Josh Cowan works on local efforts to support the expansion of Indigenous wellness efforts and mitigate the climate and biodiversity crises. He stewards forests for Little Forests Kingston, sits with the Indigenous Wellness Council, and organizes tree plantings in partnership with the City of Kingston. He recently retired from Kingston Community Health Centres as Director, Regional Services and Partnerships where he started an Interprofessional primary care team, helped consolidate 19 electronic medical records into a single instance, started a housing program for people experiencing homelessness in Lennox and Addington County, a Youth Hub providing support/access to services, and partnered with local physicians, the public health department and the Morningstar Mission to ensure COVID vaccinations are available to those who can’t or won’t go to mass vaccination clinics. Past work included; product owner for a medical billing and payroll system, procurement consultant, and executive director for a family health team. In his spare time, Josh loves to kayak, hike, cross country ski and is currently writing a “throughtopia” story on the climate and biodiversity crisis where Kingston turns into a “city in a forest”; Indigenous wisdom is honored and followed, nature based solutions are the default and land stewardship becomes a respected and well paid profession for many.