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Nurturing Infrastructures of Care: Centering Healing, Imagination and Solidarity in Polycrisis Response
On March 26 Dr. Chiara Camponeschi, Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at the Dahdaleh Institute, convened a two-part session at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers in Detroit, MI in collaboration with Dr. Natalie Gulsrud of Cop...
A Basic Income for Nature and Climate? Reimagining Conservation and Climate Futures at the AAG, 2025
This year, the American Association of Geographers (AAG) held their annual conference in Detroit around the theme “Making Spaces of Possibility,” encouraging participants to reflect on how geographers can contribute to making spaces of possibility, spa...
GEHLab Intern Presents Poster at 2025 CUGH Conference in Atlanta, Georgia
Through Dr. Godfred Boateng's Lab at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, Global and Environmental Health Lab, I was presented the opportunity to submit an abstract to the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) 2025 Conferenc...
Jennifer Corriero Honoured with Prestigious 2025 King Charles III Coronation Medal
York University is proud to celebrate the remarkable achievements of Jennifer Corriero, a distinguished alumnus and Community Fellow at the Wellness Impact Lab (WIL) at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research. Corriero has been named one of 1...
“Non-Violent Kitchen Table”: Another Way of Knowing and Belonging in the Space of the Global Tuberculosis Response
On November 12-16, 2024, I joined thousands of researchers, scientists, health professionals, government officials, civil society and Tuberculosis (TB) affected communities at the annual international event, The Union World Conference on Lung Health (T...
Inuit Youth and Community Well-Being, Art and Hope
SeeChange Initiative has launched an awareness and fundraising campaign dedicated to supporting Inuit youth in Nunavut. The fundraiser was launched at a powerful event at Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto’s premier Inuit Art showroom gallery representing the r...
Addressing the Risk Environment in Prison: Learnings from a Study Evaluating Canada’s Prison Needle Exchange Program
The 12th International Conference on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users (INHSU) is an international conference bringing together researchers, clinicians, advocates, and communities of people who use drugs to advance health equity and evidence-base...
Relational Accountability: Stories of Food Insecurity Told by Two-Spirit and Queer Indigenous People Living on Coast Salish Territory (or Vancouver)
A core component of a Two(Spirit)-Eyed Seeing approach – a theoretical orientation that can be widely applied to public health work – is the active and ongoing process of relational and accountable knowledge making between Indigenous and settler public...
Connecting Planetary Health and Planetary Urbanization: Reflections on the 2024 AAG Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) is one of the premiere venues for scholars to discuss the latest research and practice in geography, sustainability, and urban studies. As one of the largest conferences of its kind, t...
'Dynamic and Transformative' Experience at ISA 2024 in San Francisco
For Nilanjana (Nell) Ganguli, attending the ISA 2024 Conference in San Francisco was more than just an academic exercise—it was a dynamic and transformative experience. As a first-timer at this renowned gathering, Nell was immersed in an environment th...