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Advocate, Researcher, Humanitarian
Passion to tackle exclusion based on gender, race, geography, etc. Climate, health advising. I co-led MSF Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) climate and health action. Research Fellow, Dahdaleh Institute of Global Health Research, York University. For MSF I worked in Rwanda, East Timor and South Sudan & as Access to Medicines Campaigner. With the Diplomacy Training Program, University of New South Wales, I trained human rights defenders. Member: Scientific Committee of Antarctic Scientists Humanities & Social Sciences Expert Group, Fellow, Explorer’s Club.
Thanks Carol for speaking with us about your peripatetic and fascinating career! Dr. Lisa Forman, Director, Comparative Program on Health and Society, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
“In one of several wonderful essays accompanying the ... journal entries, Devine reflects on the Antarctic Treaty of 1959...she echoes Einstein on the common language of science: “I love that science is an Antarctic currency and tool of diplomacy.”
On The Antarctic Book of Cooking and Cleaning co-authored by Carol Devine
Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, Iceland for project on talking climate change with children image: Carol Devine
Museum of AIDS in Africa, Melbourne International AIDS Conference image: Kirstin Gollings
"I always wanted to be a journalist, a writer. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is my idol." Dr. José Ramos-Horta, ex president, East Timor. I worked for Dr Horta, Nobel Peace Laureate, at The Diplomacy Training Program. image sandynicholson.com
One of 100 Top Creatives Changing The World, Origin Magazine #23
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Maker of, and collaborator in extraordinary projects
Former Project Lead, MSF Incubator: Environmental Impact Toolkit and Climate Smart MSF. I helped launch the The Museum of AIDS in Africa in Melbourne and Cape Town. For MSF and Dignitas I led delegations to International AIDS Conferences. I led the first Antarctic civilian ecological clean-up expeditions with The Polish Academy of Sciences and The Russian Antarctic Expedition. Member of eXXpedition, all-female voyages exploring the impact of plastic and toxic pollution in our ocean (and us) and modeling women in adventure sports. I love complex projects and exploring outer and inner worlds.
Carol is an iconoclast in every way. She is an emerging public intellectual. Carol successfully executes whatever endeavour she commits to. Dr. James Orbinski, Professor Global Health Balsillie School of International Affairs
those creds: BA, McGill University, Master of Science, "The Politics of Rights" University of London, UK and school of life
Discard/Art "Floating Exhibition" of art made from garbage and marine debris I curated and brought on a stewardship trip in Svalbard, Norway, "Clean up Svalbard", 2014
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Planetary health, writing, art
I led the Humanitarian Action on Climate and Environment (HACE) Initiative at MSF. I’m a founding board member of SeeChange Initiative supporting a community-led response to TB in Nunavut. I've written for Magenta Foundation, The Medical Post, Policy Options, The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change, Wallpaper, Border Crossings, Science Borealis, Canadian Circumpolar Health Network etc. My small press Vauve Press produced Irma (Marjorie Devine) and Determination: Tibetan Women and the Struggle for an Independent Tibet (me). I co-wrote The Antarctic Book of Cooking and Cleaning, a cultural history book (Harper Books).
"@caroldevine is RIPPING it up here at #span - covering Africa, conflict & now is bringing climate change & health policy together" Vallejo Gantner, Artistic Director, PS122 New York City, 2012
Valley Girls: The Blue Hmong, story I wrote on making indigo or "cham" in Vietnam. image: Sandy Nicholson
Kakuma Girls: Contemporary issues, refugee experiences and dreams. Edited, contributed to this book, interviewed girls in Kakuma from Somalia, Sudan etc.
