Courtney Gail Howard (born November 7, 1978) is a Canadian ER physician who was President of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, as well as President-Elect of the Canadian Medical Association, Associate Professor at the University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, and a former candidate for the leadership of the Green Party of Canada based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
Howard attended Simon Fraser University and went to medical school at McGill University. Howard has been featured or published in The Lancet, People, The Conversation, the National Observer, and other publications.
Publications
TitleAuthorsYear & PublisherDOI/LinkThere is a way out: Preventing oilsands health tragedy from becoming Canada's permanent legacyCourtney Howard2013 Vancouver ObserverOpen letter from Canadian physicians to Justin TrudeauCourtney Howard2015 National ObserverA pledge for planetary health to unite health professionals in the AnthropoceneKatharina-Jaqueline Wabnitz, Sabine Gabrysch, Renzo Guinto, Andy Haines, Martin Herrmann, Courtney Howard2020 The Lancetdoi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32039-0 Targeted change making for a healthy recoveryCourtney Howard2020 The LancetClimate change puts health at risk and economists have the right prescriptionChristopher Ragan Courtney Howard2020 The ConversationCOVID-19 crisis is a tipping point. Will we invest in planetary health, or oil and gas?Courtney Howard2020 National Observer
Electoral record {| class="wikitable" |+2020 Green Party of Canada leadership election results by round ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Candidate ! colspan="2" |1st round ! colspan="2" |2nd round ! colspan="2" |3rd round ! colspan="2" |4th round ! colspan="2" |5th round ! colspan="2" |6th round ! colspan="2" |7th round ! colspan="2" |8th round |- !Votes cast !% !Votes cast !% !Votes cast !% !Votes cast !% !Votes cast !% !Votes cast !% !Votes cast !% !Votes cast !% |- style="background:lightgreen;" | |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% | colspan="2" style="background:pink; text-align:center" |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% | colspan="4" style="background:pink; text-align:center" |Eliminated
|David Merner |2,636 |11.04% |2,636 |11.05% |2,697 |11.32% |2,727 |11.46% |2,856 |12.10% | colspan="6" style="background:pink; text-align:center" |Eliminated
|Amita Kuttner |1,468 |6.15% |1,470 |6.16% |1,486 |6.24% |1,748 |7.35% | colspan="8" style="background:pink; text-align:center" |Eliminated
|Meryam Haddad |1,345 |5.63% |1,346 |5.64% |1,358 |5.70% | colspan="10" style="background:pink; text-align:center" |Eliminated
|Andrew West |352 |1.47% |356 |1.49% | colspan="12" style="background:pink; text-align:center" |Eliminated
|None Of The Above |36 |0.15% | colspan="14" style="background:pink; text-align:center" |Eliminated |- ! colspan="2" |Total ! align="right" |23,877 ! align="right" |100% ! align="right" |23,854 ! align="right" |100% ! align="right" |23,828 ! align="right" |100% ! align="right" |23,788 ! align="right" |100% ! align="right" |23,612 ! align="right" |100% ! align="right" |23,413 ! align="right" |100% ! align="right" |23,026 ! align="right" |100% ! align="right" |22,171 ! align="right" |100%
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