Join Alberta Capital Airshed and West Central Airshed Society for our upcoming webinar, Breathe Easy: Managing Asthma in Changing Air Quality, where we explore how increasing air pollution and extreme heat events are impacting asthma, especially in children. Learn how these environmental factors can trigger and worsen symptoms, and gain practical strategies to prevent, recognize, and manage asthma exacerbations.
The session will also highlight how national organizations are championing clean air, share key resources to support those living with lung disease, and provide recent polling insights on how Canadians are impacted by, and concerned about, air quality and climate change.
Alberta Capital Airshed and West Central Airshed Society are your Airshed organizations, responsible for monitoring, evaluating, and reporting the outdoor air quality, including the Air Quality Health Index. We also actively engage with communities to raise awareness, share data through knowledge translation, and provide education.
Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IvQfYcnhQrazZyOS_mnsgg#/registration
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Speakers
Eric Lavigne
Research Scientist · Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada
Eric Lavigne is an environmental epidemiologist and a Research Scientist with Health Canada, an Adjunct Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa and an Adjunct Scientist with the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Ontario. His research interests lie in the connection between air pollution and climate change, particularly regarding early life exposure and the health of children.
Dr. Anne Hicks
Associate Professor, Pediatric Respiratory Medicine · University of Alberta
Dr. Anne Hicks is Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Children’s Lung Health, associate professor in Pediatric Respiratory Medicine and the lead of the Stollery Children’s Environmental Health Clinic, a WHO Collaborating Centre. She founded the Stollery Pediatric Complex Asthma clinic and collaborates on provincial and national asthma care pathways. Her interdisciplinary research group studies how air pollution and other exposures affect lung health and development.
Sarah Butson
CEO · Canadian Lung Association
Sarah Butson has worked for over fifteen years in the field of health promotion and chronic disease prevention. Serving as CEO of the Canadian Lung Association, she champions the cause of lung health, focusing on everything from prevention and care to ground-breaking research and discovery. As someone who knows first-hand what it feels like when you can’t breathe she is passionate about creating an environment where lung health is prioritized so that her kids, and generations to follow, can grow up healthy and breathe freely.