Author: Joe Vipond

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Joe Vipond

Joe Vipond has worked as an emergency physician for nineteen years, currently at the Foothills Medical Centre and the Rockyview General Hospital in Calgary, Alberta. He has been active on the climate crisis since learning of its repercussions eight years ago. He is a board member and President-Elect of the national charity Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. He is also the co-founder and co-chair of the local non-profit the Calgary Climate Hub. Joe grew up in Calgary and continues to live there with his wife and two young daughters. He also runs the Facebook page Alberta Acts on Climate Change.
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Danger, Climate Emergency Ahead

by Joe Vipond January 20, 2020 0

I’ll admit it, I’m scared. Every day, my newsfeed is filled with more news stories and scientific papers underlining the fact that our society’... Read more.