Trevor Hancock: Public health in the Anthropocene

"Les Grands conférences Paul-Bernard" February 24, 2016 with PPT in English

presented by le Centre de recherche Léa-Roback

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"Public health in the Anthropocene"

Trevor Hancock (Dr. Trevor Hancock is a public health physician and health promotion consultant and is currently a Professor and Senior Scholar at the School of Public Health and Social Policy at the University of Victoria)

Date : April 13, 2015 Time : noon to 13h30
Location : Direction de santé publique de Montréal --Amphithéâtre, 1301 rue Sherbrooke Est, Montréal

For more information : http://www.centrelearoback.org/fr/act...

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A growing number of earth scientists have suggested that we are entering a new geological epoch –the Anthropocene. The impact of humanity on the Earth has grown so large that our footprint will be evident in the geologic record far into the future. We are undermining the fundamental ecological determinants of the health of the population. The global ecological changes we are creating - from climate change to species extinction, ecotoxicity to ocean acidification, resource depletion to disruption of important geochemical cycles – will have massive implications for human wellbeing (not to mention the wellbeing of myriad other species), for communities and societies, and indeed for our entire modern civilization. The greatest challenge we face in the 21st century is how to live together in a socially just, harmonious and sustainable way, on this one small blue dot we call home. To do so, we will have to change our way of life, our economy, our politics and our culture. In this presentation I will explore the implications of the Anthropocene for health, the challenges we face and how we should respond. I will pay particular attention to the role of modern-day public health in addressing these issues