13/5/2021
The climate agenda needs to be reassessed to engage and empower diverse groups and to consider the impact of climate change from an equity-based approach.
Emily Winsor
Project Coordination Biologist
Meet Emily Winsor, our Public Health Insight Community Star! Emily works for Health Canada as a Project Coordination Biologist, where she reviews pest control products through science-based evaluation and risk assessments to ensure they pose minimal risk to human health and the environment.
In this post, Emily share shares her passion for public health by providing responses to the following questions:
Public Health goes beyond the physicians office to illustrate and understand the multiple dimensions and determinants that influence our overall health (physical, social, occupational, environmental). It aims to create healthier and more equitable communities for all.
I work for Health Canada at the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) as a Project Coordination Biologist. The PMRA is the Canadian government agency responsible for the regulation of pest control products. We review products through science-based evaluation and risk assessments to ensure they pose minimal risk to human health and the environment.
The health of our environment and surrounding ecosystem are inextricably linked to our public’s health. Changes to climate such as precipitation and temperature will influence the prevalence of food and waterborne illness and vector borne diseases. Climate change, and pollution to our ecosystems is a threat multiplier that will disproportionately impact marginalized communities. Climate change exacerbates pre-existing equity gaps. Tackling climate change and ecosystem degradation is a matter of class, racial and gender justice. The climate agenda needs to be reassessed to engage and empower diverse groups and to consider the impact of climate change from an equity based approach.
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