by Polina Boiko | Dec 2, 2021 | Environmental Issues and Health Impacts, Planetary Health, Students in EPT
In August 2021, the world received terrible news from the IPCC: the 6th assessment report is their “starkest warning yet” regarding current global climate issues (1). That news is everyone’s business, whoever we are. As a physiotherapist, I have been preoccupied too,...
by David Nicholls | Aug 31, 2021 | Environmental Philosophies, Environmental Physiotherapy, Planetary Health
During the brilliant August EPT Agenda 2023 participating institutions meeting organised by Filip and bringing five invited speakers together to talk about the integration of planetary health, environmental and sustainability perspectives into occupational therapy,...
by Adam Toner | Feb 8, 2021 | Clinical Practice, Greenspace Exposure, Planetary Health
How many of your patients arrived to their physio appointments last week by car? For me, it was 100% of those not opting for telehealth. An empty bike rack sat outside the clinic and nobody approached from the bus stop across the street. Granted, it is winter in...
by Filip Maric | Jan 10, 2021 | Clinical Practice, Events, Planetary Health, SDGs
Though the official launch is scheduled for World Environment Day on 5 June 2021, this year marks the beginning of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. This United Nations effort is based on the recognition that ‘there has never been a more urgent need to...
by Shaun Cleaver | Oct 6, 2020 | Events, Physiotherapy Education, Planetary Health, Uncategorized
This poster was developed for the Canadian Conference on Global Health: Global Health in a Changing Climate held from 19-22 October 2020. You can read and download the full EPT Agenda 2023 on www.eptagenda2023.com or contact Shaun Cleaver (PT, PhD) and Filip Maric...
by Shaun Cleaver | Oct 1, 2020 | Disaster relief and humanitarian emergenciess, Environmental Issues and Health Impacts, Planetary Health
Shaun and Mathieu are physiotherapists with experience in disaster response. They were accepted to present a workshop at the Canadian Physiotherapy Association’s “Congress 2020” on the use of the disaster cycle to conceptualize the roles of physiotherapists in the...
