Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
@cape-acme.bsky.social
Physician-led non-profit working to secure human health by protecting the environment
NEW Op-Ed: In this week’s Hill Times briefing, catch Dr. Mili Roy’s piece from COP. Canada is falling behind on its Paris goals as climate and health harms rise. While the world shifts to renewables, doubling down on fossil fuels is costly and dangerous. Read more: https://loom.ly/FQseOfs
December 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW Op-Ed: In this week’s Hill Times briefing, catch Dr. Mili Roy’s piece from COP. Canada is falling behind on its Paris goals as climate and health harms rise. While the world shifts to renewables, doubling down on fossil fuels is costly and dangerous. Read more: https://loom.ly/FQseOfs
Happy International Day of Persons with Disabilities! We will continue to grow our solidarity work towards environmental justice and disability justice.
Video description: CAPE Development Manager, Karina Cardona, joined Climate Action Team Manitoba's call for a provincial climate plan
Video description: CAPE Development Manager, Karina Cardona, joined Climate Action Team Manitoba's call for a provincial climate plan
December 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Happy International Day of Persons with Disabilities! We will continue to grow our solidarity work towards environmental justice and disability justice.
Video description: CAPE Development Manager, Karina Cardona, joined Climate Action Team Manitoba's call for a provincial climate plan
Video description: CAPE Development Manager, Karina Cardona, joined Climate Action Team Manitoba's call for a provincial climate plan
This Giving Tuesday, join us in working to better human health by protecting the planet. Gifts received between December 2-12 will be matched up to a total of $20,000 thanks to the Zita and Mark Bernstein Family Foundation! Visit act.cape.ca/donate to double your impact today.
#givingtuesday2025
#givingtuesday2025
December 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This Giving Tuesday, join us in working to better human health by protecting the planet. Gifts received between December 2-12 will be matched up to a total of $20,000 thanks to the Zita and Mark Bernstein Family Foundation! Visit act.cape.ca/donate to double your impact today.
#givingtuesday2025
#givingtuesday2025
CAPE is delighted to welcome Dr. Samantha Green as our new President! 🎉
Dr. Sehjal Bhargava joins as President-Elect, and Dr. Melissa Lem is our Past President.
Learn more about these leaders and the others at CAPE's helm: https://loom.ly/HpFtJy8
Dr. Sehjal Bhargava joins as President-Elect, and Dr. Melissa Lem is our Past President.
Learn more about these leaders and the others at CAPE's helm: https://loom.ly/HpFtJy8
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
CAPE is delighted to welcome Dr. Samantha Green as our new President! 🎉
Dr. Sehjal Bhargava joins as President-Elect, and Dr. Melissa Lem is our Past President.
Learn more about these leaders and the others at CAPE's helm: https://loom.ly/HpFtJy8
Dr. Sehjal Bhargava joins as President-Elect, and Dr. Melissa Lem is our Past President.
Learn more about these leaders and the others at CAPE's helm: https://loom.ly/HpFtJy8
🌊✊ Civil Society Rejects Northwest Coast Oil Pipeline
40+ organizations stand with Coastal First Nations to protect the north Pacific coast—a globally significant ecosystem and vital economic hub.
💧 No consent. No plan. No pipeline.
📢 Read the full statement! https://loom.ly/rTG48AY
40+ organizations stand with Coastal First Nations to protect the north Pacific coast—a globally significant ecosystem and vital economic hub.
💧 No consent. No plan. No pipeline.
📢 Read the full statement! https://loom.ly/rTG48AY
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🌊✊ Civil Society Rejects Northwest Coast Oil Pipeline
40+ organizations stand with Coastal First Nations to protect the north Pacific coast—a globally significant ecosystem and vital economic hub.
💧 No consent. No plan. No pipeline.
📢 Read the full statement! https://loom.ly/rTG48AY
40+ organizations stand with Coastal First Nations to protect the north Pacific coast—a globally significant ecosystem and vital economic hub.
💧 No consent. No plan. No pipeline.
📢 Read the full statement! https://loom.ly/rTG48AY
When it comes to methane (a dangerous driver of smog, air pollution, and climate change) the public is even more decisive. ➡️ 64.5% support stronger regulations on oil & gas methane emissions reduction. That’s more than 4 to 1 compared to those opposed.
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
When it comes to methane (a dangerous driver of smog, air pollution, and climate change) the public is even more decisive. ➡️ 64.5% support stronger regulations on oil & gas methane emissions reduction. That’s more than 4 to 1 compared to those opposed.
➡️ 75%+ say governments must act NOW. The polling, titled 'Progressive voters want action on methane and wildfires', confirms that three in four people in Canada believe governments must act urgently to reduce the health risks of climate change.
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
➡️ 75%+ say governments must act NOW. The polling, titled 'Progressive voters want action on methane and wildfires', confirms that three in four people in Canada believe governments must act urgently to reduce the health risks of climate change.
