Webinar: The front-lines health impacts of fracking
CAPE Nova Scotia is pleased to invite you to an important webinar exploring the public health, maternal, and pediatric risks associated with hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for methane gas – marketed as “natural gas.”
Although it is being hosted by CAPE NS, we know it’s essential to remain vigilant about protecting the moratorium on fracking in New Brunswick. And with Nova Scotia beginning exploratory drilling for onshore gas reserves in a few weeks, the stakes are high.
- Date: Monday, June 15, 2026
- Time: 7:00 PM AST / 6:00 PM EST (75 minutes)
- Speaker: Dr. Ulrike Meyer, BC Family Physician, Researcher & Co-Author
- Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/
j/82977467265?pwd= 9b5oeCx4XDhPMtblngbmwgFQ45bLhL .1
Passcode: 5102
NS Premier Tim Houston has signaled a major shift in Nova Scotia’s energy policy by actively prioritizing the research and development of the province’s onshore fossil gas reserves. After taking over the energy portfolio himself last October, plans to accelerate the exploration and development of these resources quickly surfaced. Under this fast-tracked initiative, exploratory drilling in Nova Scotia is slated to begin this July and must be completed by the end of October.To understand the tangible, human costs of this industry, we need only look to communities already living on the front lines of the fracking boom.
About the Speaker:
CAPE NS is privileged to welcome Dr. Ulrike Meyer, a dedicated family physician who has practiced in Dawson Creek, British Columbia—the heart of Canada’s most intensive fracking boom—for over 30 years. Driven by unexplained symptoms and alarming disease patterns in her own practice, Dr. Meyer has become a leading national voice and researcher on the health impacts of the oil and gas industry. She is a co-author of a landmark 2024 Canadian scoping review on the human health effects of unconventional oil and gas development: The human health effects of unconventional oil and gas development (UOGD): A scoping review of epidemiologic studies | Canadian Journal of Public Health | Springer Nature
