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© Clive Doucet 2007
Why
clean air matters
" It has long been a preoccupation of mine that we are growing
the City of Ottawa blindly in a way which degrades the quality of the
air we all need
for good health. But it's a message that is very difficult to get Council
to believe poses an imminent
threat to our health"
Clive Doucet.
Please join Clive Doucet for an event to raise awareness of air quality issues in Ottawa and learn more about this important topic from Dr. Tom Kovesi and the NFB film, Radiant City.
Date: Sunday, April 6, 2008
Time: 2:00 - 4:30pm
Location: Mayfair Theatre, 1074 Bank St. (at Sunnyside), Old Ottawa South
This is a free event. Please RSVP by e-mail to catherine.henry@ottawa.ca
Guest speaker: Dr. Tom Kovesi,
Pediatric Respirologist, Children's Hospital
of Eastern Ontario.
Since 1992, he has practised as a pediatric respirologist at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa, and is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa Medical School. He was Chief of Pediatric Respirology at CHEO 1992-2006, and co-director of the Cystic Fibrosis Clinic.
Dr. Kovesi has received the Award of Merit from the Ottawa-Carleton Lung Association and a Teaching Award from CHEO. He is Chair of the Pediatric Assembly of the Canadian Thoracic Society, a senior member of the Canadian Consensus Guidelines Committee on Asthma and the International Consensus Guidelines Committee on the Respiratory Care of Children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. He is a vocal member of Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada.
Dr. Kovesi has published over 20 articles in medical journals. His main research area is the effect of indoor air quality on the respiratory health of Inuit infants in Nunavut.
Featured film: Radiant
City, National Film Board of Canada.
Directors Gary Burns and Jim Brown give an interesting twist to the documentary
genre to create a provocative reflection on why we live the way we do in
suburban landscapes. The film highlights the failure of developers, city
planners and municipal politicians to grow cities in a sustainable manner,
and how we are paying the ultimate price in terms of poor air quality. James
Howard Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere, provides insightful
commentary on how urban planning needs to change so that people are connected
to their environments and each other in a meaningful way.
Winner of Best Documentary, Genie Awards, March 2008, Toronto.
Special Jury Prize, International Film Festival, September 2006, Vancouver.
Released in 2006, 85 minutes.