#COP30 - CAPE is now live at the 'Global Health Leaders Call for a Life-Saving Transition Away from Fossil Fuels' press conference with @gchalliance.bsky.social @ifmsa.bsky.social l and the @International Council of Nurses (ICN). Livestream : unfccc-events.azureedge.net/COP30_108722...
November 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
#COP30 - CAPE is now live at the 'Global Health Leaders Call for a Life-Saving Transition Away from Fossil Fuels' press conference with @gchalliance.bsky.social @ifmsa.bsky.social l and the @International Council of Nurses (ICN). Livestream : unfccc-events.azureedge.net/COP30_108722...
#COP30 Press Conference: Join us today, at 3:30 EST (Ottawa)/ 5:30 UTC (Belém), alongside the Global Climate and Health Alliance @gchalliance.bsky.social the International Federation of Medical Students Associations
@ifmsa.bsky.social & the International Council of Nurses
@ifmsa.bsky.social & the International Council of Nurses
November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
#COP30 Press Conference: Join us today, at 3:30 EST (Ottawa)/ 5:30 UTC (Belém), alongside the Global Climate and Health Alliance @gchalliance.bsky.social the International Federation of Medical Students Associations
@ifmsa.bsky.social & the International Council of Nurses
@ifmsa.bsky.social & the International Council of Nurses
Fossil fuel pollution causes 1 in 5 deaths worldwide.
The lungs also symbolize the Amazon : the “lungs of the Earth” threatened by extraction and climate change. Here's a sneak peak of what that means!
The lungs also symbolize the Amazon : the “lungs of the Earth” threatened by extraction and climate change. Here's a sneak peak of what that means!
November 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Fossil fuel pollution causes 1 in 5 deaths worldwide.
The lungs also symbolize the Amazon : the “lungs of the Earth” threatened by extraction and climate change. Here's a sneak peak of what that means!
The lungs also symbolize the Amazon : the “lungs of the Earth” threatened by extraction and climate change. Here's a sneak peak of what that means!
📣 #COP30 - MEDIA ADVISORY - Tomorrow, November 17: Health professionals to unveil GIANT LUNGS installation calling for a fossil fuel phase-out.
November 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
📣 #COP30 - MEDIA ADVISORY - Tomorrow, November 17: Health professionals to unveil GIANT LUNGS installation calling for a fossil fuel phase-out.
“Physicians have a long history of safeguarding health policy from commercial influence. As doctors, we kicked Big Tobacco out of health negotiations. Now to break the thirty year climate deadlock we need to kick big polluters out of climate COPs. (...) ” Dr. Samantha Green.
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“Physicians have a long history of safeguarding health policy from commercial influence. As doctors, we kicked Big Tobacco out of health negotiations. Now to break the thirty year climate deadlock we need to kick big polluters out of climate COPs. (...) ” Dr. Samantha Green.
1️⃣ 1 in 25 attendees in Belém represents Big Oil.
2️⃣ Lobbyists outnumber delegates from most vulnerable countries, even as typhoons and floods hit.
3️⃣ ExxonMobil, BP, TotalEnergies & others are pushing false “solutions” while profiting from the crisis.
2️⃣ Lobbyists outnumber delegates from most vulnerable countries, even as typhoons and floods hit.
3️⃣ ExxonMobil, BP, TotalEnergies & others are pushing false “solutions” while profiting from the crisis.
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
1️⃣ 1 in 25 attendees in Belém represents Big Oil.
2️⃣ Lobbyists outnumber delegates from most vulnerable countries, even as typhoons and floods hit.
3️⃣ ExxonMobil, BP, TotalEnergies & others are pushing false “solutions” while profiting from the crisis.
2️⃣ Lobbyists outnumber delegates from most vulnerable countries, even as typhoons and floods hit.
3️⃣ ExxonMobil, BP, TotalEnergies & others are pushing false “solutions” while profiting from the crisis.
Now that Canada has joined the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change — what happens next? If you’re at #COP30, join us tomorrow for “After the COP of Truth: Putting Climate Information Integrity into Action in Canada” at the Canada Pavilion ➡️ loom.ly/_OqVPPI
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Now that Canada has joined the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change — what happens next? If you’re at #COP30, join us tomorrow for “After the COP of Truth: Putting Climate Information Integrity into Action in Canada” at the Canada Pavilion ➡️ loom.ly/_OqVPPI
A huge congratulations to @srbhargava.bsky.social, Kiemia Rezagian & Inaam Chattha, who are among Corporate Knights' 30 Under 30 leaders in sustainability!
We are so grateful to have these change-makers in the CAPE community.
https://loom.ly/EqjSJmw
We are so grateful to have these change-makers in the CAPE community.
https://loom.ly/EqjSJmw
November 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A huge congratulations to @srbhargava.bsky.social, Kiemia Rezagian & Inaam Chattha, who are among Corporate Knights' 30 Under 30 leaders in sustainability!
