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Advancing Environmental Sustainability Across Island Health
Are you concerned about climate change? Frustrated by the amount of physical waste generated in health care? Looking for ways to use your skills and experience to make a positive impact?
Join us this November to learn how staff and medical staff across Island Health – and across Canada – are helping advance environmental sustainability and build a more resilient health system.
November 19 – Island Health Sustainability Program Update & Planetary Health Awards
Curious about how Island Health is reducing emissions, tackling waste, and creating greener healthcare?
Join us for our Planetary Health Awards + Environmental Sustainability Program Update webinar, a fast-paced and informative session celebrating recent staff-led achievements at Island Health, along with emerging initiatives and opportunities to get involved in this work.
Featured topics include:
- Announcing Island Health's 2026 Planetary Health Award Winners and Honourees
- Introducing the new Online Surplus Catalogue and how it supports sustainability
- A high-impact collaboration to reduce unnecessary laboratory blood cultures
- Environmental sustainability progress updates: advancing our targets, generating value, reducing costs
- And more.
Event Details
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2026
Time: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Location: Microsoft Teams Webinar
Registration: Register for the event
We look forward to sharing the innovative work underway across Island Health and exploring how we can work together to create a more sustainable healthcare system.
November 23–27: Plastics Reduction Week (Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care)
The Circular Clinical Care: Single Use Plastics project at the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care (CCGHC) is excited to host Plastics Reduction Week 2026, taking place November 23–27.
This week-long virtual event will bring together health care professionals, sustainability leaders, researchers, and industry partners to explore practical solutions, innovative approaches, and real-world initiatives to reduce single-use plastics in healthcare.
→ Five Days. Five Themes. One Goal: More Sustainable Health Care.
Each day will feature a free webinar at 10 AM Pacific Time, focusing on a different theme:
- Monday, November 23 – Opportunities: Innovative approaches and practical strategies for plastics reduction.
- Tuesday, November 24 – Textiles: Sustainable alternatives and practices for healthcare textiles.
- Wednesday, November 25 – Perioperative Care: Reducing plastics in surgical and perioperative settings.
- Thursday, November 26 – Food: Rethinking plastics in healthcare food services.
- Friday, November 27 – Packaging: Exploring sustainable packaging and procurement practices.
Click the links above to register.