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New CAPE
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Why I became an Eco-Leader
by Dr. John Ascah MD, FRCP, MPH
Why do I donate to CAPE? There is more than ample evidence that our health is determined – to a large extent – by the environment we live in. This includes physical, chemical, and biological factors, and the social milieu we happen to be in. As a physician practicing clinical medicine, I deal mostly with ill health, but not the causes of ill health. Assisting CAPE is a way I can contribute to efforts to deal with major causes of disease rather than just their effects. In addition, physicians both have credibility in our society and a duty to be advocates for our patients and community on all issues of health and especially those issues with such profound and far reaching effects as those due to our environment.
If you’d like to become an Eco-Leader yourself – or receive more information – please call us at
(416) 306-2273 |
CAPE’s Eco-Leaders circle of support.
The following very generous people donated $1,000 or more to CAPE’s Eco-Leaders circle of support. Thank you so much to each one!
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Dr. John Ascah
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Mrs. Winifrede Burry
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Dr. Scott Daley
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Dr. Richard Denton
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Dr. Bradley J. Dibble
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Mrs. Elsie Dollekamp
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Dr. Raquel Feroe
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Dr. Scott Findlay
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Dr. Leigh Fraser-Roberts
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Dr. Lee Ann Gallant
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Dr. John Gannage
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Dr. Libuse Gilka
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Dr. Isabelle Gingras
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Dr. Margaret Glinski-Oomen
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Dr. Ilona Hale
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Dr. Chris Hildebrand
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Dr. Jim Hollingworth
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Dr. John Howard and Dr. Nicole le Riche
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Ms. Amelia J. Humphries
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Ms. Claire F. Kerrigan
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Dr. Michael Lysack
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Dr. Cortlandt MacKenzie
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Mr. Mel McDonald
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Mr. & Mrs. Ray and Anne Morris
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Dr. Sarah Newbery and Dr. Eliseo Orantia
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Dr. Éric Notebaert
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Dr. Carole O’Beirne
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Dr. Catherine Painvin
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Dr. David Rainham
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Dr. Nichole Riese
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Dr. Helene Rousseau
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Mr. Leonard Schein
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Ms. Alison Scott Butler and Dr. Gregory Butler
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Dr. Mary Jane Shankel
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Dr. Ian Simpson
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Dr. Marlene Spruyt
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Dr. Annette Stevens
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Dr. Donna Sutherland
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Dr. Tomislav Svoboda
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Dr. Michelle Tan
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Mrs. Cindy Tuer
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Dr. Trish Van Boekel and Mr. Dave Sheldon
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Dr. Georgina Wilcock
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Dr. Jean Zigby
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Mrs. Helen Zinkargue
… and fourteen anonymous donors.
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Read about more Eco-Leaders...
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L’Association canadienne des médecins pour l’environnement a pour mission d’informer tous les Canadiens, et ce, dans les deux langues officielles. Cependant, en ce moment, nous n’avons pas les ressources nécessaires pour mettre en ligne un site en français. Nous nous excusons auprès des francophones pour cet inconvénient.
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Help Protect B.C. from Toxic Lawn Chemicals! Email Premier Clark and Environment Minister Lake
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Check out "Docs Talk", CAPE's new blog on how the environment affects your health!
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Welcome to the Web site of the Canadian
Association of Physicians for the Environment.
CAPE is a group of physicians, allied health care practitioners and citizens
committed to a healthy and sustainable environment. As an organization
composed mostly of physicians, CAPE brings its health expertise to environmental
issues and is an important voice for environmental health in Canada.
CAPE addresses issues of environmental degradation by educating health
care professionals and the public, through advocacy and in close cooperation
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Dr. Richard Denton Kick-starts Environmental Health Endowment
 As someone who has always been an active environmentalist, Dr. Richard Denton goes back a long way with CAPE.
Dr. Denton lives and works in Kirkland Lake, ON, where he has a family medicine practice and has been actively involved in a number of environmental issues including a local pesticide ban and promoting recycling.
Earlier this year, Dr. Denton contributed a gift of over $11,000.00 in mutual funds to start an Environmental Health Endowment for CAPE's charitable wing. His gift will be named "The Dr. Denton Family Trust".
"Doctors are leaders in the community and should show that leadership by becoming advocates for our patients' health", said Denton. "If we put money towards doing good things, the benefits will live on for many years."
Dr. Denton's hope is that his colleagues will be encouraged to contribute to this new endowment which he says will "allow CAPE to take on environmental health issues for years to come."
"Richard's gift is really ground breaking," said CAPE Executive Director, Gideon Forman, "His wonderful generosity will allow us to take our work to a new level. He is a great friend to CAPE — and the planet as a whole."
For information on how you can contribute to the Environmental Health Endowment, please contact Gideon Forman at 416-306-2273 or gideon@cape.ca. |
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Lawn and
Garden Pesticides: Reducing Harm. Now Available!
 CAPE’s long-awaited video on lawn and garden pesticides is now available. This unique 10 minute video sets out the scientific
evidence linking commen household pesticides to a variety
of serious illnesses, including cancer, reproductive problems and neurological diseases.
It offers information from the Ontario College of Family
Physicians’ ground-breaking pesticide study and sets out safe lawncare alternatives. Excellent for showing at public meeting or for educating local politicians.
To order your copy of the video, please contact Gideon Forman, Executive Director, at gideon@cape.ca |
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