Publications and Presentations
Events and Presentations
Svrcek C, Obeid J, Wicklum S. Earth to Action. CFPCN QI World Cafe; January 27, 2026; Calgary, AB.
Wicklum S. Planetary Health – A look at the Reality and Roles a Rural EM Doctor may Play; 42nd Annual Emergency Medicine for Rural Hospitals. Jan 23-25, 2026; Banff, AB.
Wicklum S and K. Potter. Safeguarding Planetary Health by Addressing Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss. Together Ensemble – Sustainable Development Solutions Network; May 26, 2025; Calgary, AB and Virtual.
Wicklum S. Planetary Health – A Shared Future. Mount Royal University – Intergenerational Speaker Series; May 21, 2025; Calgary, AB.
Svrcek C and S. Wicklum. Level up your QI Project with an Injection of Sustainability and Resiliency (and Win a Prize!). Resident Scholarship Day. May 9, 2025; Calgary, AB.
Wicklum S, Planetary Health – Framing the Conversation. Indigenous Regional Gathering – Climate Resilient Health Systems. May 7, 2025; Calgary, AB.
Svrcek C, Wicklum S. Level up your sustainable healthcare skills! Core knowledge updates and a deep dive into the co-benefits of red meat reduction. Fall Together; October 31, 2024; Calgary, AB.
Wicklum S. Greening Practices and Planetary Health. 2024 Mackid Symposium, Cumming School of Medicine; November 28, 2024; Calgary, AB.
Wicklum S and C. Svrcek. It’s the End of the World as we Know It – Action Now to Save the Planet. Summer Spark – Department of Family Medicine; University of Calgary; June 20, 2024; Calgary, AB.
Svrcek C, Wicklum S. Climate Change, Planetary Health, and the Role of the Healthcare System. Presented at the Alberta Medical Association Representative Forum; March 16, 2024; Edmonton, AB.
Baker T, Svrcek C, Wicklum S. Shifting perspective – seeing the interconnection between animal, human, and environmental health. Oral presentation at: DLRI Cabin Fever; February 2-4, 2024; Kananaskis, AB.
Wicklum S, Svrcek C, Rawling J, Huyghebaert T, McNeil C, Sawyer S, Rashed H, Adel A, Ajao S, Kelly M, Jalil R. Greening CTC: Practical ways to make our clinic healthier for us, our patients, and the planet. DFM QI Half Day. December 8, 2023; Central Family Medicine Teaching Clinic; Calgary, AB.
Wicklum S. Greening Your General Practice. WONCA Working Party on the Environment, World Environment Day. June 5, 2023; virtual.
Svrcek C, Kelly M, Wicklum S. Greening Care – Updates on Environmental Sustainability in the Department of Family Medicine. University of Calgary DFM Grand Rounds; June 8, 2022; virtual presentation.
Wicklum S, Kelly M, Svrcek C. Countdown: Empowering Medical Educators to Promote and Enact Planetary Health Principles. Presented at: Fall Together Conference; 2020 October 22; virtual conference.
Publications
Wicklum S, Kate Nuique, Martina A Kelly, Colleen C Nesbitt, Jessica J Zhang, Clark P Svrcek. Greening Family Medicine clinic operations and clinical care, where do we start? A scoping review of toolkits and aids. Family Practice. 2023; June 2023 cmad006. https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmad006
Wicklum S, Svrcek C, Nuique K, Kelly M. Building climate-resilient and sustainable healthcare: A plan of action for Alberta Health. University of Calgary, O’Brien Institute for Public Health. 2022 Apr 7. https://obrieniph.ucalgary.ca/sites/default/files/Climate%20resilient%20healthcare.pdf
Wicklum SC, Kelly MA, Svrcek C. Re: Dry powdered inhalers are environmentally preferable to metered-dose inhalers. Response published September 25, 2020. Available from: https://www.cmaj.ca/content/192/29/E846/tab-e-letters
Wicklum SC, Svrcek C, Kelly MA. Advocating for planetary health in medical education. Can Fam Physician. 2020 Apr;66:235-238. Available from: http://www.cfp.ca/content/66/4/235.2
Wicklum SC, Svrcek C, Kelly MA. Re: Our fight against climate change. Can Fam Physician. March 3, 2020. Available from: https://www.cfp.ca/content/65/11/766/tab-e-letters#re-our-fight-against-climate-change.
Conference Presentations – Peer Reviewed
Wicklum S, Kelly M, Huyghebaert T, Adel A, Jalil R, McNeil C, Rashed H, Sawyer S, Rawling J, Ajao S, Svrcek C. Mobilizing Physicians and Communities to Reach Net-Zero: Using Nominal Group Technique to Support Collaborative Health Neighbourhood Action. ICAM 2025; April 4, 2025; Halifax, NS.
Wicklum S, Rawling J, Sawyer S, Rashed H, Jalil R, Adel A, Huyghebaert T, Kelly M, Ajao S, Svrcek C. Greening our health neighbourhood collaborative project: using nominal group technique to support collaborative change. WONCA 29th Europe Conference; September 25-28, 2024; Dublin, Ireland.
Wicklum S, Rawling J, Sawyer S, Rashed H, Jalil R, Adel A, Huyghebaert T, Kelly M, Ajao S, Svrcek C. Action now! Greening the Central Family Medicine Teaching Clinic (CFMTC) in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. WONCA 29th Europe Conference; September 25-28, 2024; Dublin, Ireland.
Svrcek C, Wicklum S, Kelly M. Greening the curriculum: a qualitative study of faculty and learner views on planetary health in medical education in Alberta, Canada. WONCA 29th Europe Conference; September 25-28, 2024; Dublin, Ireland.
Kemple T, Gökdemir Ö, Wicklum S, Randenikumara S. The everything you need to know workshop to improve sustainability and planetary health in family medicine. WONCA 29th Europe Conference; September 25-28, 2024; Dublin, Ireland.
Wicklum S, Rawling J, Sawyer S, Rashed H, McNeil C, Jalil R, Adel A, Huyghebaert T, Kelly M, Leung R, Ajao S, Svrcek C. Greening the Central Family Medicine Teaching Clinic. Poster session presented at: ACFP Family Medicine Summit; March 1-3, 2024; Banff, AB.