Courtney Howard

Courtney Howard (born November 7, 1978)^[1] is a Canadian ER physician who was President of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment,^[2][3] as well as a board member with the Canadian Medical Association,^[4] Associate Professor at the University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine,^[5][6] and a former candidate for the leadership of the Green Party of Canada based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.^[7]

Courtney Howard
Born	Courtney Gail Howard (1978-11-07) November 7, 1978 (age 45)^[1] Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Education	McGill University Simon Fraser University
Occupation	Physician
Employer	Stanton Territorial Hospital
Known for	Public health, leadership campaign
Political party	Green Party of Canada
Board member of	Canadian Medical Association, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
Website	Official website

Howard attended Simon Fraser University and went to medical school at McGill University.^[2] Howard has been featured or published in The Lancet,^[8][9] People,^[10] The Conversation,^[5] the National Observer,^[11] and other publications.^[12][13]

Publications

Title	Authors	Year & Publisher	DOI/Link
There is a way out: Preventing oilsands health tragedy from becoming Canada's permanent legacy	Courtney Howard	2013 Vancouver Observer	[1]
Open letter from Canadian physicians to Justin Trudeau	Courtney Howard	2015 National Observer	[2]
A pledge for planetary health to unite health professionals in the Anthropocene	Katharina-Jaqueline Wabnitz, Sabine Gabrysch, Renzo Guinto, Andy Haines, Martin Herrmann, Courtney Howard	2020 The Lancet	doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32039-0
Targeted change making for a healthy recovery	Courtney Howard	2020 The Lancet	[3]
Climate change puts health at risk and economists have the right prescription	Christopher Ragan Courtney Howard	2020 The Conversation	[4]
COVID-19 crisis is a tipping point. Will we invest in planetary health, or oil and gas?	Courtney Howard	2020 National Observer	[5]

Electoral record

2020 Green Party of Canada leadership election results by round

Candidate		1st round		2nd round		3rd round		4th round		5th round		6th round		7th round		8th round
		Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%
	Annamie Paul	6,242	26.14%	6,242	26.16%	6,305	26.24%	6,478	27.23%	6,952	29.44%	7,614	32.52%	8,862	38.52%	12,090	54.53%
	Dimitri Lascaris	5,768	24.15%	5,773	24.20%	5,813	24.40%	6,586	27.69%	7,050	29.86%	7,551	32.25%	8,340	36.22%	10,081	45.47%
	Courtney Howard	3,285	13.76%	3,285	13.77%	3,348	14.05%	3,404	14.31%	3,762	15.93%	4,523	19.32%	5,824	25.29%	Eliminated
	Glen Murray	2,745	11.50%	2,746	11.51%	2,821	11.84%	2,846	11.96%	2,992	12.67%	3,725	15.91%	Eliminated
	David Merner	2,636	11.04%	2,636	11.05%	2,697	11.32%	2,727	11.46%	2,856	12.10%	Eliminated
	Amita Kuttner	1,468	6.15%	1,470	6.16%	1,486	6.24%	1,748	7.35%	Eliminated
	Meryam Haddad	1,345	5.63%	1,346	5.64%	1,358	5.70%	Eliminated
	Andrew West	352	1.47%	356	1.49%	Eliminated
	None Of The Above	36	0.15%	Eliminated
Total		23,877	100%	23,854	100%	23,828	100%	23,788	100%	23,612	100%	23,413	100%	23,026	100%	22,171	100%

References

1. Yates, Andrew (11 September 2020). "Green Party Leadership Race Contender: Courtney Howard". Huffington Post. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
2. "Dr. Courtney Howard". CAPE. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
3. "Dr Courtney Howard of CAPE, Speaking at Power Past Coal launch, COP23". YouTube. Courtney Howard. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
4. "Dr. Courtney Howard, Northwest Territories — On leave from the Board". Canadian Medical Association. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
5. Ragan, Christopher; Howard, Courtney. "Climate change puts health at risk and economists have the right prescription". The Conversation. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
6. Howard, Courtney (1 June 2020). . drcourtneyhoward.ca. Dr. Courtney Howard. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
7. Canada, Green Party of. "Dr. Courtney Howard, Yellowknife Emergency Physician and Climate and Health Expert, Announces Bid for the Leadership of the Green Party of Canada". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
8. Wabnitz, Katharina-Jaqueline; Gabrysch, Sabine; Guinto, Renzo; Haines, Andy; Herrmann, Martin; Howard, Courtney; Potter, Teddie; Prescott, Susan L.; Redvers, Nicole (30 September 2020). "A pledge for planetary health to unite health professionals in the Anthropocene". The Lancet. 396 (10261): 1471–1473. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32039-0. PMC 7527204. PMID 33010210.
9. Howard, Courtney. "Targeted change making for a healthy recovery" (PDF). The Lancet. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
10. Baker, KC. "Skies Are Clearer and Global Pollution Is Down Because of COVID-19 — But Can We Sustain It?". PEOPLE.com. People Magazine. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
11. March 24th 2020, Courtney Howard (24 March 2020). "COVID-19 crisis is a tipping point. Will we invest in planetary health, or oil and gas?". National Observer. Retrieved 7 October 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
12. Geddes, John. "The climate crisis: "Yes, we should be scared." - Macleans.ca". www.macleans.ca. No. 11 July 2019. Macleans Magazine. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
13. McBride, Jason (5 April 2019). "Yellowknife ER Doctor Courtney Howard On Climate Change | Chatelaine". www.chatelaine.com. Chatelaine Magazine. Retrieved 7 October 2020.

External links

• Official website