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    ONLINE: HealthyPeople, HealthyPlanet: Animal agriculture and global impact on environment, food security, social justice

    When:
    Monday, April 22, 2024
    12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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    Healthy People, Healthy Planet Speaker Series: Changing the Paradigm

    Animal agriculture and the global impact on environment, food security, and social justice

    Speaker: Dr. Tushar Mehta completed medical school and residency at the University of Toronto.  Currently, he practices Emergency Medicine in Brampton, ON and participates in international health projects. 

    Learning objectives:

    1. Understand the mechanisms by which animal products have a higher ecological impact than high quality plant protein foods
    2. Identify parameters of global ecology that are predominantly impacted by animal agriculture
    3. Describe how food security is impacted by animal agriculture
    4. Discuss the adequacy of plant protein in human nutrition
    5. Describe the pandemic and infectious disease implications of animal agriculture
    6. Review common misinformation tactics used by animal agriculture industry

    The Healthy People, Healthy Planet Speaker Series has been certified for up to 6 CFPC Group Learning credits and 6 Royal College Section 1 - Group Learning hours. It provides a Queen’s University certificate of completion for up to 6 hours of professional learning for health professionals.

    Contact:
    Patricia Fletcher
    patricia.fletcher@queensu.ca
    Cost:
    n/a
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