The climate-health impacts of poverty significantly affect marginalized populations, including women, children, youth, older adults, and individuals experiencing homelessness.
Our initiative aims to focus on these groups while emphasizing the importance of recognizing various intersectional identities that contribute to these challenges.
Conferences and other events
2026 Canadian Community
Psychology Conference
1) Understanding the poverty, health, and climate change nexus in Canada: Perspectives of lived experience experts and professionals
2) The Implications of Climate Change for the Learning and Development of Children and Youth in Poverty
May 21 – 23, 2026
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo
2026 Ontario Student Medical Education
Research Conference
Integrating Climate Justice into Health Education: Developing an Equity-Focused Tutorial on Climate Change and Health for Future Clinician
January 18th, 2026
Toronto
2025 Climate, Health, Sustainable Care
Annual Symposium
1) Women in the midst:
An analysis of the intersectionality of climate change, poverty and health in Canadian print media
2) A Systematic Review of Gendered Impacts of Extreme Climate Events on Women Living in Poverty
October 30, 2025
Hart House, University of Toronto
2025 North American Refugee
Health Conference
Addressing Refugees and Other Migrant Populations in National Adaptation Strategies:
A Critical Assessment and Future Pathways
September 11th to 13th, 2025
Niagara Falls, ON
2025 Index Workshop
Toronto Neighborhood
Climate Vulnerability
Index Workshop
June 4, 2025 Toronto, Canada
2025 CPHA
"Public Health 2025" Conference
April 29 - May 1, 2025 in Winnipeg, Canada
Heat-Related Health Risks for People Experiencing Homelessness:
A Rapid Review
The Canadian Poverty, Health Equity, and Climate Change initiative:
Key lessons learned in getting a knowledge mobilization enterprise off the ground
2024 Roundtable
"Community Climate Resilience Roundtable: Health, Wellbeing & Health Systems"
Topic
The Canadian Poverty, Health Equity, and Climate Change Initiative
December 13, 2024
Toronto, Canada
2024 Symposium
Climate Change, Health & Sustainable Care: Inaugural Symposium
Compounding effects in climate change and health equity: Inclusivity in discourse and response generation
October 22, 2024 in Toronto, Canada
Oral Presentations
Farooq M et al. (2026, January 18th). Integrating Climate Justice into Health Education: Developing an Equity-Focused Tutorial on Climate Change and Health for Future Clinicians [Oral presentation]. Ontario Student Medical Education Research Conference.
Farooq, M et al. (2025, October 30). A Systematic Review of Gendered Impacts of Extreme Climate Events on Women Living in Poverty. [Oral presentation]. Climate, Health & Sustainable Care 2025 Annual Symposium, Toronto, Canada.
Farooq, M and Lacap, L. (2025, September 12). Addressing Refugees and Other Migrant Populations in National Adaptation Strategies: A Critical Assessment and Future Pathways [Oral presentation]. North American Refugee Health Conference, Niagara Falls, Canada.
