Courtney Howard


Courtney Howard is a Canadian ER physician who was President of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, as well as President-Elect the Canadian Medical Association, Associate Professor at the University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, and a former candidate for the leadership of the Green Party of Canada based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
Howard attended Simon Fraser University and went to medical school at McGill University. Howard has been featured or published in The Lancet, People, The Conversation, the National Observer, and other publications.

Publications

TitleAuthorsYear & PublisherDOI/Link
There is a way out: Preventing oilsands health tragedy from becoming Canada's permanent legacyCourtney Howard2013 Vancouver Observer
Open letter from Canadian physicians to Justin TrudeauCourtney Howard2015 National Observer
A pledge for planetary health to unite health professionals in the AnthropoceneKatharina-Jaqueline Wabnitz, Sabine Gabrysch, Renzo Guinto, Andy Haines, Martin Herrmann, Courtney Howard2020 The Lancetdoi:
Targeted change making for a healthy recoveryCourtney Howard2020 The Lancet
Climate change puts health at risk and economists have the right prescriptionChristopher Ragan
Courtney Howard
2020 The Conversation
COVID-19 crisis is a tipping point. Will we invest in planetary health, or oil and gas?Courtney Howard2020 National Observer

Electoral record