Courtney Howard

Dr Courtney Howard, MD, CCFP-EM is an SFU and UBC alumnus who is now a Yellowknife Emergency Physician, mom, and board member of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. Follow Courtney @courtghoward

6 Articles

Youth climate strike: 'a diagnosis being made en masse,' says ER doc

There is a sense of a diagnosis being made, en masse. The children of the world have shunned the system created by adults.... They are looking into each other’s eyes, confirming that climate change is an existential threat to their health and well-being, and that their elders have failed to protect them.

Opinion

Race Against Climate Change

By Courtney Howard in Opinion | March 15th 2019

Avoiding the “F” word: How “natural” is Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)?

In October, the B.C. government celebrated a decision by private-sector investors to proceed with LNG Canada, a $40 billion infrastructure project in Kitimat to export “natural” gas. Why are so many media and government announcements studiously avoiding the “F” word?

Opinion

By Margaret Mcgregor, Courtney Howard & Melissa Lem in Opinion | November 2nd 2018

Treating the climate with coal phase-out

The Lancet tells us that climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century…and that tackling climate change could be the greatest global health opportunity of the 21st century.

Opinion

By Courtney Howard in Opinion, Energy, Politics | November 29th 2017