# Courtney Howard

Courtney Howard (born November 7, 1978) is a Canadian ER physician who was President of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, as well as a board member with the Canadian Medical Association, Associate Professor at the University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, and a former candidate for the leadership of the Green Party of Canada based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
Howard attended Simon Fraser University and went to medical school at McGill University. Howard has been featured or published in The Lancet, People, The Conversation, the National Observer, and other publications.

## Publications

| Title | Authors | Year & Publisher | DOI/Link |
| There is a way out: Preventing oilsands health tragedy from becoming Canada's permanent legacy | Courtney Howard | 2013 Vancouver Observer | |
| Open letter from Canadian physicians to Justin Trudeau | Courtney Howard | 2015 National Observer | |
| A pledge for planetary health to unite health professionals in the Anthropocene | Katharina-Jaqueline Wabnitz, Sabine Gabrysch, Renzo Guinto, Andy Haines, Martin Herrmann, Courtney Howard | 2020 The Lancet | doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32039-0 |
| Targeted change making for a healthy recovery | Courtney Howard | 2020 The Lancet | |
| Climate change puts health at risk and economists have the right prescription | Christopher Ragan Courtney Howard | 2020 The Conversation | |
| COVID-19 crisis is a tipping point. Will we invest in planetary health, or oil and gas? | Courtney Howard | 2020 National Observer | |

## Electoral record

2020 Green Party of Canada leadership election results by round :
| Candidate | Candidate | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 3rd round | 4th round | 4th round | 5th round | 5th round | 6th round | 6th round | 7th round | 7th round | 8th round | 8th round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % |
| | Annamie Paul | 6,242 | 26.14% | 6,242 | 26.16% | 6,305 | 26.24% | 6,478 | 27.23% | 6,952 | 29.44% | 7,614 | 32.52% | 8,862 | 38.52% | 12,090 | 54.53% |
| | Dimitri Lascaris | 5,768 | 24.15% | 5,773 | 24.20% | 5,813 | 24.40% | 6,586 | 27.69% | 7,050 | 29.86% | 7,551 | 32.25% | 8,340 | 36.22% | 10,081 | 45.47% |
| | Courtney Howard | 3,285 | 13.76% | 3,285 | 13.77% | 3,348 | 14.05% | 3,404 | 14.31% | 3,762 | 15.93% | 4,523 | 19.32% | 5,824 | 25.29% | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| | Glen Murray | 2,745 | 11.50% | 2,746 | 11.51% | 2,821 | 11.84% | 2,846 | 11.96% | 2,992 | 12.67% | 3,725 | 15.91% | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| | David Merner | 2,636 | 11.04% | 2,636 | 11.05% | 2,697 | 11.32% | 2,727 | 11.46% | 2,856 | 12.10% | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| | Amita Kuttner | 1,468 | 6.15% | 1,470 | 6.16% | 1,486 | 6.24% | 1,748 | 7.35% | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| | Meryam Haddad | 1,345 | 5.63% | 1,346 | 5.64% | 1,358 | 5.70% | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| | Andrew West | 352 | 1.47% | 356 | 1.49% | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| | None Of The Above | 36 | 0.15% | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Total | Total | 23,877 | 100% | 23,854 | 100% | 23,828 | 100% | 23,788 | 100% | 23,612 | 100% | 23,413 | 100% | 23,026 | 100% | 22,171 | 100% |