Haskell’s second annual Children’s Health and Climate Change Symposium will host health and climate scientists to discuss climate change-related wellness issues, with a special focus on the impacts of water.
“In the face of global climate change many places now have so much water at times that it becomes deadly, while others have so little water it threatens life,” according to a press release. “Extreme weather events like flooding and droughts increasingly pose major health risks to our most vulnerable human populations – especially children.”
The Rising Voices Changing Coasts Convergence Science Hub, Haskell USDA Extension Program and the Haskell Office of Student Life are hosting the symposium from Thursday, Nov. 13 to Friday, Nov. 14.
Much of the event’s aim is to engage undergraduate students, including those attending tribal colleges and universities, and encourage them “to consider careers in medicine, public, community, and environmental health by showing them the importance of having trained health professionals help prepare their communities to address the current and future climate-related health threats their children will likely face.”
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From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, there will be a medicine and environmental health career fair in Navarre Hall Room 114. A poster session will take place in the same space from 3 to 5 p.m., followed by a banquet at Curtis Hall at 6 p.m.
Friday’s agenda is stacked with panels and presentations given by “climate scientists, medical and environmental health professionals, and social scientists.” Panel topics include food sovereignty, mental health and caring for caregivers.
In addition to hearing from locals such as conservation scholar Brett Ramey and therapist Marcia Epstein, keynote speakers include Jessica Saniguq Ullrich, Lori Peek and Helen Russett.
Learn about the full slate of events here.
“Children’s Health & Climate Change Symposium: It’s All About Water” is free to attend. Register at this link.
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