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qualifications: MD, MSc, FRCP(C)
position: Emeritus Professor
Donald C. Cole is an occupational, environmental, and public health physician, with a masters’ in health research methods, and post-doctoral studies in ecosystem approaches to health. During over thirty-five years of practice (clinical and population-related), research and policy work in Canada and lower and middle-income countries, he has led multi-stakeholder action research processes to change socio-ecological conditions to improve physical and mental health. He has co-led applied research on pesticides, urban agriculture, food systems and nutrition in South America, East Africa and Ontario. In addition to retired professor duties, he works part-time as a clinician and part-time at Fairfields, the family farm.
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WONCA South Asia region conference 2019
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Traumatic Cardiac Arrest + Wilderness Response (VIC)
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Parameducation Tamworth
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National Caring for Country Conference
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Rural Emergency Medicine Forum 2020
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ADAN20 – 14th Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Network (ADAN) Symposium
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WA Rural Health Conference 2020
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Rural Innovations Changing Healthcare 2020
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Tasmanian Rural Health Conference
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2020 WONCA World Rural Health Conference
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VIII Cumbre Iberoamericana de Medicina Familiar 2020
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28th Annual Rural and Remote Medicine Course
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WONCA Asia Pacific Region Conference 2020
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WONCA Asia Pacific Regional Conference 2020
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2020 Rural Womens Health Forum
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Victorian Rural Health Conference 2020
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6th Nordic Conference for Rural Research: Rural Truths
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Rural Medical Education Conference
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NRHA Annual Rural Health Conference
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Indigenous Health Conference
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7th Rural and Remote Health Scientific Symposium
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BC Rural Health Conference 2020
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Rural Doctors Association of Queensland Annual Conference
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Aboriginal Mental Health Assessment and Suicide Prevention Workshop
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WONCA Europe Region Conference 2020
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CICM 2020 Rural and Regional Conference
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5th International Closing the Gap Indigenous Health Conference
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2020 2nd Annual Native American and Rural Emergency Medicine Conference
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SARRAH 2020 National Rural and Remote Allied Health Conference
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Rural Health Clinic Conference
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RMA2020: Rural Medicine Australia
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