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Dr. Madeline Weld | Is Natural Population Decline a Concern? | Jul 26, 2023 | CACOR Zoom
July 26, 2023 @ 13:30 - 15:30 EDT
Speaker: Dr. Madeline Weld
Topic: Is Natural Population Decline a Concern?
Time: Jul 26, 2023, 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Summary:
Natural population decline is examined considering collisions with the neoliberal economic systems of perpetual growth. Further, the impacts of an aging population are considered.
Biography:
Dr. Madeline Weld is president of Population Institute Canada (www.populationinstitutecanada.ca) which seeks to inform the Canadian public and policymakers about population matters. PIC advocates for the stabilization of Canada’s population and for making support for international family planning assistance a significant, integral part of foreign aid. PIC’s honorary patrons include Sir David Attenborough, Dr. Jane Goodall, Drs. Paul and Anne Ehrlich, Dr. David Suzuki, Robert Bateman, and Dr. William Rees. Madeline has written numerous articles on the population issue, including The ‘Silent Lie’ in the Coverage of Madagascar’s Famine, The Myth of Canada’s Underpopulation: Lay It to Rest, and Deconstructing the Dangerous Dogma of Denial. She is a retired civil servant and lives in Ottawa.
B.Sc. University of Guelph (zoology).
M.S. Louisiana State University 1979 (physiology).
Ph.D. Louisiana State University 1983 (physiology).
Worked at University of Ottawa from 1984 to 2001.
Worked for Health Canada from 2001 to 2015.
Board member of Planned Parenthood Ottawa 1995 to 1999 (president 1997-99).
Board Member of Humanist Association of Canada from 1999 to 2003.
Co-editor of Humanist Perspectives (formerly Humanist in Canada) magazine from 2012 to 2022.
Founding Board member of Canadian Citizens for Charter Rights and Freedoms (2017 to present).