The Temerty Faculty of Medicine's Environmental Lecture Series: Health (human and planetary) and the Existential Threat of the Anthropocene

The urgency of human-induced environmental change and its effect on health

Speaker:
Trevor Young, Dean of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Moderator:
David JA Jenkins, Professor, Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

The problem – human overconsumption and population explosion

Speaker:
David JA Jenkins, Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine, University of Toronto

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Panel Discussion

Speakers:
Meaghan E. Kavanagh, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
Vasanti S. Malik, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
John L. Sievenpiper, Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine, University of Toronto
Walter C. Willett, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Moderator:
David JA Jenkins, Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine, University of Toronto

Young people’s concerns for climate change

Speaker:
Celina Mankarios, Founder of Etherea and Youth Social Impact
Moderator:
David JA Jenkins, Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine, University of Toronto

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Panel Discussion

Speakers:
Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Member of Parliament, Beaches East-York
Andrea J. Glenn, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
David L. Katz, CEO Diet ID
Vasanti S. Malik, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
John L. Sievenpiper, Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine, University of Toronto

Moderator:
David JA Jenkins, Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine, University of Toronto

The scientists’ warning to humanity

Speaker:
Jillian Gregg, Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University

Moderator:
David JA Jenkins, Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine, University of Toronto

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Panel Discussion

Speakers:
Laura Chiavaroli, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
David L. Katz, CEO Diet ID
Meaghan E. Kavanagh, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
William J. Ripple, University Distinguished Professor of Ecology at Oregon State University

Moderator:
David JA Jenkins, Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine, University of Toronto

Overshoot: The real existential crisis

Speaker:
William Rees, Former Director of the University of British Columbia’s School of Community and Regional Planning in Vancouver, Canada

Moderator:
David JA Jenkins, Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine, University of Toronto

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Panel Discussion

Speakers:
David L. Katz, CEO Diet ID
Meaghan E. Kavanagh, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
Vasanti S. Malik, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
William J. Ripple, University Distinguished Professor of Ecology at Oregon State University

Walter C. Willett, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Moderator:
David JA Jenkins, Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine, University of Toronto

EAT Lancet – milk and meat

Speaker:
Walter C. Willett, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Moderator:
David JA Jenkins, Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine, University of Toronto

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Panel Discussion

Speakers:
Andrea J. Glenn, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
David L. Katz, CEO Diet ID
Vasanti S. Malik, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
John L. Sievenpiper, Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine, University of Toronto

Moderator:
David JA Jenkins, Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine, University of Toronto

Car tyre pollution

Speaker:
Nick Molden, CEO, Emissions Analytics, UK

Moderator:
David JA Jenkins, Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine, University of Toronto

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Panel Discussion

Speakers:
Sabrina Ayoub-Charette, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
Laura Chiavaroli, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
Vasanti S. Malik, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto

Moderator:
David JA Jenkins, Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine, University of Toronto

Covering Climate Change: Media responsibilities and opportunities

Speaker:
André Picard, The Globe and Mail, Canada

Talk Description:
A veteran health journalist reflects on the challenges of covering climate change, of conveying the severity of the health threat while not succumbing to doom and gloom.

Moderator:
David JA Jenkins, Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine, University of Toronto

Panel Discussion

Speakers:
Sabrina Ayoub-Charette, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
Laura Chiavaroli, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
Vasanti S. Malik, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto

Moderator:
David JA Jenkins, Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine, University of Toronto