- Carolyn Poutiainen (McGill Faculty of Law, law school)
- Aidan Findlater (University of Western Ontario School of Medicine, med school)
- Annelise Miller (McGill Faculty of Medicine, med school)
- Kelly Garton (University of British Columbia Global Health Research Program, MSc)
Best wishes for 2011 to former lab members beginning new programs!
New Edited Book – Climate change adaptation in developed nations
Edited book, “Climate change adaptation in developing nations: from theory to practice” now available on Springer’s website.
This 36 chapter edited volume will be published in early 2011 and profiles examples of adaptation planning from across developed nations. Authored by leading scientists and policy makers, the book is organized around 7 sections: Section I: Introduction and overview; Section II: Climate change adaptation in the public health sector; Section III: Climate change adaptation in the industrial sector; Section IV: Climate change adaptation in the urban environment; Section V: Climate change adaptation in the agricultural sector; Section VI: Climate change adaptation in rural and resource dependent communities; and Section VII: Future directions. (more…)
Welcome Back, Mya!
Undergraduate independent study student, Mya Sherman, recently returned from fieldwork in the Peruvian IHACC communities. She worked on developing an ethical framework to guide health research with remote Indigenous peoples. Welcome back, Mya
Dr. Ngom takes new position at INSPQ
Dr. Roland Ngom leaves McGill to take up a position at l’Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) and l’Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS). Best wishes to Roland!
Interview on The Current – 2011 Summer Heat Wave
Dr. Berrang Ford was interviewed Thursday on CBC’s The Current, where she spoke about the health implications of the 2011 summer heatwave in Canada. The entire episode is available on the CBC’s website, or you can listen to Lea’s clip below.
IHACC Project Launch Video
McGill University’s Eye on the Environment series recently talked to Dr. Lea Berrang ford about the launch of the Indigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change project.
Interview on Radio Canada’s The Link – Introducing the IHACC project
Dr. Berrang Ford was interviewed on Radio Canada’s international radio show, The Link, 3 June 2011 for a segment titled “Canadians investigate the effects of climate change on world’s Aboriginal people.” The full episode is available on Radio-Canada’s website, or you can listen to Lea’s segment below. For more on this project, visit the IHACC website.
Press Release: McGill Study Asks “Are We Adapting to Climate Change?”
For Immediate Release
November 1, 2010
Download the PDF press release here
Find the scientific article in Global Environmental Change here
Download the scientific article as a Word document here
McGill Study Asks “Are We Adapting to Climate Change?”
Delegates from around the world are preparing for the UN climate change talks that kick off in Mexico at the end of the month. While debate over emissions targets continues to rage in the wake of last year’s talks in Copenhagen, there is one area where nations agree: we’re going to have to adapt.
Yet despite the newfound interest in adaptation, it remains unclear if adaptation is possible or what challenges we will face. A study released last week in the prestigious scientific journal Global Environmental Change, led by Dr Berrang-Ford at McGill University, sheds light on these questions. Posing the question, Are we adapting to climate change?, the study highlights that adaptation is already taking place and is possible but is piecemeal and ad hoc in nature. (more…)
Are we adapting to climate change?
Berrang-Ford, L., Ford, J., and Patterson, J. In Press at Global Environmental Change. Find PDF.
Human systems will have to adapt to climate change. Understanding of the magnitude of the adaptation challenge at a global scale, however, is incomplete, constrained by a limited understanding of if and how adaptation is taking place. Here we develop and apply a methodology to track and characterize adaptation action; we apply these methods to the peer-reviewed, English-language literature. Our results challenge a number of common assumptions about adaptation while supporting others (more…)
Vulnerability of aboriginal health systems in Canada to climate change
Ford, J.D., L. Berrang-Ford, M. King, and C. Furgal (In press). Global Environmental Change. Find PDF.
Climate change has been identified as potentially the biggest health threat of the 21st century. Canada in general has a well developed public health system and low burden of health which will moderate vulnerability. However, there is significant heterogeneity in health outcomes, and health inequality is particularly pronounced among Aboriginal Canadians. (more…)
