Rising Heat, Rising Risk: Climate Change and Health Care in BC

Rising heat. Rising risk. Rising urgency.

Climate change is no longer a distant threat. It is already reshaping life across British Columbia. In just the past decade, we have faced record-breaking wildfires, extreme heat domes, prolonged droughts, water shortages, and more frequent flooding driven by atmospheric rivers.

What does climate change mean for our health and for the future of our health care system?

Now is the time to come together.

Join Voices for Public Health Care for an important conversation with physicians from the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE). As frontline doctors, they are witnessing firsthand how climate change is affecting the health of individuals and communities across the province.

Together, we will explore what these changes mean for our health care system and what action is needed to build a more resilient, equitable future.
Let’s listen. Let’s act. Let’s build a health care system, and a future, ready for this moment.

CAPE Panelists:

• Dr. Rachel Grimminck, Assistant Professor, UBC Department of Psychiatry
  
• Dr. Melissa Lem, Family Physician, CAPE Past President 
  
• Host:   Cheryl Cameron

When: Tuesday, March 31, 7:00 PM PST