*Planetary Health is...

Promoting planetary health means promoting both human health and the health of our natural world, and that is always at the heart of what we do at CANE.

“The concept of planetary health is based on the understanding that human health and human civilization depend on flourishing natural systems and the wise stewardship of those natural systems. However, natural systems are being degraded to an extent unprecedented in human history” (Whitmee et al., 2015).

Planetary health is a recognition of the fact that human health depends on healthy natural environments/ecosystems, and moreover, that we as a civilization find ourselves at a tipping point. We have depended on our natural systems to promote human health to the point where the human population is healthier than ever before, but to achieve this, we have exploited the planet at an unprecedented rate. If we want to continue to safeguard human health, we also need to maintain the health of the planet and its natural systems on which we depend.

History

Since the 1990’s, the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) has advocated for the health of the environment, collaborating with organizations such as Friends of the Earth, the Canadian Medical Association, and the Canadian Public Health Association, in producing guidelines and position statements on issues concerning environmental health (CNA & Friends of the Earth 1995, CNA 2009a, CNA 2009b). However, nurses were expressing concerns to the CNA regarding their lack of preparation in assessing or preventing environmental health issues, best practice guidelines in reducing toxics in health care, and the lack of public policy focused on what we now call planetary health.

President:

Maya Reshef Kalogirou –

RN, PhD

President-Elect:

Emilie Tremblay –

RN BScN PhD (c)

Past-President:

Jacqueline (Jack) Avanthay Strus –

RN, MSN, PhD(c)

Treasurer:

Sawyer Speer –

BBA Accounting

Secretary:

Jamila Rempel –

RN BSN

Communications Officer:

June Kaminski –

RN, BSN, MSN, PhD(c)

Sustainability Director:

Katie North –

IA, BScI, MScI, PhD (e)

British Columbia Representative:

Helen Boyd –

RN, BScN, MA Counselling

British Columbia Representative:

Aggie Black –

RN BA BSN MPH

Alberta Co-Representative:

Leah Boulton-Chaykowski –

RN BSN BA MPH

Alberta Co-Representative:

Danielle Kody –

RN BScN MN St.

Saskatchewan Representative:

Lindsey Vold –

RN, MSN, PhD(c)

Manitoba Co-Representative:

Nico Lepage –

RN BSN

Manitoba Co-Representative:

Ashley Bowering –

BscH, BScN, RN, MHE

Ontario Representative:

Kaila Radan –

RN, BScN, BA&Sc (Hon)

Quebec Co-Representative:

Lucie Vicat-Blanc –

RN BS MS MN St

Quebec Co-Representative:

Naomi Pastrana Mankovitz –

BSN St, DEC BioSc, VisArts

Atlantic Region Representative:

De-Ann Sheppard –

NP, MScHQ, PhD(c)

Northern Region Representative:

Andréanne Robitaille –

RN BSN MSN PhD(c)

Northern Region Representative:

Sierra Betournay –

To develop and support evidence-informed nursing practice that promotes planetary health and enhances the engagement of nurses in the promotion of planetary health in all domains of nursing practice and care contexts.

To support and advance evidence-informed nursing research, education, and scholarship pertaining to planetary health and to provide a forum where nurses are able to effectively discuss and transfer this knowledge and expertise with one another and beyond.

To adopt a stance of intersectionality in our work, acknowledging that our identities, class, and social location interact and intersect in such ways that persons and populations experience different levels of oppression and privilege in our society. We commit to learning and unlearning about our privileges and about the oppressive forces of our society; and how these may show up in nursing, our organization, and our work. We commit to working with antiracist and decolonial practices to achieve cultural humility and a more just society. To this end, we acknowledge that our work occurs on the traditional and often unceded territories of many Indigenous Nations both across the north of Turtle Island and beyond.

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*Planetary Health is...

CNA-CANE Planetary Health Position Statement (2024)

l’AIIC - ACIIE Déclaration de position sur la santé planétaire (2024)

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