Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholar, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change
Graduate Student Scholar

Hillary Birch is a PhD student in environmental studies in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University, where she is a SSHRC doctoral fellow. She holds a master’s degree in urban governance from Sciences Po in Paris, France where she studied the urban governance of Ebola in Monrovia, Liberia. She also holds a master’s degree in political science from McGill University. Hillary has worked in various roles related to global health concerning sexual and reproductive health and early child development. Her PhD explores how projects of global health intersect with processes of urbanization that shape flows of water in a city and change its quality.
Themes | Planetary Health |
Status | Active |
Events |
3rd Annual Global Health Graduate Scholars Symposium | October 15, 2022 |
Related Work | |
Updates |
Recap — Chlorine, Contamination and Governance: Examining Water Quality Challenges in Lusaka, Zambia, with Hillary Birch | March 27, 2025
2024 Year in Review | December 19, 2024 Nineteen Exceptional Scholars Awarded 2024-2025 Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholarships | August 29, 2024 Recap – Highlights from the Planetary Health Council Launch | January 19, 2024 Ten Exceptional Scholars Awarded 2023-2024 Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholarships | September 7, 2023 Recap — Urban Inequality During and After COVID-19 in Johannesburg, Chicago, and Toronto | June 12, 2023 Recap – Fall 2022 Graduate Research by Dahdaleh Global Health Scholars | January 12, 2023 2022-2023 Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholarships Awarded to Eight Outstanding Scholars | September 9, 2022 |
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