We must speak for the land and for the generations yet to come

The biggest threats to human health are climate change and biodiversity loss. Canadian medical schools are embedding planetary health into their curricula.

Demonstrators supporting the Wetʼsuwetʼen nation against the building of the Coastal Gasoline Pipeline in British Columbia and through their traditional territory march through downtown Ottawa on Feb. 24, 2020.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY OJISTOH HORN

September 18, 2023

AKWESASNE, ONT.—We live in a Global Commons. Decisions have proximal and distal consequences in time and space. Many Indigenous societies have incorporated this awareness into their belief systems and ceremonies. I was tasked by my Elders and my community to...

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