Children from Pesticides (October 2017)
- Pesticides Community Toolkit Background Documents
- Alberta Pesticide Survey Report (September 2016)
- Letter to Mayor Don Iveson, Chair, and Members of the City of Edmonton Audit Committee Re – City Pesticide Use Audit (17428) – (January 19, 2018)
- CAPE’s Submission to Calgary SPC – June 7 2017 – as filed
- Letter to Calgary City Council Recommending Reductions in Pesticide Use (June 2017)
- CAPE’s Letter Re – Calgary Pesticides Policy – Dec 2016
- CAPE’s Letter to Federal Minister of Health Dr. Jane Philpott re – the use of Chlorpyrifos (Dursban) by the City of Edmonton (February 2016)
- Comment letter on PMRA Cumulative Risk Assessment Framework – April 17, 2017
- Letter to PMRA Re – Conditional Registrations – Mar 2016
- Federal Pesticides Approval Process Background Documents
- Backgrounder – Pyrethroids – just because we can use them at home doesn’t mean they’re harmless
- Document d’information – les pyréthrinoïdes – utilisés à la maison, main non sans dangers
- Backgrounder: Atrazine: Banned in Europe, Common in Canada
- Document d’information: l’atrazine, interdit en Europe, répandu au Canada
- Letter to Hon. Jane Philpott re -Timeline for the PMRA’s second Special Review on Atrazine (May 2017)
- CAPE’s Letter to PMRA re -Special Review of Atrazine (February 2016)
- Letter to OMAFRA re – Ontario’s Draft Pollinator Health Action Plan (March 2016)
- Neonics Background Documents
- CAPE Backgrounder – Neonics, Honey Bees & Food Security
- CAPE Factsheet – Neonics, Honey Bees, and Food Security
- Document d’information – Les néonicotinoïdes, les abeilles domestiques et la sécurité alimentaire
- Technical Summary – Neonicotinoids -a threat for the food security (Jan. 2018)
- Resumé Technique – Les néonicotinoïdes menacent la sécurité alimentaire (Jan. 2018)
- Ad – Neonics (Nov 2015)
- Letter to Minister Philpott re – Final Notice of Objection to Glyphosate Re-evaluation Decision (July 2017)
- Glysophates Background Documents
- Avis d’objection à la décision de réévaluation RDV2017-01 sur le Glyphosate (2017 Juin)
- Letter to Minister Philpott re -Notice of Objection to Glyphosate Re-evaluation Decision (June 2017)