Importance of Drought Specific Emergency Response Planning

Nancy Clements is a regional healthy built environment (north and central island) with a degree in environmental health (public health) and a minor in public administration. She is a certified public health inspector with 27 years of experience working in British Columbia and Ontario. Most recently, her work is focused on supporting environmental health officer’s and local governments around the healthy built environment and the impacts of climate change on health. She stays true to her environmental public health roots advocating for sustainable land development (water and wastewater) and resilience building. She works collaboratively alongside island health’s medical health officers, in partnership with local government, academics and other provincial government ministries. She is passionate about ensuring the safety of the public’s health now and as we plan for the future.