We are so grateful to have these change-makers in the CAPE community.
https://loom.ly/EqjSJmw
We are so grateful to have these change-makers in the CAPE community.
https://loom.ly/EqjSJmw
📊 New poll from McGill University's Media Ecosystem Observatory: the majority of people in Canada want the federal government to combat disinformation on social media, especially during extreme weather events.
👉 Learn more in our press release: https://loom.ly/26DdMKs
👉 Learn more in our press release: https://loom.ly/26DdMKs
October 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📊 New poll from McGill University's Media Ecosystem Observatory: the majority of people in Canada want the federal government to combat disinformation on social media, especially during extreme weather events.
👉 Learn more in our press release: https://loom.ly/26DdMKs
👉 Learn more in our press release: https://loom.ly/26DdMKs
🎉CAPE President Dr. Melissa Lem has been given Canada's Clean50 Award for 2026, which recognizes top contributors to the clean economy in Canada over the past 2 years. 🎉
October 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🎉CAPE President Dr. Melissa Lem has been given Canada's Clean50 Award for 2026, which recognizes top contributors to the clean economy in Canada over the past 2 years. 🎉
On October 6, health professionals across the country mobilized for the 1st-ever National Day of Action for Planetary Health. Because our health depends on a healthy planet. 🌎
@cmadocs.bsky.social @royalcollege.bsky.social
@cmadocs.bsky.social @royalcollege.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
On October 6, health professionals across the country mobilized for the 1st-ever National Day of Action for Planetary Health. Because our health depends on a healthy planet. 🌎
@cmadocs.bsky.social @royalcollege.bsky.social
@cmadocs.bsky.social @royalcollege.bsky.social
"[T]he Earth’s natural systems are the most fundamental determinants of our health, the bedrock underpinning our wellbeing": https://loom.ly/TUuaHQE
JOIN the first-ever National Day of Action for Planetary Health TOMORROW: planetaryhealthday.ca
JOIN the first-ever National Day of Action for Planetary Health TOMORROW: planetaryhealthday.ca
October 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"[T]he Earth’s natural systems are the most fundamental determinants of our health, the bedrock underpinning our wellbeing": https://loom.ly/TUuaHQE
JOIN the first-ever National Day of Action for Planetary Health TOMORROW: planetaryhealthday.ca
JOIN the first-ever National Day of Action for Planetary Health TOMORROW: planetaryhealthday.ca
On Oct 6, join David Suzuki & planetary health leaders on practical steps + big solutions to the environment crisis: https://loom.ly/9paSmn8
#planetaryhealthday
@royalcollege.bsky.social @drmelissalem.bsky.social
#planetaryhealthday
@royalcollege.bsky.social @drmelissalem.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
On Oct 6, join David Suzuki & planetary health leaders on practical steps + big solutions to the environment crisis: https://loom.ly/9paSmn8
#planetaryhealthday
@royalcollege.bsky.social @drmelissalem.bsky.social
#planetaryhealthday
@royalcollege.bsky.social @drmelissalem.bsky.social
2/CAPE physician, Dr. Helen Hsu, acknowledges the importance of clean air and climate action: “(...) Climate change and extreme weather harm physical and mental health. A national east-west renewable energy grid would (...) reduce air pollution, cut carbon emissions and protect long-term health.”
September 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
2/CAPE physician, Dr. Helen Hsu, acknowledges the importance of clean air and climate action: “(...) Climate change and extreme weather harm physical and mental health. A national east-west renewable energy grid would (...) reduce air pollution, cut carbon emissions and protect long-term health.”
Physicians, nurses, and First Nations leaders challenged BC and federal governments to prove LNG is safe for health before approving more projects, during press conferences today in Vancouver and Smithers.
September 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Physicians, nurses, and First Nations leaders challenged BC and federal governments to prove LNG is safe for health before approving more projects, during press conferences today in Vancouver and Smithers.
⚠️ The launch of the Major Projects Office risks undermining Canada's commitments to climate action and reconciliation. Fast-tracking fossil-fuel projects will backtrack on these promises. Protecting our collective health is in Canada's national interest, not racing to support big polluters.
August 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
⚠️ The launch of the Major Projects Office risks undermining Canada's commitments to climate action and reconciliation. Fast-tracking fossil-fuel projects will backtrack on these promises. Protecting our collective health is in Canada's national interest, not racing to support big polluters.
🔥Extreme heat is a public health emergency and Ontario isn’t prepared. Today, 12 health, labour, tenant & environmental groups, incl. CAPE’s Dr. Cole, called for urgent action 👇
August 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
🔥Extreme heat is a public health emergency and Ontario isn’t prepared. Today, 12 health, labour, tenant & environmental groups, incl. CAPE’s Dr. Cole, called for urgent action 👇