Healing at the Root: How Environment Shapes Chronic Illness
A powerful evening of education, connection, and action with Dr. Riina Bray, one of Canada’s leading experts in environmental medicine and the Medical Director of the Environmental Health Clinic at Women’s College Hospital.
The information included in this presentation is for healthcare practitioners, patients, and community members who want to better understand how our environment shapes health — and what we can do about it.
Whether you’re living with a chronic condition, supporting someone who is, or practicing on the front lines of care, this evening will provide practical tools, deeper awareness, and collaborative insight.
What You'll Learn
What are Environmentally-Linked Chronic Complex Conditions (CCCs)?
How to assess your own or a client’s “total toxic load”
How to take an exposure history — and why it matters
Everyday strategies to reduce toxic exposures
Tools and resources for those living with environmental sensitivities
Also includes stories from Dr. Bray's decades of frontline care, why recognition of these conditions matters, and how we can work together to shift the healthcare system toward prevention and equity.
