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Dr. Amrita Daftary featured in Podcast discussing stigma and TB
Dr. Amrita Daftary, Faculty Member here at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, was recently featured on the "Everybody Hates Me: Let's Talk About Stigma" podcast hosted by Dr. Carmen Logie. Dr. Daftary discusses TB and how this preventab...
Safe Water Optimization Tool (SWOT) featured in Compendium of Water Supply Technologies in Emergencies
This year, the Emergency WASH Knowledge Portal featured the Safe Water Optimization Tool led by Dahdaleh Institute Research Fellow Dr. Syed Imran Ali, in its "Compendium of Water Supply Technologies in Emergencies". The Emergency WASH Knowledge Portal...
Internship Program: 2020-2021 Year In Review
Over the 2020-2021 academic year, the Dahdaleh Institute worked with exceptional students through our Internship Program, which is founded in an experiential education approach. Students completed program practicums with us, were hired through the Rese...
Dahdaleh Institute Planetary Fellow to present at the 2021 Planetary Health Annual Meeting and Festival
On April 30th and the 5th day of the 2021 Planetary Health Annual Meeting and Festival, Dahdaleh Institute Planetary Health Fellow Dr. Byomkesh Talukder will be presenting his work on the "Water–Food–Energy Nexus Effects on Farmers Health of the Southw...
New peer-reviewed publication in Global Policy: ‘Climate Ambition and Sustainable Development for a New Decade: A Catalytic Framework’.
Dahdaleh Institute Faculty Member Idil Boran teamed up with a broad network of 26 leading experts to evaluate the Global Climate Action Agenda (GCAA) and discuss options to improve it to strengthen sub‐ & non‐state engagement in a new decade. The t...
Safe Water Optimization Tool featured as Bold Innovations Helping People in Conflict
The Safe Water Optimization Tool (SWOT) has been featured by the Humanitarian Grand Challenge as a creative solution which helping conflict-affected people around the world. On World Creativity and Innovation Day, the SWOT was featured alongside many o...
New Publication - Normalising the Exceptional: The Use of Temporary Protection in Transit Countries to Externalise Borders and Responsibilities
A new research article has been published by Dahdaleh Institute's Research Fellow Rhonda Ferguson and Community Scholar Linn-Biorklund Belliveau. In the paper, Rhonda and Linn take a closer look at temporary protection in transit countries, and the imp...
2021 Student Opportunities Open for Applications
Eight Research Assistant positions at the Dahdaleh Institute are open for applications. York University students have the unique opportunity to contribute to research which takes on real-world challenges, gain professional experience in a supportive en...
New Publication: Melting of Himalayan Glaciers and Planetary Health
Check out the newly published article by our Planetary Health Fellow Dr. Byomkesh Talukder and Director of the Dahdaleh Institute Dr. James Orbinski. Abstract Climate change has accelerated the melting of Himalayan glaciers, with profound impacts on th...
New Publication: COVID-19's implications on agri-food systems and human health in Bangladesh
Led by Dahdaleh Institute Planetary Health Fellow, Dr. Byomkesh Talukder, this paper describes and analyses the impacts of COVID-19 on agri-food systems in Bangladesh with particular attention to human health issues and related SDGs. The authors...